Storm reports for July 5, 2012

On the evening of July 5, 2012, a macroburst with winds rated at 100 knots (115 mph) swept across Moulton, Alabama, damaging an area about 4 miles east to west and 3.3 miles north to south.¹ It tore roofs off several buildings, partly collapsed one wall, broke out windows at businesses and snapped power poles. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $2.5 million in property damage.¹ That afternoon in northwest Ohio, downburst winds over 70 mph hit Sylvania, Holland and the west and south sides of Toledo, and a station in Springfield Township measured an 89 mph gust.² Many homes and buildings there lost roofing and siding, and a man was killed when a tree fell on his car.²

In East Tennessee, a storm complex caused significant structural damage to homes and businesses, four deaths and nine injuries.³ In Lake County, Indiana, winds estimated at 70 knots (81 mph) blew large sections of roof off two apartment buildings.⁴ In Monroe, North Carolina, trees fell on seven homes, four of them with major damage.⁵