Central and Eastern Severe Weather
One of the severe storm disasters on NOAA’s billion-dollar list: $1.2 billion in losses at 2024 prices ($1.2 billion at the time).
What the offices filed during it
The 97 most significant severe storm episodes filed in these dates, colored by kind.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Losses, 2024 dollars
- $1.2 billion
- Losses at the time
- $1.2 billion
- Deaths
- 0
The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.
By state, as filed
| State | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 12 | 0 | 0 | $7.1 million |
| Minnesota | 135 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Iowa | 51 | 0 | 0 | $214,000 |
| Michigan | 21 | 0 | 0 | $211,000 |
| Nebraska | 47 | 0 | 0 | $170,000 |
| Kansas | 150 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Indiana | 13 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Texas | 19 | 0 | 0 | $130,000 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 0 | 0 | $110,000 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Ohio | 34 | 0 | 1 | $35,000 |
| Missouri | 25 | 0 | 0 | $34,000 |
| New York | 14 | 0 | 0 | $28,000 |
| New Jersey | 34 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| West Virginia | 5 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Virginia | 3 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Idaho | 8 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Illinois | 62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Montana | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colorado | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Dakota | 15 | 0 | 2 | |
| New Mexico | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Utah | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maine | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wyoming | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alaska | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nevada | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Episode by episode
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 10, 2024A pulse-severe thunderstorm formed rapidly over south central Hidalgo County and soon after dropped a microburst that tore the roof from a poorly constructed building, as wellas peeled back a section of garage door, in Mission.
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 11, 2024A line of severe thunderstorms developed across west Texas during the early morning. This mesoscale complex caused wind damage across portions of the northeast Permian Basin.
- Flash Flood and Flood in Texas, June 11, 2024Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall from the 10th into the morning of the 11th led to urban and river flooding across portions of western-north Texas. The most significant flooding occurred across Knox and Baylor Counties.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Florida, June 11 to 16, 2024A plume of deep tropical moisture streamed into South Florida during the week of June 10 through 15th as the region remained south of a stationary boundary and in close proximity to a weak tropical disturbance.
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 11, 2024Thunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary as it moved through South-Central Texas. One of these storms produced severe wind gusts.
- Flash Flood in Texas, June 11, 2024A frontal boundary stalled along Interstate 10 with showers and storms occurring along the boundary. Isolated flooding occurred in Southeast Texas as a result.
- Hail in Alaska, June 11, 2024On July 11th, a number of thunderstorms developed over Interior, producing hail, gusty winds, and frequent lightning.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 12, 2024Scattered strong storms during the morning hours of June 12th produced mainly hail and strong winds across portions of northeast South Dakota. The strongest storms generated hail between the size of dimes to golfballs in and around the Watertown area.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 12, 2024A cold front associated with low pressure proceeded through MN on June 12th. Early morning warm advection helped to spawn storms in the morning and midday hours.
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 12, 2024Overnight convection organized into a cluster of storms that produced flooding in Bell and Milam counties.
- Tornado in Florida, June 12, 2024Storms moving offshore produced a tornado in Hobe Sound.
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 12, 2024A cluster of thunderstorms developed in a warm air advection regime with 1500 J/kg elevated MUCAPE and 35 knots of effective shear. An isolated stronger cell developed across southwest Minnesota and produced damaging wind.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 12, 2024A cluster of thunderstorms developed in a warm air advection regime with 1500-2000 J/kg elevated MUCAPE and 35-40 knots of effective shear. An isolated stronger cell developed on the western side of the cluster and produced damaging wind and large hail.
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 12, 2024A descending frontal boundary into northern Iowa interacted with unstable conditions characterized by MLCAPE values around 1000 J/kg, 40+ knots of 0-6km shear, steep low level lapse rates, and DCAPE values between 1000-1400 J/kg.
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 12, 2024During the afternoon and evening hours on June 12th, a line of organized thunderstorms moved through portions of northeast Iowa, producing numerous instances of wind damage and pronounced lofting of dust along the gust front.
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 12, 2024During the late afternoon hours on June 12th, a line of fast moving thunderstorms moved out of northeast Iowa into Grant County, producing areas of wind damage across much of the county.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 12, 2024In the afternoon and evening of June 12th, severe storms spawned off a theta-e boundary. Initial mode was discrete supercells. Main hazards were hail and winds, with the tornado threat fairly limited. Only one funnel cloud was observed.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 12 to 13, 2024Numerous severe thunderstorms moved across north-central and northeast Minnesota on the evening of Wednesday, June 12, 2024, producing large hail to the size of baseballs, isolated thunderstorm wind damage, and several tornadoes.
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 12, 2024A line of thunderstorms associated with a warm front moved across south central WI during the late afternoon. Some high winds and tree damage were noted before the storms dissipated.
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2024An isolated supercell thunderstorm developed along a cold front in the very early evening fueled by up to 3000 J/kg MLCAPE and 40-45 knots of deep-layer shear.
- Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2024An isolated supercell thunderstorm developed along a cold front in the very early evening fueled by up to 3000 J/kg MLCAPE and 40-45 knots of deep-layer shear.
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2024On June 12th, a low-amplitude shortwave embedded in northwesterly flow aloft ejected out into the central Great Plains. At the surface, a surface low-pressure was noted in North Dakota with a cold front extending south into South Dakota.
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2024On June 12th, a low-amplitude shortwave embedded in northwesterly flow aloft ejected out into the central Great Plains. At the surface, a surface low-pressure was noted in North Dakota with a cold front extending south into South Dakota.
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 12, 2024In the afternoon and evening of June 12th, severe storms spawned off a theta-e boundary. Initial mode was discrete supercells. Main hazards were hail and winds, with the tornado threat fairly limited. Only one funnel cloud was observed.
- Damaging Wind in Utah, June 12, 2024Gusty winds were measured east of the Nevada border.
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 12, 2024A cold front associated with low pressure proceeded through western Wisconsin during the evening of June 12th.
- Hail in Iowa, June 13, 2024A frontal boundary moved into an area of moderate instability over southern Iowa by the afternoon, characterized by 3000-4000 J/kg of MLCAPE, along with steep low level lapse rates and 40+ knots of deep shear.
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 13, 2024A broken line of strong thunderstorms along a warm front moved across far south central WI early in the morning. One storm became severe and knocked down some trees.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 13, 2024One lone thunderstorm on the morning of the 13th produced severe winds over portions of the Chicago metro. Additional clusters of strong to severe storms developed that afternoon and evening mainly impacting areas south of I-80 with severe winds and one tornado.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 13, 2024An upper disturbance moving through an unstable and highly-sheared environment triggered severe thunderstorms over portions of central Upper Michigan on the afternoon of the 13th.
- Hail in Michigan, June 13, 2024Scattered thunderstorms redeveloped in the afternoon ahead of a cold front crossing the region, producing primarily gusty winds and a report of large hail in the eastern U.P. of Michigan.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 13, 2024A cluster of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours as a low pressure system moved over the High Plains.
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 13, 2024A cluster of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours as a low pressure system moved over the High Plains. As the storms moved over Wallace, Wichita, and Logan counties they produced primarily thunderstorm wind gusts up to 66 mph.
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 13, 2024Severe storms resulted in several reports of damage from gusty winds on June 13th.
- Hail in Missouri, June 13, 2024During the afternoon and evening hours of June 13th, storms brought very large hail and damaging winds to portions of Missouri.
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 13, 2024Episodic damaging wind gusts occurred from severe thunderstorms moving along the Indiana, Michigan state line.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 13, 2024Severe thunderstorms along the Indiana, Michigan state line resulted in numerous reports of downed trees and powerlines around Elkhart, South Bend and surrounding communities.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 13, 2024Wind, hail, and landspouts 06/13.
- Hail in Missouri, June 13, 2024A warm, moist, and unstable air mass across the region ahead of a southward sinking cold front resulted in thunderstorm development, with several being severe. These produced large hail and scattered damaging winds.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2024A warm, moist, and unstable air mass across the region ahead of a southward sinking cold front resulted in thunderstorm development, with several being severe. These produced large hail and scattered damaging winds.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 13, 2024Severe thunderstorms developed in the afternoon of June 13th ahead of an approaching cold front. Supercells initially produced large hail in northeast Missouri before transitioning into mostly a wind threat as they neared the Mississippi River.
- Hail and High Wind in Colorado, June 13, 2024A decaying shower produced wind gusts to 60 mph across the southeast part of the Denver Metro area. Later in the afternoon, a thunderstorm briefly reached severe threshold with hail reaching one inch in diameter.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 13, 2024A frontal boundary sagged across the Interstate 70 corridor during the afternoon hours on June 13th and served as the catalyst for scattered severe thunderstorms across much of Kansas during the afternoon and evening hours.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13 to 14, 2024The combined OK/TX Panhandles were hit with a gusty line of storms both on the 13th and 14th of June. Severe winds were the main story with these storms. Ground stations measured wind gusts as high as 80 mph with the storms on the 13th.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 13, 2024Severe thunderstorms developed in the afternoon of June 13th ahead of an approaching cold front. Supercells initially produced large hail in northeast Missouri before transitioning into mostly a wind threat as they crossed the Mississippi River into Adams and Brown Counties.
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 13, 2024Some mid and high level moisture was trapped under an upper high which was enough to produce some isolated thunderstorms in Otero County.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 13, 2024Several severe storms produce large hail up to softball size in the evening hours.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 13, 2024A warm, moist, and unstable air mass across the region ahead of a southward sinking cold front resulted in thunderstorm development, with several being severe. These produced large hail and scattered damaging winds.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 13, 2024A cold front triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the evening of June 13th into the pre-dawn hours of June 14th. Most of the activity was focused along and north of a Beardstown to Champaign line.
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13, 2024A slowly decaying complex of thunderstorms moved from south-central Kansas into northern Oklahoma during the evening of the 13th. Despite the intensity trend (downward), a few severe-caliber wind gusts were measured by surface observing platforms across the area.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13 to 15, 2024The combined OK/TX Panhandles were hit with a gusty line of storms both on the 13th and 14th of June. Severe winds were the main story with these storms. Ground stations measured wind gusts as high as 80 mph with the storms on the 13th.
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 13, 2024Late evening thunderstorms caused by a pre-frontal trough tracked southeast out of Canada and across the north country on June 13th. A few of these storms were severe as they tracked into the forecast area.
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, June 13, 2024During an afternoon with marginal lift and plenty of DCAPE, storms overpreformed expectations and produced thunderstorms. With DCAPE around 1300J/kg gusty outflow winds resulted from thunderstorm updrafts.
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 13, 2024Strong thunderstorms moved over northwest Indiana on the evening of the 13th producing one report of severe winds in Lowell.
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 13, 2024An area of low pressure moved across southern Ontario/Quebec with it's associated cold front sweeping across northern NY during the late night hours of June 13th to just past midnight on June 14th.
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 13, 2024Low pressure off the southern California coast pulled mid level moisture from Mexico into the Colorado River Valley. This moisture plus hot surface air fueled isolated thunderstorms, and the hot, dry low level air led to a microburst.
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 13 to 14, 2024Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds moved through the area during the early morning hours of June 14th.
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, June 13 to 14, 2024High winds and damage occurred from thunderstorms overnight on the 13th into the morning of the 14th.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 14, 2024A few isolated thunderstorms produced quarter size hail and wind gusts around 60 mph.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14, 2024Hail and hig winds 06/14.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 14, 2024A weak shortwave transitioning over the region produced several strong to severe thunderstorms across the plains.
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2024A couple severe storms developed along a pre-frontal trough later in the afternoon after partial clearing of cloud coverage allowed for increased instability. DCAPE was over 1000 J/kg, resulting in an environment favorable for microbursts.
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 14, 2024A trough of low pressure tracking east over California nudged the subtropical high eastward into the Southern Plains in the days leading up to this event. This allowed some monsoonal moisture to trickle into the Four Corners region.
- Damaging Wind in Utah, June 14, 2024A trough of low pressure tracking east over California nudged the subtropical high eastward into the Southern Plains in the days leading up to this event. This allowed some monsoonal moisture to trickle into the Four Corners region.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 14, 2024An approaching upper level low over northern AZ and the Four Corners region overrode abundant low level moisture moving northward into eastern NM.
- Hail in Maine, June 14, 2024A cold front crossed the region during the afternoon of the 14th. Thunderstorms developed in advance of the cold front. An isolated storm reached severe levels across Penobscot county producing large hail.
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, June 14 to 15, 2024Thunderstorms developed along a stalled out frontal boundary, which was situated across the middle of Nebraska. As these storms tracked to the southeast, they became severe over southwestern Nebraska.
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2024A cold front moved into a warm and moist airmass, with several strong to severe thunderstorms developing. Strong downbursts were reported across portions of eastern Pennsylvania, resulting in several trees and wires down.
- Hail in Colorado, June 14, 2024Thunderstorms tracked east-northeast across northeast Colorado during the afternoon and early evening June 14th. A strong/severe storm formed over southwest Denver where hail just reached one inch in diameter.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 14, 2024A cold front moved into a warm and moist airmass, with several strong to severe thunderstorms developing. Strong downbursts were reported across portions of New Jersey, resulting in several trees down. A landspout also occurred in central New Jersey.
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 14 to 17, 2024On the edge of a large eastern CONUS ridge, thunderstorms developed despite the warm temperatures aloft as surface dewpoints increased to the low 70s and surface based parcels were able to overcome the ridge.
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 14, 2024A cold front moved through the Ohio Valley, producing scattered showers and thunderstorms.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 14, 2024Severe storms developed along a pre-frontal trough later in the afternoon after partial clearing of cloud coverage allowed for increased instability. DCAPE was over 1000 J/kg, resulting in an environment favorable for microbursts and large hail.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 14 to 17, 2024On the edge of a large eastern CONUS ridge, thunderstorms developed despite the warm temperatures aloft as surface dewpoints increased to the low 70s and surface based parcels were able to overcome the ridge.
- Hail in Colorado, June 14, 2024Scattered thunderstorms developed over Yuma County during the afternoon hours producing sub-severe wind gusts up to 55 mph and hail the size of dimes and quarters. The largest hail was reported north of the town of Eckley, Colorado.
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 14, 2024An isolated supercell thunderstorm produced localized damaging wind gusts over portions of eastern West Virginia and northwestern Virginia.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 14, 2024On the afternoon of June 14th, a few hours of strong to severe thunderstorms were observed within southeast Ohio. This was the result of a passing cold front tapping into warm surface temperatures, and firing up storms quickly after sunrise across the Ohio Valley.
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 14, 2024Thunderstorms developed just west of the area in an environment characterized by weak to moderate instability and moderate deep-layer shear. As the storms approached northeast NJ, they formed into a cluster and became strong to severe.
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 14, 2024A broken line of convection, ahead of a weak cold front, dropped south through north central Kentucky. The line that stretched from the Louisville area through the Bluegrass region produced one stronger storm that caused tree damage in Nelson County.
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 14, 2024High based thunderstorms developed in the Big Horn Basin and brought high wind gusts. The south Big Horn County airport had a wind gust to 71 mph. Near Worland, another microburst downed multiple trees.
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 14, 2024An isolated supercell thunderstorm produced localized damaging wind gusts over portions of eastern West Virginia and northwestern Virginia.
- Hail in North Dakota, June 14, 2024Thunderstorms developed as a short-wave trough moved towards North Dakota. One thunderstorm became severe over Williams County, producing ping pong ball size hail.
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 14, 2024Thunderstorms developed just west of the area in an environment characterized by weak to moderate instability and moderate deep-layer shear. As the storms approached southeast NY, they formed into a cluster and became strong to severe.
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Nebraska, June 14, 2024Multiple rounds of training thunderstorms produced an extended period of torrential rainfall across Cheyenne and Morrill counties from the mid to late afternoon into the early evening hours on 6/14.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14, 2024A line of thunderstorms developed near the Colorado-Kansas border and moved east across Northwest Kansas producing pea to quarter sized hail, and wind gusts estimated to be as strong as 90 mph that produced some damage in Sherman, Sheridan, and Decatur counties.
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 14, 2024Afternoon thunderstorms developed along the Front Range of the Rockies, eventually evolving into an MCS as it pushed east onto the Plains, crossing through the local area during the late evening and overnight hours of Friday the 14th into Saturday the 15th.
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Montana, June 15 to 16, 2024Southwesterly flow aloft allowed for showers and thunderstorms to develop ahead of a quickly advancing cold front June 15 across Central and North-Central Montana. Not many severe-caliber gusts were observed.
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 15, 2024Isolated storms developed along a weak front that moved through the area. While most of these storms remained below severe limits, one storm did cause tree damage.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 15, 2024Scattered strong to severe storms produced damaging winds from Hutchinson to Salina during the early afternoon hours of June 15th.
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 15, 2024Scattered thunderstorms were common across the Billings Forecast Area. Warm temperatures aloft, combined with dry lower levels, resulted in a few of these thunderstorms producing severe wind gusts.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 15 to 16, 2024Clusters of severe storms moved northeast through the area, producing several areas of wind damage.
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 15, 2024A cold front tracking eastward across Montana generated a line of severe thunderstorms across the eastern half of the state, from late afternoon through the early nighttime hours. This line eventually moved east into North Dakota.
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 15, 2024A building was shifted off its perch as strong winds blew through the Gilead area. The building, consisting of wood posts and aluminum sheeted sides and roof, had a large opening on one end and space near the ground on the sides for airflow.
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 15, 2024A lone severe thunderstorm caused damage in Florence County.
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 2024Hail on 06/15.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 15, 2024On the morning of the 15th, upper air analysis showed a shortwave trough centered over the High Plains.
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 15, 2024A thunderstorm briefly became severe over eastern portions of Pennington County, producing wind gusts to around 60 mph from Wasta to near Wall.
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Sources
NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.