Central and Southern Severe Weather
One of the severe storm disasters on NOAA’s billion-dollar list: $3.9 billion in losses at 2024 prices ($3.8 billion at the time) and 5 deaths.
What the offices filed during it
The 165 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
- $3.9 billion
- Losses at the time
- $3.8 billion
- Deaths
- 5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 397 | 2 | 3 | $167 million |
| Mississippi | 216 | 2 | 34 | $32 million |
| Louisiana | 132 | 1 | 1 | $5.6 million |
| Arkansas | 96 | 0 | 0 | $4.2 million |
| Michigan | 30 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| Texas | 148 | 3 | 102 | $3.2 million |
| Wyoming | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| Ohio | 60 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Colorado | 128 | 1 | 90 | $425,000 |
| Georgia | 149 | 0 | 0 | $417,000 |
| Virginia | 117 | 0 | 0 | $378,000 |
| Florida | 163 | 0 | 0 | $348,000 |
| Alabama | 236 | 0 | 0 | $271,000 |
| Missouri | 40 | 0 | 0 | $155,000 |
| Indiana | 9 | 0 | 0 | $103,000 |
| Tennessee | 22 | 0 | 0 | $102,000 |
| North Carolina | 40 | 0 | 0 | $85,000 |
| Vermont | 3 | 0 | 0 | $55,000 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 0 | 0 | $54,000 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| South Carolina | 30 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Maryland | 7 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| New Jersey | 18 | 0 | 1 | $2,000 |
| Kansas | 62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Utah | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iowa | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Montana | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Dakota | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Mexico | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nevada | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delaware | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Episode by episode
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 13, 2023A short-lived thunderstorm developed southeast of Rock River in the Laramie Valley in the evening on the 13th that briefly produced a tornado over open land with no known damage.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 14, 2023Supercell thunderstorms developed toward midday across the middle Red River Valley along and south of a stalled frontal boundary. These thunderstorms progressed east southeast with upper 80s temperatures on the warm side of the boundary with dew points exceeding 75 degrees.
- Flash Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 14 to 16, 2023Beginning on the 14th of June, numerous thunderstorms tracked across north and central Georgia. A cluster of severe storms resulted in widespread reports of damaging wind and large hail in a swath from northern Troup county to Henry/Butts County (south of Atlanta).
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 14, 2023Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 14th, to north of a stationary frontal boundary that stretched across southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas, as a weak upper level disturbance translated into…
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 14, 2023Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across northwestern Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 14th, to north of a stationary frontal boundary that stretched across southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas, as a weak upper level disturbance translated into…
- Hail in Arkansas, June 14, 2023A stalled frontal boundary was located from east-central Arkansas into north Mississippi during the morning of June 14, 2023.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 14, 2023A strong mid-level shortwave rounding the base of a parent low centered across the Great Lakes region encountered an environment displaying a warm and moist airmass, leading to thunderstorm development across the Southeast United States.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, June 14 to 15, 2023Convergence of moisture along a stationary front in northern Mississippi triggered thunderstorms during the day on June 14th.
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 14, 2023A supercell thunderstorm developed across far southern Oklahoma during the morning of the 14th and lead to a report of sub-severe hail in Marshall County.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 14, 2023A stalled frontal boundary was located from east-central Arkansas into north Mississippi during the morning of June 14, 2023.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 14, 2023A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms moved east-southeast across northwest Alabama during the morning hours. Large hail and damaging winds were reports in a few locations.
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 14, 2023Scattered showers and thunderstorms moved through ahead of a cold front. Isolated severe thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts.
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, June 14, 2023An upper level low and associated surface low passed just to the north and east. A severe thunderstorm fired up along an approaching cold front and produced damaging winds.
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 14, 2023Supercell thunderstorms developed toward midday across the middle Red River Valley along and south of a stalled frontal boundary. These thunderstorms progressed east southeast with upper 80s temperatures on the warm side of the boundary with dew points exceeding 75 degrees.
- Hail in Missouri, June 14, 2023Showers and thunderstorms impacted the region from the early morning of the 14th through the afternoon. Isolated storms became strong to severe with hail up to golf balls in size reported with the strongest storm.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 14, 2023Supercell thunderstorms developed toward midday across the middle Red River Valley along and south of a stalled frontal boundary. These thunderstorms progressed east southeast with upper 80s temperatures on the warm side of the boundary with dew points exceeding 75 degrees.
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2023Scattered showers and thunderstorms moved through ahead of a cold front. Isolated severe thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts.
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2023One lone storm became severe after quickly developing in the southern portions of Pike County in Northeastern Pennsylvania. This storm had strong wind gusts as it passed west of Dingmans Ferry.
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 14, 2023A cutoff low pressure system over northeastern PA worked its way into southern New England during the evening. Out ahead of it, a warm front moved into southern New England in the late afternoon.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 14 to 15, 2023Convergence of moisture along a stationary front in northern Louisiana triggered thunderstorms during the day on June 14th.
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, June 14, 2023During the early evening of June 14th a line of thunderstorms developed across Massachusetts and quickly bowed out across Cheshire and Western Hillsborough County. The thunderstorms quickly weakened as they moved further west.
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 14, 2023A surface front was across the southeast region with an upper-level trough across the deep south. Passing short wave troughs combined with a moist and unstable airmass triggered several waves of strong to severe storms across the local area.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, June 14 to 15, 2023Unusually strong wind shear combined with strong instability and numerous disturbances led to a very active period of severe weather through the month of June. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were recorded along with a few tornadoes.
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 14, 2023A strong mid-level shortwave rounding the base of a parent low centered across the Great Lakes region encountered an environment displaying a warm and moist airmass, leading to thunderstorm development across the Southeast United States.
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 14, 2023Unusually strong wind shear combined with strong instability and numerous disturbances led to a very active period of severe weather through the month of June. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were recorded along with a few tornadoes.
- Hail in Missouri, June 14, 2023Isolated large hail occurred with a severe thunderstorm. The storm formed during the peak heating of the day along a 500 mb trough that extended southwest from the eastern Great Lakes across the Ohio Valley.
- Hail in Arkansas, June 14, 2023An upper-level disturbance moving through northwest flow aloft interacted with an unstable airmass in place across northwest Arkansas resulting in a couple of supercell thunderstorms. These storms dropped large hail across northeast Arkansas.
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 14, 2023A surface front was across the southeast region with an upper-level trough across the deep south. Passing short wave troughs combined with a moist and unstable airmass triggered several waves of strong to severe storms across the local area.
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 14, 2023Convergence of moisture along a stationary front in southern Arkansas triggered thunderstorms during the evening of June 14th.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 14 to 15, 2023Unusually strong wind shear combined with strong instability and numerous disturbances led to a very active period of severe weather through the month of June. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were recorded along with a few tornadoes.
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 14, 2023An isolated thunderstorm produced a severe wind gust southeast of Ekalaka.
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 14 to 15, 2023Moisture increased across western Colorado as the next shortwave trough impacted the area. This, paired with daytime heating, led to scattered showers and thunderstorms. The stronger storms produced gusty winds in excess of 58 mph across some of the central and southern valleys.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 15 to 19, 2023The middle part of June was unusually stormy across the area. Numerous rounds of strong to severe storms impacted the region with multiple squall lines that produced severe winds as well as supercells that produced large hail and tornadoes.
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 15, 2023A frontal zone was north of the area with high pressure extending across south Florida. Aloft, a 500 mb trough base was across the area.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Florida, June 15 to 19, 2023The middle part of June was unusually stormy across the area. Numerous rounds of strong to severe storms impacted the region with multiple squall lines that produced severe winds as well as supercells that produced large hail and tornadoes.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 15 to 17, 2023The continued deluge of heavy rain, severe thunderstorms, flash flooding, and tornadoes continue over southern Colorado by yet another closed low located over southern California.
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 15, 2023With a stationary boundary set up over southern Middle Tennessee and with plenty of moisture and instability, thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon hours of June 15, 2023 and turned strong to severe.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 15, 2023A severe thunderstorm brought damaging winds and large hail to portions of the southern Tennessee valley.
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 2023Storms rolled through western Kansas bringing large hail and damaging winds to western Kansas.
- Hail in Utah, June 15, 2023Thunderstorms brought hail around Cedar City.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, June 15, 2023The approach of an anomalously strong (for mid-June) upper-level disturbance lead to a widespread severe weather outbreak across portions of the forecast area, especially along and west of the I-35 corridor, during the afternoon into late evening of the 15th.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 15, 2023Scattered thunderstorms developed over upstate South Carolina during the afternoon and early evening. A few of these storms intensified to severe levels and produced hail up to the size of golf balls and isolated damaging wind gusts.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, June 15, 2023A few strong thunderstorms traveled along the Quebec-Vermont border during the afternoon hours of June 15th.
- Hail in Michigan, June 15, 2023An isolated storm produced large hail.
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 2023Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon of June 15th, mainly south of I-96. Hail, measuring between 1-2 inches, emerged as the primary severe weather threat, with several instances of wind damage associated with gusts around 60 mph.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 2023During the evening of the 15th a line of storms, of which contained supercells, formed over portions of southwest Kansas and extend south through Beaver County, OK into the northeastern portions of the Texas Panhandle.
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, June 15, 2023On June 15th, roughly between 300 PM and 415 PM MDT, slow moving thunderstorms fueled by a wet air mass led to heavy rain over parts of Natrona County, including the city of Casper, WY and surrounding suburbs.
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 15 to 17, 2023Supercell thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours mainly east of an Abilene to San Angelo to Sonora line. The sever storms produced large to very large hail and isolated damaging winds. Also, a brief tornado was reported in Fisher County.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 15, 2023One isolated storm produced large hail and damaging wind in Wells and Adams Counties.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 2023In the early morning hours of the 15th, scattered showers began to slowly intensify into weak storms. In the early afternoon some of the scattered storms began producing small hail, with the largest stones falling in Sherman county being nickel sized.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 15, 2023During the evening of the 15th a line of storms, of which contained supercells, formed over portions of southwest Kansas and extend south through Beaver County, OK into the northeastern portions of the Texas Panhandle.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 15, 2023A cold front moved into northwest Ohio the evening of Thursday, June 15. A weak surface low pressure developed along this front over southern Michigan earlier in the day and moved southeast across the western tip of Lake Erie during the evening.
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 15, 2023Two severe thunderstorms produced wind damage in Okeechobee and Indian River Counties.
- Damaging Wind in Utah, June 15, 2023Moisture increased across eastern Utah as a shortwave trough impacted the area. This, paired with daytime heating, led to scattered showers and thunderstorms. The stronger storms produced gusty winds up to 58 mph across Grand County.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 15, 2023A thunderstorm briefly became severe over south central Todd County, producing large hail and wind gusts around 60 mph.
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 15, 2023The approach of an anomalously strong (for mid-June) upper-level disturbance lead to a widespread severe weather outbreak across portions of the forecast area during the afternoon into late evening of the 15th.
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, June 15, 2023A slow-moving, unseasonable upper low helped trigger isolated thunderstorms over southern Nevada. Two storms produced high winds.
- Hail in Texas, June 15, 2023Isolated thunderstorms developed along a dryline in West Central Texas and moved toward the east. One of these storms produced large hail in South Central Texas.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 15, 2023Isolated thunderstorms developed across portions of central Ohio ahead of a cold front moving through the area.
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 15 to 16, 2023A large cluster of thunderstorms stalled near the coast in the Florida panhandle and produced very heavy rain with 6 to 12 inches of rain recorded. This caused widespread flash flooding around Pensacola. The thunderstorms also produced wind damage.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 15, 2023A mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) developed in southern Michigan the evening of June 15th and tracked southeast into eastern Ohio. Damaging wind gusts, heavy rain, and hail were reported across the Ohio River Valley.
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 2023Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across western Kansas during the afternoon of the 15th. These thunderstorms moved southeast, and affected portions of northeastern Oklahoma during the evening. The strongest storm produced damaging wind in Osage County.
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 15 to 16, 2023Late during the evening of June 15th, regional radar analysis showed several clusters of severe thunderstorms ongoing along the middle Red River Valley into Northeast Texas. The eastern-most cluster displayed signs of cold pool intensification and developed a bowing structure.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, June 15 to 16, 2023Strong thunderstorms tracked across the area and became severe in a very moist and unstable airmass. The thunderstorms produced damaging winds, large hail and a couple of weak tornadoes.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 16, 2023Late during the evening of June 15th, regional radar analysis showed several clusters of severe thunderstorms ongoing along the middle Red River Valley into Northeast Texas. The eastern-most cluster displayed signs of cold pool intensification and developed a bowing structure.
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 16, 2023During the afternoon and evening of June 15th, an upper-level disturbance triggered a cluster of thunderstorms along a stationary front boundary around the Texas and Oklahoma border.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, June 16, 2023During the afternoon and evening of June 15th, an upper-level disturbance triggered a cluster of thunderstorms along a stationary front boundary around the Texas and Oklahoma border.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 16, 2023A mid-level impulse passed NW to SE across the local area during the morning hours with phased low-level instability nosing inland from the Gulf of Mexico producing scattered strong to severe storms across NE FL.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 16, 2023Severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Mississippi and produced strong winds which downed numerous trees.
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 2023Scattered thunderstorms moved across portions of eastern Oklahoma during the early morning of the 16th. The strongest storm produced hail up to penny size.
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2023A strong shortwave and abnormally cold air aloft generated late-morning convection over the Lower Susquehanna Valley on June 16, 2023. Cells grew quickly, and produced sporadic wind damage as they crossed southern Lancaster County.
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2023A potent system moved through eastern Pennsylvania bringing damaging winds, large hail, and a tornado with scattered strong to severe thunderstorms.
- Hail in Delaware, June 16, 2023A potent system moved through Delaware, bringing large hail as scattered strong to severe thunderstorms moved through.
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, June 16, 2023A potent system moved through New Jersey, bringing large hail, damaging winds, and a tornado as scattered strong to severe thunderstorms moved through.
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2023Thunderstorms brought locally heavy rain to southeastern Pennsylvania during the midday hours of June 16. Rainfall totals were as high as 1.0 to 1.5 inches.
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 16, 2023Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail and one tornado across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 16, 2023Strong cold front interacted with an abnormally moist airmass to cause severe thunderstorms to developed across Southside Virginia. Winds from these storms damaged numerous trees, utilities, several vehicles and outbuildings. Thousands of customers lost power due to the damage.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 16, 2023Several isolated supercell thunderstorms produced sporadic wind damage and localized large hail.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 16, 2023Upper-level disturbances moving through strong northwest flow aloft combined with ample moisture and instability to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across much of the Mid-South during the afternoon hour of June 16, 2023.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 16, 2023Upper-level disturbances moving through strong northwest flow aloft combined with ample moisture and instability to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across much of the Mid-South during the afternoon hour of June 16, 2023.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 16, 2023Upper-level disturbances moving through strong northwest flow aloft combined with ample moisture and instability to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across much of the Mid-South during the afternoon hour of June 16, 2023.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 2023Strong cold front interacted with an abnormally moist airmass to cause severe thunderstorms to develop in Caswell County. These storms produced winds that|damaged a few trees, and generated large hail which caused damage to tobacco.
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 16, 2023Showers and thunderstorms impacted the region during the afternoon of the 16th. Isolated strong to severe storms produced strong downburst winds that caused localized damage.
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 2023An approaching cold front from the Ohio Valley led to the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms across central NC in the late-afternoon and early evening hours. Several of the storms became severe, with reports of damaging winds across the northeast Piedmont.
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 16, 2023A thunderstorm moving offshore produced a severe wind gust at Cape Canaveral.
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 16, 2023Scattered thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding across portions of central and southeast Virginia.
- Hail in Missouri, June 16, 2023Upper-level disturbances moving through strong northwest flow aloft combined with ample moisture and instability to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across much of the Mid-South during the afternoon hour of June 16, 2023.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 16, 2023Severe thunderstorms produced large hail across parts of Elbert and Lincoln counties, along with one brief tornado. The hail ranged from quarter to around tennis ball size. Some of the roadways were completely covered by several inches of hail accumulation.
- Hail in Nebraska, June 16, 2023Mainly between 2-9 p.m. CDT on this Friday afternoon and evening, isolated to scattered thunderstorms roamed South Central Nebraska, affecting at least small portions of nearly all 24 local counties.
- Hail in Nebraska, June 16, 2023Scattered thunderstorms developed across Eastern Nebraska which resulted in a few hail reports in Boone and Madison counties.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 16, 2023A very active pattern of northwest flow continued over Alabama June 16th through June 19th. Numerous upper short waves traversed through the zonal flow which resulted in several days of severe weather across Central Alabama.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 16, 2023Several isolated supercell thunderstorms produced sporadic wind damage and localized large hail.
- Hail in Texas, June 16, 2023Thunderstorms developed in a warm, moist airmass ahead of a dryline and stationary front. Some of these storms produced large hail.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 16, 2023Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of northeast North Carolina.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 16, 2023Isolated thunderstorms developed along a weak cold front near the James River Valley. An environment of MLCAPE up to 1500 J/kg and DCAPE of around 1000 J/kg allowed stronger storms to produce gusty winds.
- Flash Flood and Flood in Colorado, June 16 to 19, 2023In the early afternoon of the 16th, a system of thunderstorms formed in east central Colorado and progressed eastward. The strongest cells of this system remained south of I-70 through Colorado. Up to 1.75 inch diameter hail was reported from this system.
- Hail in North Carolina, June 16, 2023A broken line of thunderstorms moved southeastward through the NE parts of Eastern NC. One particular storm became severe and produced quarter size hail. Widespread wind gusts of up to 50 mph occurred in the northern Outer Banks, just under severe thunderstorm criteria.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, June 16 to 17, 2023Unusually strong wind shear combined with strong instability and numerous disturbances led to a very active period of severe weather through the month of June. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were recorded along with a few tornadoes.
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 17, 2023A storm moving offshore produced a severe wind gust in southern Brevard County and anther storm produced a severe gust in Orange County.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in New Hampshire, June 17, 2023A slow moving area of low pressure was centered over Southern Vermont on the morning of the 17th. Around mid-morning a band of heavy rain showers with embedded thunderstorms developed from Lebanon to Jaffrey.
- Hail in Louisiana, June 17, 2023Convergence of moisture along a stationary front in northern Louisiana triggered thunderstorms during the day on June 17th.
- Hail in Mississippi, June 17, 2023Unusually strong wind shear along with cold midlevel temps led to the development of severe storms with very large hail.
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 17, 2023Slow moving thunderstorms produced localized flash flooding in Stannard, VT on the afternoon of June 17, 2023.
- Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, June 17, 2023An anomalous closed low over southern New England caused numerous showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. One storm caused lightning damage in Rhode Island.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, June 17, 2023A weak system swung down from New York, sparking scattered to isolated showers and thunderstorms. One severe thunderstorm produced an area of damaging wind gusts.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 17 to 18, 2023An upper-level disturbance tracked along the NM and CO border producing a few severe storms in northern Colfax and Union Counties. The storms produced some quarter to ping pong ball sized hail and some damaging wind gusts of up to 70 mph.
- Hail in Mississippi, June 17, 2023A northwest upper level flow regime was in place. This setup commonly supports summertime severe thunderstorms. This event was one of those days where very steep lapse rates and high shear values supported several severe thunderstorms with damaging large hail.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 17 to 22, 2023Long duration severe weather event across the northeast plains, and most of the Denver metropolitan area beginning during the early afternoon hours. Scores of tornadoes occurred across Washington and Logan counties.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 17, 2023A northwest upper level flow regime was in place. This setup commonly supports summertime severe thunderstorms. This event was one of those days where very steep lapse rates and high shear values supported several severe thunderstorms with damaging wind and large hail.
- Hail in Missouri, June 17, 2023Storms on the afternoon and evening of June 17th brought large hail to portions of NW Missouri.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 17, 2023During the early evening hours of the 17th, a discrete supercell formed over the central TX Panhandle and moved towards the northeastern TX Panhandle.
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 17, 2023On the afternoon of the 17th, isolated supercell thunderstorms developed across the Rolling Plains, east of a dryline.
- Hail in Texas, June 17, 2023Areas of deep convection began to develop late in the afternoon of June 17th across the Ark-La-Tex region.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 17, 2023Storms rolled through western Kansas bringing very large hail and damaging winds.
- Hail in Texas, June 17, 2023During the early evening hours of the 17th, a discrete supercell formed over the central TX Panhandle and moved towards the northeastern TX Panhandle.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 17, 2023Areas of deep convection began to develop late in the afternoon of June 17th across the Ark-La-Tex region.
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 17, 2023Unusually strong wind shear along with cold midlevel temps led to the development of severe storms with very large hail.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 17, 2023A mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) moved out of Nebraska and South Dakota, into Iowa in the afternoon of June 17th. Increased forcing with the MCV met with increasing instability as CAPE reach 1500-2000 J/kg in the afternoon.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 17, 2023Another unseasonably strong upper trough approached the region during the day on the 17th. Widespread thunderstorm development occurred across the High Plains, from southwest Kansas into the central Texas Panhandle by the late afternoon.
- Hail in Texas, June 17, 2023Another unseasonably strong upper trough approached the region during the day on the 17th. Widespread thunderstorm development occurred across the High Plains, from southwest Kansas into the central Texas Panhandle by the late afternoon.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 17, 2023Thunderstorms which developed along a dryline over the Big Country moved into western portions of Central Texas, dropping large hail in Mills County the evening of June 17.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 17 to 18, 2023Severe thunderstorms developed over the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, southwestern Kansas, and southeastern Colorado during the afternoon of the 17th, along and ahead of a cold front as a strong upper level disturbance translated into the Southern Plains.
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 17, 2023Areas of deep convection began to develop late in the afternoon and through the evening of June 17th across Southeast Oklahoma into the Ark-La-Tex region.
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 17 to 18, 2023Severe thunderstorms developed during the evening hours of the 17th, near a stationary front that stretched across northern Texas and southern Oklahoma.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 17 to 18, 2023Areas of deep convection began to develop late in the afternoon through the evening of June 17th and into the early morning hours of June 18th from Southeast Oklahoma to the Ark-La-Tex region.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 18, 2023A cold front moving across Oklahoma toward Arkansas interacted with a stalled front across southern Arkansas.
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 18, 2023Strong to severe storms associated with a large mesoscale convective complex that developed over the southern high Plains during the afternoon of the 17th moved eastward into our region during the early morning hours of the 18th.
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 18, 2023Strong to severe storms associated with a large mesoscale convective complex that developed over the southern high Plains during the afternoon of the 17th moved eastward into our region during the early morning hours of the 18th.
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 18, 2023An upper-level shortwave trough moving east through the Central Plains initiated a few clusters of thunderstorms over Arkansas beginning early in the morning of June 18th.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 18 to 20, 2023An closed upper low moving through a southern jet stream produced several waves of strong to severe thunderstorms over Central Alabama.
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 18, 2023A fast-moving MCS advancing across Oklahoma in the early morning hours of June 18th produced damaging wind gusts as far south as the middle Red River Valley of Northeast Texas.
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 18, 2023An upper-level shortwave trough moving east through the Central Plains initiated a few clusters of thunderstorms over northern Louisiana early in the morning of June 18th.
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 18, 2023An upper low over the Southern Plains triggered a quasi-linear convective system across Arkansas during the early morning hours of June 18, 2023.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 18 to 19, 2023An upper-level shortwave trough moving east through the Central Plains initiated a few clusters of thunderstorms that spread into Mississippi during the morning of June 18th.
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 18, 2023An upper low over the Southern Plains triggered a quasi-linear convective system across Arkansas during the early morning hours of June 18, 2023.
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 18, 2023An upper low over the Southern Plains triggered a quasi-linear convective system across Arkansas during the early morning hours of June 18, 2023.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 18, 2023Warm and moist west to southwest winds around 30 knots in the low levels helped to maintain a feed of unstable air from northern Texas into the Ark-La-Tex region through the early morning hours on June 18th.
- Tornado and Flood in Florida, June 18, 2023A supercell embedded within a line of thunderstorms associated with a mesoscale convective complex moving across southwest Florida produces a brief tornado on Pine Island in Lee County, while flooding reported around Cape Coral in Lee County.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Alabama, June 18 to 19, 2023Unusually strong wind shear combined with strong instability and numerous disturbances led to a very active period of severe weather through the month of June. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were recorded along with a few tornadoes.
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 18, 2023Unusually strong wind shear combined with strong instability and numerous disturbances led to a very active period of severe weather through the month of June. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were recorded along with a few tornadoes.
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Utah, June 18 to 19, 2023Wind gusts exceeding 50 mph were recorded across portions of southern Utah. Gusty outflow winds from showers and thunderstorms were recorded throughout various portions of Utah.
- Hail in South Carolina, June 18, 2023A sea breeze circulation encountered a moderately unstable atmosphere, leading to isolated thunderstorms capable of producing hail.
- Tornado in Oregon, June 18, 2023An EF0 tornado touched down east of Harrisburg, OR. No damages or injury reported.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Georgia, June 18 to 22, 2023The middle part of June was unusually stormy across the area. Numerous rounds of strong to severe storms impacted the region with multiple squall lines that produced severe winds as well as supercells that produced large hail and tornadoes.
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 18 to 19, 2023Scattered strong to severe storms moved across the area, mainly during the afternoon hours of June 18th. A larger complex of storms (decaying MCS) also moved east across the area early in the morning of June 19th and produced localized wind damage.
- Hail in Arkansas, June 18, 2023After morning convection pushed east of the region the airmass gradually destabilized across the Mid-South due to surface heating. Meanwhile, an upper low moved slowly eastward across the Southern Plains toward the Mid-South during the afternoon.
- Hail in Texas, June 18, 2023Isolated thunderstorms developed ahead of a weak cold front. One of these storms produced large hail.
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 18, 2023After morning convection pushed east of the region the airmass gradually destabilized across the Mid-South due to surface heating. Meanwhile, an upper low moved slowly eastward across the Southern Plains toward the Mid-South during the afternoon.
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, June 18 to 19, 2023Showers an thunderstorms across eastern White Pine and Eastern Elko Counties caused gusty winds.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 18, 2023A left-moving thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of baseballs and produced narrow swaths of wind damage from southern Madison County into west central Jackson County from late evening of the 18th into the early morning of the 19th.
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 18 to 19, 2023A nearly stationary complex of showers and thunderstorms sat over parts of western Kentucky for several hours during the evening of the 18th. The rainfall occurred along a nearly stationary frontal boundary that extended from west to east across Kentucky.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 19, 2023A few thunderstorms across far southeast Montana resulted in mainly some strong and damaging winds.
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, June 19 to 20, 2023A stacked upper level low pressure system drifted from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Kentucky during the early morning hours of the 20th.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 19 to 20, 2023A stacked low over the Ohio Valley pulled a warm front through the Southside Region of Virginia in the afternoon.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 19, 2023Two distinct short-wave troughs embedded within an upper-level trough west of the region brought 2 rounds of strong to severe storms across the local area under active SW flow.
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 19, 2023A weak warm front shifting north across the local area encountered a moderately unstable atmosphere, resulting in isolated wind damage across southeast South Carolina.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 19, 2023A stacked low over the Ohio Valley pulled a warm front through northern North Carolina in the afternoon. The upper level support from upper level disturbances rotating around the low allowed storms to develop and grow in intensity. A few of these storms produced damaging winds.
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 19, 2023Multiple clusters of thunderstorms developed along a cold front across western North Carolina during the morning and early afternoon. One embedded cell produced brief damaging wind gusts in Rowan County.
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 19, 2023A slow moving area of low pressure west of the mountains brought abundant moisture into the Carolinas. Showers and thunderstorms developed across western and central North Carolina during the afternoon hours, producing numerous reports of downed trees and power lines.
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 19, 2023Two distinct short-wave troughs embedded within an upper-level trough west of the region brought 2 rounds of strong to severe storms across the local area under active SW flow.
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Florida, June 19, 2023A warm and moist S to SW wind flow combined with low pressure aloft over the SE United States led to the development of afternoon showers and thunderstorms across SE Florida, some of which were severe over Miami-Dade County.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, June 19 to 20, 2023A northwest upper level flow regime was in place. This setup commonly supports summertime severe thunderstorms.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 19, 2023A few thunderstorms produced localized wind damage over portions of north-central Virginia.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 19, 2023Severe thunderstorms developed in a very moist and unstable airmass across the Concho Valley and Heartland. The severe storms produced large hail and damaging winds including significant wind damage around Christoval due to a microburst.
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 19, 2023As a surface low cut southeast through western Kentucky into north central Tennessee, widespread rainfall fell over central Kentucky. Circulating precipitation bands over Jefferson County caused prolonged dwell time. This resulted in limited flash flooding at one location.
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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.