Storm reports for July 27, 2014

In Michigan, a storm dropped hail up to 3 inches across near Midland as it crossed Midland and Bay counties from about 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. on July 27.¹ A second storm crossed Oakland County from about 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. with hail up to 2.5 inches near Highland and White Lake. The Storm Events Database narrative puts total wind and hail damage across southeast Michigan at an estimated $100 million.¹

Softball size hail, 4.25 inches across, fell at Bear Branch in Leslie County, Kentucky, that afternoon.² Late that morning, a microburst with winds of 70 to 95 mph crossed part of Lexington, Kentucky, downing many trees, 6 of them onto homes, with the worst damage in the Highlands Park neighborhood.³ An EF3 tornado with winds of 140 to 150 mph and an 800-yard-wide path crossed from Campbell County into Claiborne County, Tennessee, with the worst structural damage near Speedwell.^4,5 At New Martinsville, West Virginia, a microburst with winds near 80 mph damaged roofs and the outsides of homes and shifted a mobile home off its foundation.⁶ Around 1:15 a.m. on July 28, a storm in Medford Township, New Jersey, left 2 homes uninhabitable and damaged shingles or siding on 4 or 5 others. The database lists $1 million in damage.⁷