Storm reports for July 22, 2020

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On July 22, 2020, 12 hail, 261 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 20 states. The largest hail reported was 1.50″ (ping pong ball size) in Monroe County, PA. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 468 square miles containing about 24,000 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 (12)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $953,000 in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (274 events in 20 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Calhoun County, FL (near Nettle Ridge) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000 · 1 injury
  “A tree fell on a SUV and resulted in one minor injury from a broken windshield on NE Mason Road.”
• District of Columbia, DC (near Us Capitol) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $250,000
  “Hundreds of trees, large branches and wires were blown down throughout DC, including a large tree that fell on and crushed a car near the intersection of C Street Southeast and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast.”
• Montgomery County, MD (near Woodhaven) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $100,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down in Kensington, Bethesda and Chevy Chase, including near the I-495 Captial Beltway/I-270 Eastern Spur split, on I-270 Eastern Spur near Democracy Boulevard, on I-495 Capital Beltway and MD-187 Old Georgetown Road, and large trees and poles down on Oldfield Drive.”
• Mecklenburg County, NC (near Stonehaven) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “Public reported multiple trees blown down along Mt Carmel Rd, with some trees down on structures.”
• Fairfax County, VA (near Clarks Crossing) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $30,000
  “Numerous large trees down between Reston and Oakton, including near the intersection of VA-672 Vale Road and Easie Street, near the intersection of VA-672 Vale Road and Berryland Drive, and on Miller Road at Windsong Drive.”
• Polk County, FL (near Highland City) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $25,000
  “Emergency Management reported a tree toppled onto house.”

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.

Guides: What radar-estimated hail (MESH) is and isn't · Storm reports: preliminary vs final