Storm reports for July 21, 2025

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On July 21, 2025, 23 hail, 79 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 17 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Le Sueur County, MN. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 3,703 square miles containing about 10,000 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 (23)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $114,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (97 events in 17 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Beaver County, OK (near Logan) · Thunderstorm wind 77 mph · $48,000
  “A few power poles were knocked down or snapped by the wind. Also, an irrigation pivot was knocked over and multiple large tree branches were also snapped in the area.”
• Coffee County, GA (near Pridgen) · Thunderstorm wind 52 mph · $35,000
  “A photographer posted photos of a likely downburst on Monday afternoon along U.S. Highway 441 between Pridgen and Broxton in Coffee County, GA. Large chicken houses had their metal roofs peeled off and the structures were destroyed along Lindsey Merritt Rd.”
• Carson County, TX (near White Deer) · Thunderstorm wind 85 mph · $10,000
  “Strong thunderstorm winds estimated around 75-80 mph violently shook and pivoted a medium sized camper trailer, turning it about 30 degrees, with the jack stands underneath folding.”
• Carson County, TX (near Skellytown) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $10,000
  “Thunderstorm winds caused damage to a barn roof. Part of the roof was removed and hung off the side.”
• DeSoto County, FL (near Nocatee) · Tornado EF0 · $5,000
  “A brief landspout developed as a sea breeze boundary interacted with additional thunderstorm boundaries. Emergency management assessment of the affected area indicated minor damage to a couple of homes along with a downed power pole near the intersection of Marco Avenue and Beard Street in DeSoto…”
• Coffee County, GA (near Pridgen) · Thunderstorm wind 52 mph · $2,000
  “Coffee County Emergency Management reported downed trees and powerlines in the vicinity of Pridgen and Broxton. The time of damage was based on radar data, and the cost of damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.”

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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