Storm reports for July 21, 2026

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On July 21, 2026, 6 hail, 288 damaging-wind and 45 tornado reports were logged across 21 states. The largest hail reported was 2.25″ (hen egg size) near Doswell, VA. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 1,005 square miles containing about 72,000 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 (6)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $10.4 million in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (368 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Grayson County, KY (near Wax) · Tornado EF2 · 1 injury
  “An NWS Storm Survey concluded than a long track, EF-2 tornado first touched down in far eastern Grayson County, right along Nolin River Lake in the Wax, KY area.”
• Pendleton County, WV (near Ruddle) · Tornado EF1 · $2 million
  “Scattered to numerous large trees uprooted and snapped along the path that started along Kiser Gap Road a half mile north of the intersection with US Route 33. The tornado tracked east-northeast.”
• Frederick County, VA (near Mountain Falls) · Tornado EF1 · $1.5 million
  “A tornado descended on the 5100 block of Back Creek Road in High View, West Virginia. ||Once the tornado crossed the ridge into Virginia, notable tree damage occurred across the northernmost part of Wilde Acres, VA.”
• Rockingham County, VA (near Criders) · Tornado EF1 · $1 million
  “A tornado that began in Pendleton County, West Virginia, tracked through an unpopulated, wooded area across the ridge/state line. It reached the 24300 block of Gochenour Lane 3 miles southwest of Criders.”
• Rockingham County, VA (near Mechanicsville) · Tornado EF0 · $1 million
  “A tornado touched down on a farm in the 19300 block of Mechanicsville Road. Numerous trees on this property had their tops snapped off, with farm equipment (trailers and carts) tossed about. In the woods surrounding the property, a path of trees were snapped and uprooted in a convergent pattern.”
• Shenandoah County, VA (near Moores Store) · Tornado EF0 · $1 million
  “A tornado that began in Rockingham County, Virginia, continued east and crossed the 800 and 900 blocks of Ridge Road where approximately 50 trees were downed, one on a chicken coop structure.”

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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