Central and Northeast Severe Weather
One of the severe storm disasters on NOAA’s billion-dollar list: $1.7 billion in losses at 2024 prices ($1.7 billion at the time) and 3 deaths.
What the offices filed during it
The 178 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
- $1.7 billion
- Losses at the time
- $1.7 billion
- Deaths
- 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 33 | 0 | 0 | $7.9 million |
| Pennsylvania | 161 | 0 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| Michigan | 14 | 0 | 0 | $3.4 million |
| Iowa | 107 | 0 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| Vermont | 9 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| California | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| New Mexico | 11 | 0 | 0 | $520,000 |
| North Dakota | 28 | 0 | 0 | $426,000 |
| Ohio | 15 | 0 | 0 | $410,000 |
| Oklahoma | 95 | 0 | 1 | $380,000 |
| Missouri | 73 | 1 | 0 | $369,000 |
| Virginia | 34 | 0 | 0 | $262,000 |
| New York | 65 | 1 | 4 | $232,000 |
| Wisconsin | 44 | 0 | 2 | $215,000 |
| Tennessee | 26 | 0 | 0 | $205,000 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 0 | 0 | $164,000 |
| Maryland | 29 | 0 | 0 | $153,000 |
| Connecticut | 47 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| South Dakota | 59 | 0 | 0 | $61,000 |
| New Jersey | 65 | 2 | 1 | $59,000 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 0 | 0 | $52,000 |
| Louisiana | 8 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| West Virginia | 28 | 0 | 0 | $38,000 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | 0 | 0 | $37,000 |
| Utah | 33 | 0 | 0 | $32,000 |
| Illinois | 90 | 0 | 1 | $30,000 |
| Arkansas | 14 | 0 | 0 | $27,000 |
| Nebraska | 28 | 0 | 1 | $26,000 |
| Texas | 38 | 2 | 7 | $24,000 |
| Kentucky | 16 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| South Carolina | 11 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Alabama | 11 | 0 | 0 | $9,000 |
| Arizona | 14 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Colorado | 12 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Idaho | 6 | 0 | 3 | $5,000 |
| New Hampshire | 17 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Florida | 6 | 0 | 0 | $600 |
| Georgia | 10 | 0 | 0 | $400 |
| Kansas | 66 | 0 | 2 | |
| Montana | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| North Carolina | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wyoming | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delaware | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Maine | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Episode by episode
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 22, 2024A very hot and humid airmass brought ripe conditions for the development of thunderstorms as a weak front moved in. Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts bringing downed trees and wires to portions of eastern Pennsylvania.
- Hail in South Dakota, June 22, 2024A long-lived supercell thunderstorm developed over far southeast Montana, then tracked across southwest North Dakota and clipped far northeast Perkins County. The storm produced large hail near Shadehill.
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 22, 2024A cold front triggered a line of strong thunderstorms across the Illinois River Valley during the late evening of June 22nd.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 23, 2024A quasi-stationary front, combined with moist air overrunning, it led to showers and thunderstorms during the early morning hours near the Mohawk Valley. One storm became severe producing large hail.
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 23, 2024Low pressure traveled along the Canadian border while it's associated cold front moved across a moderately unstable airmass across NY/VT. This resulted in scattered thunderstorms developing in the afternoon hours with a few producing damaging winds.
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 23, 2024Low pressure traveled along the Canadian border while it's associated cold front moved across a moderately unstable airmass across NY/VT. This resulted in scattered thunderstorms developing in the afternoon hours with a few producing damaging winds.
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2024A cold front associated with surface low pressure in New England traversed Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and evening hours of June 23, 2024 in an environment with ample instability and shear.
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2024A prefrontal trough and cold front tracked across the Upper Ohio Valley region and as diurnal instability increased by mid-afternoon strong to severe storms developed, with MUCAPE of 1500J/kg on average and effectives shear between 35-40kts.
- Hail in Vermont, June 23, 2024A low pressure system and potent upper shortwave tracked east from the Great Lakes region, lifting a warm front through southern Vermont on the morning of June 23.
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Utah, June 23 to 24, 2024There was flash flooding and gusty outflow winds from showers and thunderstorms.
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, June 23, 2024A supercell thunderstorm developed across southwest New Hampshire on the afternoon of June 23rd. The storm moved east to west across the entire state of New Hampshire before weakening near the Maine border.
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 23, 2024A couple of thunderstorms produced localized wind damage in central to northeastern Maryland.
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, June 23, 2024A number of strong to severe thunderstorms formed across portions of Santa Cruz County producing severe threshold wind gusts.
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2024A shortwave and pre-frontal trough moved into a very hot, humid, and unstable airmass, which sparked off several severe thunderstorms, mainly producing damaging wind gusts.
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, June 23, 2024An area of persistent heavy showers and thunderstorms affected an area from eastern Chittenden, Lamoille, northern Washington and western Caledonia counties during late afternoon on June 23, 2024.
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 23, 2024A shortwave and pre-frontal trough moved into a very hot, humid, and unstable airmass, which sparked off several severe thunderstorms, mainly producing damaging wind gusts.
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 23, 2024A rounds of strong to severe storms brought a smattering of damaging wind reports to CT in the evening.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 23, 2024A shortwave and pre-frontal trough moved into a very hot, humid, and unstable airmass, which sparked off several severe thunderstorms, mainly producing damaging wind gusts.
- Damaging Winds in Maine, June 23, 2024Hot and unstable conditions were in place across the region. An approaching upper level trough provided the ingredients to include shear for organized convection. A few severe storms developed across Southern Maine bringing sporadic wind damage.
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 23, 2024The area started off in the warm sector with an approaching cold front and pre-frontal trough from the west. Diurnal heating led to destabilization, with SBCAPE values reaching 2000-3000 J/kg.
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 23, 2024The area started off in the warm sector with an approaching cold front and pre-frontal trough from the west. Diurnal heating led to destabilization, with SBCAPE values reaching 2000-3000 J/kg.
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 23, 2024A prefrontal trough and cold front tracked across the Upper Ohio Valley region and as diurnal instability increased by mid-afternoon strong to severe storms developed, with MUCAPE of 1500J/kg on average and effectives shear between 35-40kts.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 23, 2024A few thunderstorms produced some isolated large hail and severe wind gusts.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 23 to 24, 2024Thunderstorms moved into northwest and north central North Dakota from Saskatchewan during the late night and early morning hours, with some storms being or becoming severe.
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, June 24 to 30, 2024A series of shortwave troughs traversing the northern CONUS brought unsettled weather to the area for the end of June. On the 21st, a stationary front was draped across northeast Nebraska into Iowa.
- Hail in Montana, June 23, 2024A nocturnal cold front moved through, and upon hitting a hot unstable air mass, it managed to trigger a few evening and overnight storms across northeast Montana.
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 24, 2024Some isolated severe storms moved across the international border on June 24th. More severe affected Minnesota in the afternoon.
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 24, 2024Isolated severe thunderstorm in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds across portions of southeast Virginia.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 24, 2024A cold front moved into Eastern NC and produced widespread thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Several areas of severe thunderstorms produced wind damage across the region, along with isolated large hail.
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 24, 2024A decaying thunderstorm produce a wind gusts up 60 mph near Pawnee Pass.
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 24, 2024A dead tree along a recently logged tree line was blown over onto a power line, which snapped the supporting pole.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 24, 2024A stalled front combined with very hot temperatures led to the development of a few strong to severe thunderstorms in Southeastern NC.
- Lightning Strikes in Mississippi, June 24, 2024A backdoor cold front was slowly moving southwestward from Tennessee towards the Mississippi gulf coast on June 24th. Strong daytime heating ahead of the front increased surface instability which provided the potential for robust updrafts.
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 24, 2024An outflow from a thunderstorm brought a 60 mph wind to the Natrona County airport.
- Lightning Strike in California, June 24, 2024Moisture from the remains of Atlantic Tropical Storm Alberto wrapped around high pressure centered over the Desert Southwest the pulled up north behind it into central California on June 24 and 25.
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 24, 2024Some isolated severe storms moved across the international border on June 24th. More severe affected northern Minnesota in the afternoon. Most reports were hail, with some funnel clouds.
- Flash Flooding in Maine, June 24, 2024A cold front stalled over the region with an area of low-pressure riding along it, becoming a focal point for shower and thunderstorm development. The steering winds were under 5 miles per hour, allowing storms to stall.
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 24, 2024On June 24th, a lone thunderstorm crossed the Mississippi River into Vernon and Richland counties and produced quarter sized hail as it moved southeast.
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 24, 2024A small cluster of strong thunderstorms formed along the dryline in far southwest Nebraska moved east through dinner hour into Furnas and Gosper counties. However, the storms did manage to produce pockets of strong winds, including a 63 mph wind gusts at the Cambridge Airport.
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 24, 2024A cluster of slow moving thunderstorms along a warm front produced heavy rain and one severe hail report over south central WI.
- Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2024A severe thunderstorm developed over the central Black Hills, producing large hail in the Mount Rushmore, Keystone, and Rockerville areas.
- Damaging Wind in California, June 24, 2024Moisture from the remnants of Atlantic Tropical Storm Alberto surged north up the Gulf of California and into the Mojave Desert, fueling isolated thunderstorms. One storm produced high winds.
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 24, 2024Lingering moisture after a monsoonal/post-tropical moisture surge combined with some enhanced instability and lift from a passing shortwave to produce scattered to widespread convection across eastern Utah and western Colorado.
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 2024Isolated thunderstorms developed over Sheridan County during the early evening hours of June 24th. As this activity tracked east into northern Cherry County, it became severe with strong winds. Winds were estimated at 60 MPH south of Eli in Cherry county.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 24, 2024A severe thunderstorm developed quickly over the Silver City area and tracked northeast over the Summerset area, then east-northeast across the southern Meade County plains. Very large hail to over baseball size fell in the Summerset area, causing considerable property damage.
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 24, 2024Sea breeze storms produced locally strong wind gusts over a moist and unstable airmass.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 24, 2024A large thunderstorm became severe as it moved across portions of the west central South Dakota plains, producing hail and wind gusts to around 60 mph.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, June 24 to 25, 2024Thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a warm front across northwest Wisconsin during the evening hours of the 24th.
- Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2024A thunderstorm quickly became severe over northern Meade County, producing large hail from the Mud Butte to Fairpoint areas.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 24 to 25, 2024Isolated thunderstorms developed ahead of a warm front during the late evening on Monday (6/24) producing large hail.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 24 to 25, 2024A cluster of strong to severe storms moved across Chicagoland during the night of the 24th immediately followed by a line of storms which went on to impact northern Illinois through the morning of the 25th.
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 25, 2024Just after midnight on June 25th, an organized complex of severe storms moved through Taylor and northern Clark counties producing tree damage in the city of Medford.
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 25, 2024A strong thunderstorm moved over northwest Indiana late during the night of the 24th resulting in one report of tree damage in which a tree snapped and fell onto a car near Fowler.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 25, 2024Severe storms brought widespread damaging wind gusts and an isolated report of large hail.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25, 2024A large complex of thunderstorms tracked across Wisconsin and Michigan during the pre-dawn hours of June 25th...triggering an additional cluster of storms further southwest in the Chicago metropolitan area.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25 to 26, 2024Numerous slow-moving storms occurred on the afternoon of June 25, lasting into the evening.
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 25, 2024Severe thunderstorms developed amid an active upper air pattern. Numerous reports of thunderstorm wind gusts were received over Indiana, but at least once instance thunderstorm wind damage was received in northwest Ohio.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 25, 2024Instances of downed trees and power lines were reported, along with some hail, as thunderstorms moved through the state. Heavy rainfall was also reported, primarily in Michigan.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 25, 2024Numerous slow-moving storms occurred on the afternoon of June 25, lasting into the evening.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 25, 2024During the afternoon hours a complex of thunderstorms crossed into Indiana from Illinois.
- Hail in Ohio, June 25, 2024A warm front moved through the region, forcing isolated storms out in front of it.
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 25, 2024Numerous slow-moving storms occurred on the afternoon of June 25, lasting into the evening.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 25, 2024In the early afternoon of June 25th, a cold front moved into the forecast area from the north, bringing with it a broken QLCS. Two thunderstorms within the QLCS produced severe hail and wind damage in Brown County. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Arizona, June 25, 2024Monsoon moisture brought thunderstorms to northern Arizona with a few strong storms.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 25, 2024Scattered convection occurred throughout the day across the area as a weak cold front dropped slowly south across the area.
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 25 to 26, 2024Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds moved across southern Missouri during the afternoon of June 25th with additional storms later in the night into early on the morning of June 26th.
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 25, 2024On June 25, multiple lines of storms moved across Illinois and into southern Indiana as they followed a northwest to northeast frontal boundary to the southwest. Most of the winds with these lines were sub-severe, but a one tree did fall in Clark County.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 2024A supercell thunderstorm developed in the Union Center area and tracked southeast into northeast Pennington County. The storm produced large hail and wind gusts over 60 mph.
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 25 to 26, 2024On June 25 and 26, multiple lines of storms moved across Illinois and southern Indiana before entering central Kentucky as they followed a northwest to northeast frontal boundary to the southwest.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 25 to 26, 2024During the afternoon, evening, and late evening hours of June 25th, storms brought widespread severe wind gusts as well as some hail to a large portion of Missouri.
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 25, 2024A thunderstorm briefly became severe across portions of southwest Meade County, producing wind gusts to 60 mph in the Hereford area.
- Damaging Wind in Utah, June 25, 2024Despite high pressure building into the region, enough residual moisture from a monsoonal push earlier in the week remained to spawn afternoon convection over eastern Utah and western Colorado.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 25, 2024Strong heating and deep moisture near a weak surface trough led to thunderstorms capable of producing small hail and damaging winds.
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 25, 2024A warm front moved through the region, forcing isolated storms out in front of it.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 25, 2024In the late afternoon of June 25th, semi-discrete convection ahead of a cold front produced widespread wind damage in central and northeast Missouri. Unfortunately, this resulted in one fatality in Audrain County.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 25, 2024An upper trough across the central CONUS instigated numerous clusters of convection across the Southern Plains. One of these clusters contained supercell storm structures as it moved from Kay and Noble Counties into portions of central Oklahoma during the evening of the 25th.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 25 to 26, 2024Storms developed in south central Kansas and increased in coverage across southeast Kansas during the evening hours. These storms produced large hail ranging from quarter to baseball size.
- Hail in South Dakota, June 25, 2024A supercell thunderstorm developed just west of Rapid City, clipping western and southern portions of Rapid City, then tracked onto the plains before weakening over southeast Pennington County. The storm produced hail to over quarter size.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 25, 2024Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along a boundary, draped across the central Sandhills during the late afternoon hours of June 25th. This activity became severe with golf ball sized hail.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 25 to 27, 2024A couple of discrete severe storms impacted the central to southern Texas Panhandle on the evening of the 25th producing damaging winds and one instance of 1 hail.
- Hail in Illinois, June 25, 2024A cluster of mostly sub-severe storms moved across far northern Illinois during the evening of the 25th producing isolated instances of severe hail near Woodstock.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 2024A large supercell thunderstorm developed over western Jackson County and tracked southeast through Bennett County and into Nebraska. The storm caused considerable damage in Potato Creek and the Martin area with very large hail and strong wind gusts.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 2024A supercell thunderstorm developed over Jackson County and tracked southeast into south central South Dakota. The storm produced some large hail and wind gusts to over 70 mph.
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 25, 2024A strong MCS developed NW of Kentucky and dove southward during the day on June 25. By the time it reached Kentucky in the late afternoon and evening, it lost considerable strength and was falling apart.
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 25, 2024An outflow boundary tracking southward from previous storms produced convection during the evening in Southeast Missouri, with additional storms developing ahead of the boundary. Several thunderstorm wind damage reports were received.
- Hail in Kentucky, June 25, 2024An outflow boundary tracking southward from previous storms fired additional convection late afternoon in Northwest Kentucky. Lightning and heavy rain were the primary concerns, though hail up to nickel size fell in southwestern portions of Daviess County.
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, June 25, 2024A cold front triggered a broken line of thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the evening of June 25th. Some of the cells produced wind gusts of around 60 mph, with one storm dropping golf ball-sized hail in Altona in Knox County.
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, June 25, 2024A strong thunderstorm complex that developed over Yavapai County during the afternoon hours sent a southward surging outflow boundary across western portions of the Phoenix metro area.
- Hail in South Dakota, June 25, 2024An isolated thunderstorm developed on the north end of a more organized cluster in the lower Missouri River Valley during the early evening hours of June 25. Hail up to penny size occurred with the brief stronger updraft.
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 25, 2024Very hot temperatures on the afternoon of the 25th led to a deeply mixed boundary layer producing sufficient instability and minimal capping for thunderstorm development.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 25, 2024A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms occurred primarily in southern Cochise County between Bisbee and Douglas and produced areas of flash flooding and a severe wind gust.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 25 to 26, 2024An upper level shortwave trough sliding southeast out of central Canada into the Dakotas and Minnesota sparked off thunderstorm development over western portions of South Dakota during the mid-late afternoon hours on Wednesday the 25th.
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 26, 2024A series of several severe storms developed across northeast Kansas during the overnight and early morning periods. Widespread damaging wind gusts up to 90 mph and wind damage were observed.
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 26, 2024Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across northeast Arkansas as a weak front moved into a moist and unstable airmass during the early morning hours of June 26, 2024. A few storms produced wind damage across northeast Arkansas.
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 26, 2024During the late evening and overnight hours of June 25th into June 26th, storms brought severe wind gusts to portions of eastern Kansas.
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 26 to 30, 2024Heavy rain fell across portions of Robertson and Sumner counties during the early morning hours of June 30, 2024.
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 26, 2024Thunderstorms moved through southeast Kansas on the morning of June 26th. One storm produced damaging wind gusts in Crawford County.
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 26, 2024Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over northeastern Kansas during the early morning hours of the 26th, ahead of a cold front and weak upper level disturbance. These storms evolved into a line as they moved south-southeast across Kansas.
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 26, 2024Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over northeastern Kansas during the early morning hours of the 26th, ahead of a cold front and weak upper level disturbance. These storms evolved into a line as they moved south-southeast across Kansas.
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 26, 2024Training heavy rainfall through the morning hours in Southeast Missouri resulted in 3 to 5 inches of rainfall in much of Butler County and portions of Wayne, Bollinger, and Stoddard Counties.
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 26, 2024A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) advanced east southeastward into the Ark-La-Tex and Lower Mississippi Valley on June 26th.
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 26, 2024A weak cold front swept across the state from the northwest on the 26th, producing thunderstorms ahead of the boundary. A few of these storms became severe producing damaging winds during the late morning hours to around noon.
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 26, 2024A cold front drifted southeastward from central Lake Huron, southern Lower MI, and northwestern IN to southern ON, southeastern Lower MI, far-northwestern OH, and northern IN during the late morning through early evening of the 26th.
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 26, 2024A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) advanced east southeastward into the Ark-La-Tex and Lower Mississippi Valley on June 26th.
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 26, 2024A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) advanced east southeastward into the Ark-La-Tex and Lower Mississippi Valley on June 26th.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 26, 2024A cold front drifted southeastward from central Lake Huron, southern Lower MI, and northwestern IN to southern ON, southeastern Lower MI, far-northwestern OH, and northern IN during the late morning through early evening of the 26th.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, June 26, 2024Numerous showers and storms developed ahead of an approaching cold front on June 26, 2024. Some of these storms became severe, producing sporadic wind damage and a few severe hail reports across central Pennsylvania.
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 26, 2024A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) advanced east southeastward into the Ark-La-Tex and Lower Mississippi Valley on June 26th.
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26 to 30, 2024Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon, typical of summertime. A few trees were blown down with the strongest storms. In addition, slow moving storms produced localized flash flooding.
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 26, 2024Scattered clusters of thunderstorms developed during the early to mid afternoon hours and lasted into early evening. The thunderstorms produced gusty and in some cases damaging gust front and outflow winds.
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 26, 2024Waves of showers and thunderstorms moved eastward across Central Alabama during the afternoon of June 26. A storm in Tuscaloosa produced a 68 mph wind gust at Tuscaloosa National Airport before causing sporadic tree damage across Jefferson and Blount counties.
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 26, 2024Southerly steering flow enabled both east and west coast sea breezes to push into through the course of the day over a hot and unstable airmass. Boundary collisions across the interior of the forecast area triggered late afternoon & evening strong to pulse severe storms.
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 26, 2024A mid-upper level trough extending across the area along with modest instability and moisture led to thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Utah, June 26 to 28, 2024Severe thunderstorms brought heavy rain, hail, gusty winds, and flash flooding.
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 26, 2024A cold front intersecting a hot and humid airmass resulting in the formation of several bands of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms produced scattered swaths of damaging wind, with one instance of considerable severe wind noted over southern Maryland.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 26, 2024An approaching cold front, making eastward progress through the Ohio Valley, helped to promote showers and thunderstorms through West Virginia on June 26th.
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 26, 2024Scattered severe thunderstorms well in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds across portions of central Virginia and the Virginia northern neck.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 26, 2024A cold front moved through, bringing widespread hail with a supercell thunderstorm and gusty winds. Wind damage affected areas in Idaho from a microburst that occurred in Oregon.
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 26, 2024Isolated convection developed across the eastern Midlands in a very unstable and moist environment.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 26, 2024A well-organized upper shortwave trough crossing the western Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley and associated cold front crossed the region.
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26, 2024Southerly steering flow enabled both east and west coast sea breezes to push into through the course of the day over a hot and unstable airmass. Boundary collisions across the interior of the forecast area triggered late afternoon & evening strong to pulse severe storms.
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, June 26, 2024A cold front moved through, bringing widespread hail and strong winds with several thunderstorms. Wind damage affected multiple structures in Nyssa from a microburst.
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 26, 2024After the remnants of an MCS impacted portions of eastern Kentucky on June 25, a cold front began to approach the state on the 25th.
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 26, 2024Severe thunderstorms impacted portions of Middle Tennessee during the afternoon of June 26, 2024. The main threat were severe thunderstorm winds with multiple reports of downed trees received. A brief funnel cloud was also sighted in Bedford County.
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 2024A cold front intersecting a hot and humid airmass resulting in the formation of several bands of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms produced scattered swaths of damaging wind, with one instance of considerable severe wind noted over southern Maryland.
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 26, 2024A cluster of strong thunderstorms developed in north central Alabama during the mid afternoon hours and moved northeast through Lincoln County.
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, June 26, 2024A couple of locations received severe wind gusts.
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 26, 2024A cold front interacted with an environment destabilized by strong diurnal heating and enhanced by orographic effects, to create scattered thunderstorms over the mountains. One storm was severe, producing minor property damage and downing trees.
- Flash Flood in Arizona, June 26, 2024A thunderstorm along the International border at Nogales, Arizona produced flash flooding as runoff moved from Nogales, Sonora into Nogales, Arizona.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 26, 2024Sunshine early in the day helped to destabilize the area for the afternoon. Increasing instability and moisture, as a weak frontal boundary lifted northward, caused thunderstorms to develop. Some storms became severe producing damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall.
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 26, 2024An upper level trough passage coincided with deep moisture and instability to create strong afternoon thunderstorms.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 26, 2024A very hot and humid airmass was in place as a cold front moved in. This resulted in several strong to severe thunderstorms developing, with storms mainly bringing damaging wind gusts to portions of eastern Pennsylvania.
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 2024Scattered severe thunderstorms well in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, June 26 to 27, 2024Record levels of monsoon moisture remained in place across NM as an upper level disturbance approached from the west and pushed the upper level high over the state south into New Mexico.
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 26, 2024A well-organized upper shortwave trough crossing the western Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley and associated cold front crossed the region.
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 26, 2024A very hot and humid airmass was in place as a cold front moved in. This resulted in several strong to severe thunderstorms developing, with storms mainly bringing damaging wind gusts to portions of New Jersey.
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 26, 2024Showers and thunderstorms formed west of our area along a cold front and then moved east towards our area. The storms became severe and continued in a warm and moist environment, producing damaging winds across southeast NY.
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 26, 2024Isolated thunderstorms developed across western North Carolina during the evening. One of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts in Rowan County.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, June 26, 2024Strong storms moved through southern New England overnight bringing a line of very strong winds, some flash flooding, and two tornados to Massachusetts.
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 26, 2024Strong to occasionally severe convection developed along a surface cold front near the Red River on the afternoon of the 26th. Reports of large hail and wind damage occurred with a storm near Durant, Oklahoma.
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 26, 2024A small, but intense cluster of severe storms produced a period of wind gusts between 60 and 70 MPH and torrential rainfall in and around the city of Cheyenne around 600 PM MDT on 6/26.
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 26, 2024Showers and thunderstorms formed west of our area along a cold front and then moved east towards our area. The storms became severe and continued in a warm and moist environment, producing damaging winds across northeast NJ.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 26 to 27, 2024A couple of discrete severe storms impacted the central to southern Texas Panhandle on the evening of the 25th producing damaging winds and one instance of 1 hail.
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 26, 2024A potent shortwave served as the primary forcing mechanism to drive showers and thunderstorms in the Mid-Hudson Valley on the evening of June 26.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 26, 2024Severe storms in Grayson County produced hail up to 2 inches. Unfortunately, thunderstorm winds on Lake Texoma caused a boat to capsize resulting in the death of a young male.
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 26, 2024A cold front intersecting a hot and humid airmass resulting in the formation of several bands of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms produced scattered swaths of damaging wind, with one instance of considerable severe wind noted over southern Maryland.
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 26, 2024Showers and thunderstorms formed west of our area along a cold front and then moved east towards our area. The storms became severe and continued in a warm and moist environment, producing damaging winds across southern CT.
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 26, 2024Very hot temperatures on the afternoon of the 26th allowed isolated thunderstorms to form near a weak surface boundary in the extreme southern Texas Panhandle. These very warm temperatures created a dry sub-cloud layer underneath thunderstorms.
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 26 to 27, 2024An unstable environment with better shear produced isolated strong to severe thunderstorms. Wind damage was reported near Canon City.
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 26, 2024A potent shortwave served as the primary forcing mechanism to drive showers and thunderstorms in northwest Connecticut on the evening of June 26. Some storms became severe in Litchfield County, resulting in numerous report of downed trees and power lines.
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 26, 2024Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms developed along the higher terrain of southeast New Mexico. A few thunderstorms produced locally damaging wind gusts.
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 26, 2024Strong storms moved through southern New England overnight bringing a line of very strong winds which caused damage in Connecticut while also producing two tornadoes in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 26, 2024A very hot and humid airmass was in place as a cold front moved in. This resulted in several strong to severe thunderstorms developing, with storms mainly bringing damaging wind gusts to portions of Delaware.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, June 26, 2024Strong storms moved through southern New England overnight bringing a line of very strong winds and a tornado to Rhode Island.
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 26, 2024Modest monsoonal moisture was trapped under an upper high located right along the New Mexico-Mexico border region. A very slow moving thunderstorm developed along Highway 9 which caused flash flooding east of Columbus.
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 27, 2024Thunderstorms that developed on the afternoon of the 26th grew upscale through the evening hours of the 26th and early morning hours of the 27th.
- Flash Flooding in Florida, June 27 to 29, 2024Slow moving thunderstorms produced localized flash flooding across the area.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, June 27, 2024Deep moisture and a mesoscale convective vortext brought severe thundertorms over northern Arizona.
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2024Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours as a cold front sunk into Eastern NC. A couple thunderstorms became severe, producing damaging winds.
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Arizona, June 27, 2024Monsoon moisture and an approaching trough axis fueled isolated thunderstorms over northern Mohave County. One storm produced lightning damage and hail.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 27, 2024An unstable southwest flow aloft was over the Billings Forecast Area. Large-scale ascent ahead of a midlevel trough tracked eastward across the northern Rockies. Thunderstorms developed over the mountains of southwest Montana and moved east onto the adjacent plains.
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 27, 2024Deep subtropical moisture increased across eastern Utah and western Colorado and combined with forcing from a strong low pressure trough digging across the Intermountain West to result in widespread severe thunderstorms.
- Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, June 27, 2024Lightning caused some structural damage in the Myrtle Beach area.
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in Utah, June 27, 2024Deep subtropical moisture increased across eastern Utah and western Colorado and combined with forcing from a strong low pressure trough digging across the Intermountain West to result in widespread severe thunderstorms.
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 27, 2024Mid-level shortwave energy advancing into the area and encountering an environment displaying modest instability and strong downdraft CAPE led to thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts across Southeast South Carolina.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 27, 2024A thunderstorm became severe in the Sturgis area and tracked across portions of southern Meade County. The storm produced hail to around quarter size and wind gusts to 70 mph.
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 27, 2024A severe thunderstorm formed over Sedgwick County and then tracked eastward during the afternoon of June 27th.
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 27, 2024An unstable southwest flow aloft was over the Billings Forecast Area. Large-scale ascent ahead of a midlevel trough tracked eastward across the northern Rockies. Thunderstorms developed over the mountains of southwest Montana and moved east onto the adjacent plains.
- Tornado in Florida, June 27, 2024A storm merging with the sea breeze produced a tornado in Melbourne.
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 27, 2024A 7 year-old child was killed by a lightning strike on the evening of June 27.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 27, 2024Thunderstorms developed as surface low pressure deepened over eastern Montana and a warm front lifted through North Dakota. The main threat from the storms was damaging winds, with the strongest winds of 90 mph occurring in Stark County. Buildings, trees, and crops were damaged.
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 27, 2024A moist and unstable airmass combined with a cold front moving across the region, to generate strong to severe thunderstorms.
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 27, 2024Scattered thunderstorms developed in a moderate to highly unstable airmass. One of these storms produced damaging wind gusts.
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 27, 2024A line of thunderstorms moved across northern Johnson County and brought very strong wind gusts. Wind gusts of 63 mph were reported at the Johnson County airport and a wind gust of 64 mph was reported along Interstate 80 to the east of Buffalo.
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 27, 2024Strong to severe thunderstorms tracked east-northeast across northern portions of northeast Wyoming, producing wind gusts to around 70 mph in some areas. Devils Tower National Monument was hit particularly hard by the storms, with numerous trees downed and damaged in the park.
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 27, 2024A landspout developed just north of the National Weather Service Office in Lake Charles and impacted the office before dissipating in the field to the south.
- Hail in Nebraska, June 27, 2024Isolated thunderstorms developed along the Colorado and Nebraska border west of Grant and quickly intensified. As they tracked east, across Perkins county half dollar sized hail was reported near Elsie.
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 27, 2024In the afternoon of the 27th, a few storms formed in east central Colorado. As these storms progressed east, they produced winds up to 65 MPH.
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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.