Storm reports for July 28, 2020

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On July 28, 2020, 6 hail, 65 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Sheboygan County, WI. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 441 square miles containing about 8,200 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 (6)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $270,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (71 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Nash County, NC (near Easonburg) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “Several trees and power lines were reported down in Rocky Mount. In addition, a building shell that was under construction partially collapsed.”
• Cumberland County, NC (near Stedman) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “Multiple trees were reported down along Stedman Cedar Creek Road, one of which caused damage to a roof.”
• Muskegon County, MI (near Muskegon) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $40,000
  “Several trees were blown down near the intersection of Merrill Avenue and Fourth Street which also damaged several homes in that area.”
• Franklin County, NC (near Ingleside) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $20,000
  “Multiple trees were reported down on power lines near Rocky Ford Road and North Carolina Highway 39.”
• Sampson County, NC (near Clinton) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $20,000
  “Multiple trees were reported down on power lines along Southeast Boulevard.”
• Northumberland County, VA (near Harryhogan Pt) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Numerous large trees were downed, and there was damage to a dock along the Yeocomico River.”

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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