Storm reports for July 13, 2020

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On July 13, 2020, 33 hail, 110 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 15 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Towner County, ND. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 2,247 square miles containing about 95,000 homes.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (33)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $35,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (143 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Johnston County, NC (near Coats Xrds) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Trees were reported down on power lines near Raleigh Road.”
• Red Willow County, NE (near Mc Cook) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $5,000
  “Law enforcement reported tree limbs of various sizes down along with a snapped power pole in northern McCook. The damage occurred near the time of a measured 79 mph wind gust at the McCook ASOS station.”
• Hampden County, MA (near North Monson) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $5,000
  “In Monson, trees and wires were reported down on Upper Palmer Road at 528 PM EST. Multiple trees and wires and a part of a pole were down on Brimfield Road at Crest Road at 530 PM EST. A tree was down on Town Farm Road at 535 PM EST.”
• Wake County, NC (near Banks) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000
  “One tree was reported down on power lines near Johnson Pond Road.”
• Bernalillo County, NM (near Albuquerque) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $2,000
  “A severe storm with very strong outflow winds uprooted a 30 foot live tree at a residence on Academy and Wyoming. Damage amounts are a rough estimate.”
• Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT (near Warrenville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $1,000
  “In Ashford, a large tree was down on Route 89, north of Route 44.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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