Storm reports for July 7, 2012

Early on the evening of July 7, a microburst hit Cuba, Missouri, and tore roofing from buildings in town. Flying roof debris shattered a car window in a parking lot, killing a woman inside and injuring a person in a nearby car.¹ That afternoon in North Texas, storm outflow winds above 45 mph toppled a construction crane being taken down at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, killing two workers.²

In central New Jersey, early evening storms hit southern Monmouth and northern Ocean counties hardest. Downed trees damaged several homes, and dozens of cars were damaged.³ A weather station in Brick Township measured a 78 mph gust, and Toms River Township had more than a dozen reports of property damage.^4,5 Late that evening, winds in Charleston, Mississippi, blew trees onto a few homes, destroying one and causing two minor injuries.⁶

NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $770,000 in property damage from wind reports in 10 western Pennsylvania counties, most of them downed trees and power lines.⁷ Hail up to 1.75 inches across fell at Belmont and Stannards in Allegany County, New York.^8,9