A severe weather outbreak in early August, 2023 saw storms stretched from the Midwest to the Deep South to the Northeast US.

Severe thunderstorms brought widespread power outages and extensive damage to the East Coast on August 7. Widespread power outages affected 150,000 people across the region. The storms left two people dead and stalled traffic for hours due to downed power lines.

In Virginia, grapefruit-sized hail measuring 4.75 inches was reported. Six tornadoes damaged numerous structures across southern Indiana. One of which tracked over 25 miles through multiple counties.

Over the five day stretch from August 4 to August 8, 2023, 54  tornadoes were reported. In total, the storms did an estimated $1.7 billion in damage.

The full storm report summary can be found via the Storm Prediction Center.