Central Severe Weather

Losses, 2024 dollars

$2.0 billion

Losses at the time

$1.9 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.

• Flash Flood in Virginia, June 26, 20231 eventRounds of scattered thunderstorms resulted in isolated flash flooding in portions of central Virginia on June 26.
• Hail in North Dakota, June 26, 20231 in hail · 1 eventA few evening thunderstorms turned severe, and produced hail around 1 inch in Walsh county, North Dakota.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 26, 20231.75 in hail · 3 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed across western North Carolina during the late afternoon and evening. One of these storms moved into Cherokee County, SC during the evening and produced large hail up to the size of golf balls along with localized damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 26, 2023$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsA weak surface trough sagged south of I-64 during the evening hours of June 26th, providing a focus for showers and storms to fire late in the day. This activity coalesced into a loosely organized line toward sunset.
• Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 26 to 27, 202370 kt wind · 14 eventsA deep upper low over the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley moved toward the east coast along with a strong frontal boundary. A strong upper NW-SE oriented jet streak provided upper level divergence over the area, while 850mb flow increased out of the SW.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 26, 2023EF1 · 16 eventsA long-lived supercell thunderstorm tracked across Kimball and Cheyenne Counties during the evening hours on 6/26, producing multiple tornadoes and numerous instances of golf ball to baseball sized hail.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm tracked southeast from Montana across western Harding County before weakening as it moved eastward. The storm produced hail to quarter size and gusty winds.
• Flash Flooding in Delaware, June 26 to 27, 20235 eventsThunderstorms produced locally heavy rain in northern Delaware from the late afternoon into the nighttime hours of June 26. Rainfall totals were as high as 2 to 5 inches.
• Hail in Colorado, June 26, 20231.75 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm near Peetz produced large hail from nickel to golfball size.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 26 to 27, 20231 in hail · 14 eventsA strong cold front coupled with a very unstable atmosphere produced a widespread severe weather outbreak through the late evening hours across Eastern NC. The thunderstorms were mostly wind driven with wind gusts of 65-70 mph,, though one storm produced isolated large hail.
• Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 27, 202350 kt wind · 2 eventsA large cluster of severe thunderstorms across central NC sagged southward, joined by new convection developing across central SC late in the evening on 6/26. Convection moved offshore between 3-4 AM on 6/27.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 27, 2023$7,000 · 1 in hail · 8 eventsAn occluded low over Michigan and trough over the East Coast allowed for seasonably strong shear and relatively high mid level lapse rates to overspread the region. This resulted in scattered storms which produced damaging winds and large hail on June 26.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 26 to 28, 20234 in hail · 15 eventsSouthwest flow aloft, combined with a surface trough, brought several rounds of severe thunderstorms to the area. Hail up to 4 inches in diameter and wind gusts to 63 MPH were reported with the strongest storms.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, June 27, 2023$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 eventsA short wave trough moved across southern New England overnight, triggering a few severe thunderstorms in a very warm and moist environment.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 202350 kt wind · 2 eventsA large cluster of severe thunderstorms across central NC sagged southward, joined by new convection developing across central SC late in the evening on 6/26. Convection moved offshore between 3-4 AM on 6/27.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2023$22,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsAn occluded low over Michigan and trough over the East Coast allowed for seasonably strong shear and relatively high mid level lapse rates to overspread the region.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 27, 202350 kt wind · 12 eventsAn upper trough and associated cold front move into a very moist and warm air mass, with showers and thunderstorms developing and moving through. Storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, June 27, 202377 kt wind · 2 eventsHeat bursts usually occur at night, are associated with decaying thunderstorms, and are marked by gusty, and sometimes damaging, winds, combining a sharp increase in temperature and a sharp decrease in dew point (humidity).
• Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 27, 2023$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA short wave trough moved across southern New England overnight, triggering a few severe thunderstorms in a very warm and moist environment.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 27, 202387 kt wind · 25 eventsVery high winds from thunderstorms on 06/27.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 20231 in hail · 3 eventsA thunderstorm became severe as it tracked across portions of southwest South Dakota. Large hail around quarter size was reported across portions of the southern Black Hills and adjacent plains to the east.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 27, 2023$20,000 · 69 kt wind · 11 eventsA generally weak/sub-severe cluster of thunderstorms/small mesoscale convective system (MCS) approached the forecast area towards daybreak on the 27th.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 27, 202370 kt wind · 4 eventsThunderstorms moved through south central Kansas during the morning hours on June 27th, 2023. A severe thunderstorm produced thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph and broken tree branches. Nickel sized hail was reported as well.
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 27, 2023$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms moved into eastern Oklahoma from the northwest during the morning of the 27th. The strongest storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 27, 2023$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms moved into northwestern Arkansas from the northwest during the morning of the 27th. The strongest storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2023$13,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 eventsUpper-level troughing and a weak surface trough to the lee of the Appalachians allowed for the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon of June 27, 2023.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 27, 2023$12,000 · 1.5 in hail · 8 eventsA couple bands of showers and thunderstorms produced localized wind damage and hail ahead of a weakening cold front.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 27, 2023$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 6 eventsA couple bands of showers and thunderstorms produced localized wind damage and hail ahead of a weakening cold front.
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in New Mexico, June 27, 202370 kt wind · 5 eventsVery dry surface conditions combined with an influx of mid-level moisture allowed for scattered virga showers and dry thunderstorms to develop over central and eastern NM during the afternoon hours of June 27th.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 20231.5 in hail · 4 eventsA long-lived severe thunderstorm tracked from Wyoming across portions of the northern Black Hills area and southern Butte County, producing large hail and gusty winds.
• Hail in Minnesota, June 27, 20231 in hail · 1 eventStorms dropped quarter sized hail in Lake of the Woods county in Northern Minnesota and Northeastern North Dakota in the afternoon and evening of June 27th.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2023$11,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsA low pressure system kicked off scattered thunderstorms across Northeastern Pennsylvania. The environment was unstable to support some severe thunderstorms in Luzerne County. These storms had strong winds that knocked down trees, with one landing on a house.
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 27, 2023$62,000 · 4 in hail · 16 eventsOn the evening of the 27th, a convective complex developed in the northwestern combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. This system moved northeast into Texas County in Oklahoma Panhandle where it continued to strengthen and take a more easterly direction into Beaver County.
• Tornado in Oregon, June 27, 2023EF0 · 1 eventA small thunderstorm with weak rotation produced a land spout that was visible from the air. This was reported from a pilot near Burns, OR.
• Flash Flood in Maryland, June 27, 20231 eventA cold front triggered showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms trained over the same areas, resulting in isolated instances of flooding and flash flooding around Baltimore.
• Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 27, 202352 kt wind · 3 eventsAn upper trough and associated cold front move into a very moist and warm air mass, with showers and thunderstorms developing and moving through. Storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 20231.75 in hail · 2 eventsA thunderstorm briefly became severe over the Piedmont and Summerset areas, producing hail to golf ball size.
• Hail in Wyoming, June 27, 20231.5 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed northwest of Sundance and tracked east-northeast into South Dakota. The storm produced large hail near golf ball size.
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 27, 2023$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 eventA line of severe thunderstorms produced wind damage in southeast Arkansas.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 27, 202350 kt wind · 2 eventsA powerful system moved through the Eastern Shore of Maryland, bringing damaging wind gusts with scattered strong to severe thunderstorms.
• Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 27, 20233 eventsThunderstorms produced locally heavy rain in southeastern Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and evening of June 27. Rainfall totals were as high as 1 to 2 inches.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 20231 in hail · 4 eventsA thunderstorm quickly became severe in the Rapid City area and tracked eastward onto the adjacent plains. Hail around quarter size accompanied the storm.
• Damaging Winds in Florida, June 27, 2023$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 17 eventsA surface front was shifting south across Georgia with a surge in moist WSW flow off of the Gulf of Mexico under a passing short wave trough and bulk shear of 20-25 kts.
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 27, 2023$99,000 · 60 kt wind · 9 eventsA line of severe thunderstorms moved through northeast Louisiana and produced widespread wind damage.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 27, 2023$95,000 · 60 kt wind · 5 eventsA line of strong storms produced damaging winds across western Mississippi.
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 27, 202352 kt wind · 2 eventsIsolated severe thunderstorms developed and quickly intensified over parts of North Central and Northeast Louisiana on the afternoon of June 27th, along the southern flank and associated outflow of an MCV generated upstream by prior convection across Arkansas and Oklahoma.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, June 27 to 28, 202365 kt wind · 3 eventsOn the evening of the 27th, a convective complex developed in the northwestern combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. This system moved northeast into Texas County in Oklahoma Panhandle where it continued to strengthen and take a more easterly direction into Beaver County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27, 20231.75 in hail · 17 eventsA long-lived supercell thunderstorm developed over the northern Black Hills and tracked eastward across west central South Dakota, producing large hail and wind gusts over 70 mph.
• Hail in Nebraska, June 27, 20233 in hail · 8 eventsA severe thunderstorm tracked across Morrill County the afternoon of 27 June. The storm dropped large hail as it tracked into western Nebraska.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 27, 20231.75 in hail · 4 eventsIn the late afternoon of the 27th, a few storm cells began to pop up in eastern Colorado. The cell in Kit Carson county rapidly grew and then collapsed and created a 60 mph wind gust.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Washington, June 27 to 28, 2023$15,000 · 5 eventsThunderstorms impacted the region bringing damage and flash flooding to Eastern Washington.
• Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 27, 202355 kt wind · 1 eventA strong thunderstorm brought 60 mph plus winds to Oneida County.
• Damaging Winds in Utah, June 27, 202354 kt wind · 2 eventsThunderstorms brought gusty outflow winds.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 27, 20231.75 in hail · 8 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed southeast of Rapid City and tracked east across portions of west central South Dakota. The storm produced large hail and eventually strong wind gusts as it tracked into south central South Dakota and merged into a line with other storms.
• Hail in North Dakota, June 27, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsStorms dropped quarter sized hail in Northeastern North Dakota in the afternoon and evening of June 27th.
• Tornado in Oregon, June 27, 2023EF0 · 1 eventSupport from an upper low over the Montana and Idaho border as well as increasing surface based instability lead to thunderstorm activity over the east slopes of the Cascades and the Blue Mountains.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsA thunderstorm briefly became severe as it tracked from central into eastern portions of Pennington County. The storm produced hail to quarter size from New Underwood to near Wasta.
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 27, 20231 injured · $5,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsA line of thunderstorms developed along a cold front draped across Oklahoma and Arkansas. These storms organized into a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) over eastern Oklahoma and begin racing southeastward.
• Hail in North Dakota, June 27, 20230.75 in hail · 1 eventThunderstorms developed over the area, with one storm producing penny size hail in Foster County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27, 20232.5 in hail · 8 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms merged into a line as they moved into and across south central South Dakota. Large hail and wind gusts over 75 mph were reported across parts of the area.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 27, 202356 kt wind · 3 eventsSevere thunderstorms moved in from western Kansas and brought strong wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph to south central Kansas. No damage was reported.
• Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, June 28, 20234 eventsTwo rounds of rain moved across the state on June 28th with a weak frontal boundary. Light rain showers pushed through the state during the morning, with the first line of showers and thunderstorms moving into western New Hampshire by midday.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 28, 202351 kt wind · 4 eventsThunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a surface trough that dropped through the area from a low over Manitoba. Initially, multiple funnel clouds were observed in the Rolla area of Rolette County, where at one point three funnels were observed simultaneously.
• Hail in Wyoming, June 28, 20231.5 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms developed in the lee of the Bighorn Range and became severe as they moved into more humid air. Ping Pong ball size hail was reported from one thunderstorm as it passed north of Kaycee.
• Damaging Wind in Florida, June 28, 202352 kt wind · 2 eventsA thunderstorm moving offshore produced a severe wind gust and a funnel cloud near Cape Canaveral.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 20231 in hail · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm developed just east of Rapid City, producing quarter sized hail.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 20231.5 in hail · 3 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed on the north side of the Rapid City area, producing hail near golf ball size from north Rapid City to Box Elder.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 20231 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe over the northeastern foothills of the Black Hills and adjacent plains, producing hail to quarter size in the Tilford area.
• Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 28, 202355 kt wind · 1 eventThunderstorms developed and moved northeast across southeast portions of Cochise, Graham and Greenlee counties. One storm produced a severe wind gust near Bowie.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 20231.75 in hail · 6 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over Rapid City, mostly affecting central and southern parts of the city. The storm produced hail to golf ball size in some areas.
• Hail in Wyoming, June 28, 20231 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe over northern portions of Weston County, producing quarter sized hail north of Osage.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 28, 20234 in hail · 8 eventsStrong upper level system approaching from the west led to severe thunderstorm development along and east of the Laramie range on the 28th with one particular storm tracking across northeast Laramie County producing large hail up to 4 inches in diameter.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 20230.75 in hail · 1 eventA strong thunderstorm produced penny sized hail in the Summerset area.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 20231.75 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over northeastern Custer County, weakening as it moved into southeastern Pennington County. The storm produced hail to golf ball size in the Folsom area.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 28, 2023EF0 · 6 eventsStrong upper level system led to severe thunderstorm development moving into the western Nebraska Panhandle on the 28th with one particular storm tracking across Kimball County producing an EF0 tornado.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 28 to 30, 2023EF0 · 3 eventsAdditional strong thunderstorms and weak tornadoes finished off June due to anomalous moisture in southern Colorado.
• Damaging Wind in Florida, June 28, 202352 kt wind · 1 eventEvening sea breeze convection produced severe wind gust near Suncoast Estates in Lee County.
• Hail in Kansas, June 28, 20231.75 in hail · 1 eventAn isolated thunderstorm produced large hail in Hamilton County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28 to 29, 20231.75 in hail · 11 eventsIn the late evening of the 28th, a line of thunderstorms moved south-southeast from the Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska border. In Kansas, up to 1.75 inch diameter hail and multiple reports of wind damage were reported. These storms lasted into the early morning of the 29th.
• Hail in North Dakota, June 28, 20231 in hail · 1 eventHail around an inch in size fell in northern North Dakota with evening storms that formed due to surface heating.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 28, 20231.5 in hail · 2 eventsA long-lived supercell thunderstorm tracked across southeastern Montana, extreme northeastern Wyoming, and into portions of Butte County. The storm produced large hail and wind gusts to 70 mph northwest of Belle Fourche before dissipating further to the east.
• Hail in Wisconsin, June 28, 20231 in hail · 1 eventIsolated thunderstorms developed along a weak boundary. There was 1 report of quarter size hail in New Richmond WI.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 28, 20234 in hail · 56 eventsNumerous supercell thunderstorms moved across parts of Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Weld and Washington counties during the evening and overnight, dropping baseball size hail or larger on several communities.
• Hail in Colorado, June 28 to 29, 20232 in hail · 8 eventsIn the late evening of the 28th, a line of thunderstorms moved south-southeast from the Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska border. In east central Colorado, these storms produced up to two inch diameter hail.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 28, 20231.75 in hail · 2 eventsA line of storms developed and moved east into western Wisconsin late on the evening of June 28th. As the line continued farther east into Wisconsin, most storms decreased in intensity.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 28 to 29, 2023$43 million · 3 in hail · 10 eventsAlthough it only impacted a small portion of South Central Nebraska, this very early Thursday morning was a destructive one within a few far southern counties as one of the fiercest (if not the fiercest) supercell thunderstorm of the local 2023 convective season raged across…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 28 to 29, 20232.75 in hail · 17 eventsIn the late evening of the 28th, a line of thunderstorms moved south-southeast from the Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska border. In Nebraska, up to 2.75 inch diameter hail, and estimated 120 MPH wind gusts which snapped numerous power poles and damaged grain bins were reported.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 29 to 30, 2023$15,000 · 1.5 in hail · 11 eventsHigh pressure aloft remained anchored over the southern plains in Late June. On the evening of June 29th, an upper level disturbance, rotating on the northern periphery of the high, triggered thunderstorms across the area.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Colorado, June 29 to 30, 20231 death · 5 injured · $79,000 · 2.5 in hail · 38 eventsSevere thunderstorms produced large hail, from penny to tennis ball size across parts of Jefferson, Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Washington counties. The hail along with heavy rain caused flooding and flash flooding problems.
• Flash Flood and Flood in Puerto Rico, June 29, 20232 eventsThe combination of a tropical wave and an upper level trough generated very strong showers over a short period of time across several sections of south and southeast Puerto Rico. A few rivers went out of their banks and a few roads were reported flooded.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 20232 in hail · 11 eventsScattered thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during the early morning of June 29th producing mainly large hail. A line of thunderstorms moved across east central Illinois during the early afternoon of June 29th producing mainly wind damage.
• Hail in Illinois, June 29, 20233.25 in hail · 18 eventsA warm front lifting northward into central Illinois served as the focusing mechanism for clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms during the early morning of June 29th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 29, 2023$5,000 · 1 in hail · 6 eventsAlthough this North Central Kansas area was spared a much nastier combination of wind-driven hail that walloped parts of far southern Nebraska just off to the north-northwest, it was still impacted by a pair of severe storms during the predawn hours on this Thursday...including…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 29, 20232.5 in hail · 16 eventsScattered thunderstorms initially produced hail in Jefferson and Gage counties. A group of unorganized scattered storms eventually merged and surged across far eastern Nebraska and produced widespread wind damage.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 20231 injured · $9.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 46 eventsPre-dawn thunderstorms on the 29th brought more large hail, to southwestern counties, with golf ball sized hailstones (1.75) reported in both Youngstown (Vigo County) and south of Vincennes.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 29, 20231.5 in hail · 23 eventsAn large supercell thunderstorm moved through far northern KS early on June 29th, producing mainly strong winds in excess of 70 mph and large hail.
• Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 29, 202370 kt wind · 20 eventsIn the morning hours of June 29th, a line of storms brought widespread damaging wind gusts to northern Missouri, including multiple wind gusts above 75 mph.
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 202361 kt wind · 2 eventsAn unorganized group of storms merged and surged across far eastern Nebraska and into western Iowa and produced widespread wind damage.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, June 29, 2023$296,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 eventsA severe thunderstorm rapidly strengthened during the early morning hours, producing hail up to the size of golf balls and damaging winds from 70 to 80 mph.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 20232 injured · 55 kt wind · 6 eventsSurface high pressure was over the Lower Ohio Valley, but with an upper ridge centered over the CONUS, northwest flow moved two waves of convection through southern Indiana. This resulted in multiple reports of tree damage and one report of power line damage.
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 2023$20,000 · 61 kt wind · 14 eventsStorms initiated west of the area over portions of Nebraska and Kansas in the overnight hours of the 28th into the 29th, eventually leading into and across southern Iowa during the morning hours of the 29th.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 29 to 30, 2023$30,000 · 1.5 in hail · 36 eventsSurface high pressure was over the Lower Ohio Valley, but with an upper ridge centered over the CONUS, northwest flow moved several waves of convection through central Kentucky. This resulted in multiple wind damage and hail reports with limited flash flooding reports.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 2023$51,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 eventsA well-organized thunderstorm complex tracked southward from southwest Indiana down across the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky. A couple of reports of tree damage were received with the strong winds along the leading edge of the complex.
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 202387 kt wind · 13 eventsOn Thursday, June 29, a powerful severe wind event moved over the region. This event was known as a derecho given its long duration from north of Kansas City to southern Indiana and its consistent strong intensity.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 29, 2023EF1 · 10 eventsOn Thursday, June 29, a powerful severe wind event moved over the region. This event was known as a derecho given its long duration from north of Kansas City to southern Indiana and its consistent strong intensity.
• Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 29, 202361 kt wind · 6 eventsAn MCS moved across northern portions of the forecast area during the late morning through early afternoon hours of June 29th. There were numerous reports of damaging winds.
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 20232 injured · 104 kt wind · 33 eventsOn Thursday, June 29, a powerful severe wind event moved over the region. This event was known as a derecho given its long duration from north of Kansas City to southern Indiana and its consistent strong intensity.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 2023$30,000 · 1 in hail · 15 eventsAn MCS moved across northern portions of the forecast area during the late morning through early afternoon hours of June 29th. There were numerous reports of damaging winds.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 29, 20232 injured · EF2 · 229 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms that initiated during the night of June 28th across the Central Plains entered west-central Illinois by the late morning of June 29th.
• Hail in Michigan, June 29, 20230.75 in hail · 1 eventA warm, moist airmass worked northward across the state through the day, providing a favorable environment for scattered strong storms to form during the afternoon and evening. One storm produced three-quarter inch sized hail south of Grayling.
• Hail in Wisconsin, June 29, 20231 in hail · 3 eventsIsolated strong thunderstorms developed in the Milwaukee Metropolitan area along or near a lake breeze front or surface trough. Some large hail was observed.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Wyoming, June 29, 20231 in hail · 4 eventsDeep moisture and a passing shortwave combined to produce to slow moving strong to severe thunderstorms across Natrona County. The most notable storm occurred in northern Natrona County to the south of Midwest.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 202350 kt wind · 2 eventsScattered thunderstorms moved across portions of northwest Indiana during the afternoon of June 29th.
• Hail in Wyoming, June 29, 20231.75 in hail · 8 eventsScattered severe storms impacted part of southeast Wyoming the afternoon of 29 June 2023.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 29, 2023$6,000 · 8 eventsA cluster of severe thunderstorms dropped south through middle Tennessee during the early to mid afternoon hours. Damaging outflow winds knocked down a few trees in Moore County.
• Hail in Wyoming, June 29, 20231 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe over east of Wright, producing hail around quarter size.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 29, 2023$8,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 eventsDuring the mid-afternoon hours, an organized squall line moved southward across southwest Indiana. The western edge clipped the lower Wabash Valley of Illinois. Isolated tree damage was reported.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, June 29, 2023$79,000 · 1 in hail · 10 eventsTwo more rounds of severe thunderstorms occurred after the morning round. During the mid-afternoon hours, an organized squall line moved southward across southwest Indiana. Isolated wind damage was reported, with gusts up to 70 mph at a few locations.
• Flash Flooding in Maine, June 29, 20233 eventsAn upper level low slowly crossed the region during the 29th. Instability with the cold pool aloft and diurnal heating led to the development of slow moving and training thunderstorms through the afternoon into the evening.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 2023$3,000 · 1 in hail · 3 eventsTwo more rounds of severe thunderstorms affected the Owensboro area after the morning round. During the late afternoon hours, an organized squall line moved southward across northwest Kentucky. Isolated wind damage was reported, with gusts up to 60 mph at a few locations.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 2023$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsA line of showers and thunderstorms moved into southeast Indiana during the afternoon hours. A few of the storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Hail in Wyoming, June 29, 20231 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe over portions of southwestern Campbell County, producing hail around quarter size in the Savageton area.
• Flash Flooding in Maine, June 29, 2023$6.5 million · 7 eventsDuring the afternoon of June 29th, showers and thunderstorms developed across the western Maine Mountains and foothills.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 2023$450,000 · 1.25 in hail · 8 eventsThere were numerous reports of wind damage as a result of severe storms that moved through the area. There were also isolated reports of large hail.
• Hail in Louisiana, June 29, 20231.25 in hail · 1 eventA fairly typical summertime regime was in place with abundant Gulf moisture throughout the atmosphere. As the day progressed, sea breeze boundaries became the focal point for thunderstorm initiation and ample instability enhanced intensity of a few storms.
• Hail in Kansas, June 29, 20231 in hail · 1 eventAn isolated thunderstorm produced large hail in Edwards County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 29 to 30, 20232 in hail · 7 eventsAn upper high along the Mississippi River produced a northwest flow across Alabama which was favorable for the development of Meso-scale Convective Systems. Several MCS's tracked southeast during the heating of the day and produced damaging winds and large hail.
• Hail in Wisconsin, June 29, 20231 in hail · 3 eventsThunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving across the Northland during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 29th.
• Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 29, 202354 kt wind · 1 eventSevere thunderstorms developed over southeast Wyoming and bowed out over the Panhandle during the evening. Strong winds reported at Alliance from dissipating storms.
• Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 29, 202350 kt wind · 1 eventAn isolated thunderstorm moved across the Greenville SC area during the evening and produced brief damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 29 to 30, 202353 kt wind · 2 eventsA complex of thunderstorms that developed in western Kansas tracked east into north central Kansas during the early morning hours of June 30th. These storms produced wind gusts of 60 mph in Russell and Lincoln counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 30, 2023$167,000 · 1 in hail · 11 eventsIn semi similar fashion to the strong and severe storms experienced on the previous morning (29th of June), storms initiated over portions of northern Kansas and southern Nebraska in conjunction with the low level jet in the very early hours of the 29th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 30, 20234.25 in hail · 20 eventsOn the morning of June 30th, a line of storms moved through far northern Missouri, producing 60 to 70 mph wind gusts. Then in the afternoon and evening of June 30th, storms brought large hail and damaging winds to much of Missouri, including softball sized hail in Lexington, MO.
• Hail in Michigan, June 30, 20230.88 in hail · 1 eventA weak shortwave progressing across the upper Great Lakes helped support a cluster of storms initiate and move across the eastern upper peninsula during the morning. These storms produced nickel sized hail just northeast of Dafter.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 30, 2023EF0 · 4 eventsTwo tornadoes down briefly in Elbert and Park counties in the morning, but no damage was observed. Later in the afternoon, another tornado entered Park County and uprooted several softwood trees. One shed was destroyed in Park County on Apache Rd.
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 30, 2023$66,000 · 56 kt wind · 56 eventsA fast, southward moving MCS produced widespread wind damage during the afternoon hours of June 30th, along the Alabama and Georgia state line. The damage (in west-central GA) occurred from Polk County south to around the Columbus area (Muscogee County).
• Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 30, 20230.88 in hail · 6 eventsIn the early afternoon of the 30th, storms from Colorado crossed into Kansas along I-70. These storms produced heavy rain and small hail, along with two tornadoes before moving into Kansas. The first tornado was located north of Seibert.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 30, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsWidespread thunderstorms developed over the south central Texas Panhandle and spread across the eastern TX Panhandle. A couple of the strongest updrafts produced large hail up to an inch in diameter over eastern portions of Amarillo. Also, a 64 mph wind gust near McLean.
• Lightning Strike in Montana, June 30, 2023$5,000 · 1 eventDaytime heating combined with a nearby stationary front, caused a few strong thunderstorms to develop over northeast Montana.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 30, 2023$38,000 · 56 kt wind · 5 eventsA line of thunderstorms produced localized wind damage over eastern Howard County.
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 30, 2023$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventAfternoon thunderstorms developed across portions of Mississippi on June 30th. A few of these became strong to severe.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, June 30, 20231 injured · 2 in hail · 33 eventsIn the early afternoon of the 30th, storms from Colorado crossed into Kansas along I-70. These storms caused widespread wind damage and up to 2 inch in diameter hail. The highest measured wind gust was 79.4 mph at Hill City and then the station promptly stopped reporting winds.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 30, 202362 kt wind · 4 eventsA storm system approached the region from the southern Rockies and Desert Southwest. In addition, rich Gulf of Mexico moisture spread northward into the South Plains.
• Hail in New Mexico, June 30, 2023$1,000 · 1 in hail · 2 eventsA few strong to severe storms occurred over portions of eastern NM. These produced two reports of hail at Maxwell and Yates during the afternoon of June 30th.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 30, 2023$10,000 · 83 kt wind · 5 eventsA potent shortwave trough was ejecting into the southern Great Plains by evening. This resulted in the development of a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms from the Stockton Plateau to the Permian Basin.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 30, 20232 in hail · 16 eventsEarlier in the day on June 30th, an MCS made its way across southern Iowa and northern Missouri into north-central Illinois. As it moved eastward, an outflow boundary moved south and interacted with a surface boundary stretching across central Missouri.
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 30, 2023$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms developed across central Virginia on June 30th with an isolated storm producing damaging winds.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 30, 2023$10 million · 3 in hail · 14 eventsIsolated severe thunderstorm cells formed explosively during the late afternoon hours. The storms rapidly intensified into destructive hailstorms, producing golf ball to baseball size hail for sustained periods of time.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 30, 2023$25,000 · 1.5 in hail · 6 eventsThunderstorm cells rapidly developed over northwest Kentucky. Large hail was the main hazard with the initial thunderstorm cells in the late afternoon hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 30, 20234 in hail · 29 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms caused wind damage with gusts estimated as high as 90 mph during the afternoon and evening hours of June 30th.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 30, 202352 kt wind · 3 eventsA few thunderstorms produced hail and wind across Ness and Edwards Counties.
• Hail in North Dakota, June 30, 20230.88 in hail · 1 eventThunderstorms developed over the area, with one storm producing nickel size hail in McKenzie County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 30, 20231.25 in hail · 9 eventsEarlier in the day on June 30th, an MCS made its way across southern Iowa and northern Missouri into north-central Illinois. As it moved eastward, an outflow boundary moved south and interacted with a surface boundary stretching across central Missouri.
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 30, 202363 kt wind · 3 eventsA loosely organized area of thunderstorms developed along propagating outflow from the Texas Panhandle into portions of western and southwestern Oklahoma. A few severe wind gusts were noted beneath the strongest developing thunderstorm cores.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 30, 2023$452,000 · 2.5 in hail · 10 eventsBetween 7-10 p.m. CDT on this Friday evening, a compact mesoscale convective system (MCS) with an initially intense, embedded supercell rolled from west-to-east across primarily Rooks, Osborne and Mitchell counties in this North Central Kansas area, producing several reports of…
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 30, 202356 kt wind · 3 eventsThunderstorms that developed in western Kansas moved east into north central Kansas during the evening hours of June 30th.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 30, 2023$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 eventA lone thunderstorm collapsed in Elkhart County and downed trees in Middlebury.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 30, 2023$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 eventsA weak surface trough was present across portions of the Piedmont of central North Carolina in an otherwise high pressure regime.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 30, 202361 kt wind · 3 eventsA line of storms brought 60 to 70 mph winds to portions of eastern KS (Leavenworth and Atchison Counties) on the evening of June 30th.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 30, 2023$85,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsA decaying complex of strong to severe thunderstorms pushed south-southwest through southern middle Tennessee during the mid evening hours. Gust front and outflow winds produced rather widespread damage in some areas of southern middle Tennessee.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, June 30, 202358 kt wind · 3 eventsIsolated severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts greater than 60 mph across portions of the Big Country.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 30, 2023$132,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsDuring the early overnight hours of June 30th a series of storms moved through central Indiana causing sporadic wind damage. The most notable damage of the event occurred across Decatur county with widespread tree damage and an isolated area with over 250 downed trees.
• Hail in Illinois, June 30, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsA slow-moving frontal boundary interacting with a seasonably warm and moist airmass triggered a cluster of thunderstorms along the I-70 corridor during the late evening of June 30th. The storms produced hail as large as quarters in Mattoon in Coles County.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 30, 2023$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsAn upper level disturbance moving through the Ohio Valley produced scattered showers and thunderstorms during the early morning hours.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 1, 2023$23,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 eventsAn upper level disturbance moving through the Ohio Valley produced scattered showers and thunderstorms during the early morning hours.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 1, 20233 injured · $62,000 · 50 kt wind · 9 eventsAn upper level disturbance moving through the Ohio Valley produced scattered showers and thunderstorms during the early morning hours.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Indiana, July 1, 2023$87,000 · 1.25 in hail · 9 eventsThis episode is a continuation of the episode from June 30th with two rounds of storms. The first round occurred during the overnight hours of the 30th into the 1st with a few reports of damaging wind gusts. The most impressive area of wind damage was across Decatur county.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 1 to 2, 202352 kt wind · 10 eventsAn anomalously strong mid- and upper-level trough for early July was centered over the Plains and gradually moved eastward toward the Ohio Valley on July 1st and 2nd, 2023.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 1, 2023$10,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 eventsA couple of short lines of thunderstorms moved southeast across southwest Indiana during the overnight hours into the early and mid-morning hours. These two lines of storms were associated with strong gusty winds and a few tree damage reports.
• Damaging Wind in Texas, July 1, 202355 kt wind · 1 eventA small line of thunderstorms moved through the south central Texas Panhandle on the morning of the 1st. As these showers and thunderstorms started to die off after midnight, a severe wind gust occurred at the mesonet site located 15 NNW of Amarillo.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 1, 202352 kt wind · 3 eventsWidespread thunderstorms developed on the nose of a low-level jet. Much of the activity remained north of a stationary surface front. Some of the storms became severe with damaging winds. Also, isolated flash flooding was reported in Adams County.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 1, 2023$7,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 eventsTwo rounds of storms impacted eastern Kentucky on July 1st, 2023. The first was a MCS traveling from NW to SE across the state. This resulted in a couple rounds of storms and wind damage in Powell and Montgomery Counties between 3:30 and 6:30am.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, July 1 to 2, 2023EF1 · 52 eventsAn anomalously strong mid- and upper-level trough for early July was centered over the Plains and gradually moved eastward toward the Ohio Valley on July 1st and 2nd, 2023.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 1, 202352 kt wind · 2 eventsEarly morning thunderstorm complex clips southwest Virginia bringing strong to severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1, 2023$87,000 · 1 in hail · 8 eventsThe upper-level ridge over the Mid-South began to weaken and northwest flow aloft developed across the region.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, July 1, 2023$310,000 · EF1 · 12 eventsA couple of lines of thunderstorms moved northeast across far western Kentucky during the late afternoon and evening hours. The first line consisted of semi-discrete cells, one of which was associated with a weak tornado that tracked across the Kentucky Lake area.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 1, 2023$7.9 million · 74 kt wind · 33 eventsMultiple clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms erupted during the midday hours lasting through the afternoon across much of north Alabama. The thunderstorms produced wind damage at multiple locations.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 1 to 5, 20231.75 in hail · 7 eventsIn early July there were significant reports of hail, damaging wind, and flash flooding. The month got off to a quick start with golf ball size hail just east of Omaha (Boone County) on the 1st. On the 5th, there was a 62 mph wind gust measured at Newport (Jackson County).
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 1, 2023$15,000 · 2 in hail · 15 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed over the North Carolina mountains and foothills during the afternoon. A few of the storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1, 2023$14,000 · 52 kt wind · 10 eventsMultiple clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms erupted during the midday hours which moved east across southern middle Tennessee. The thunderstorms produced wind damage in Lincoln, Moore and Franklin Counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 1 to 6, 2023$20,000 · 1 in hail · 8 eventsSummer thunderstorms developed across primarily south central and southwestern Montana in early July. Several of these storms produced large hail and strong gusty winds. The strongest storms impacted the Bozeman area and Canyon Ferry Lake recreational area.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 1, 2023$20,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsThe upper-level ridge over the Mid-South began to weaken and northwest flow aloft developed across the region.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, July 1 to 2, 20231.25 in hail · 18 eventsAn extremely moist and unstable summertime air mass was in place across Alabama on July 1st through July 2nd with excessive heat warnings and heat advisories in effect. PWAT's were also high with values near 2 inches, which produced high values for microburst potential.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 1, 20233 deaths · $500,000 · 1.5 in hail · 18 eventsEven though an old outflow boundary was across southeast Missouri and the far southern portions of Illinois during the morning hours, the boundary dissipated, allowing 75+ dew points to surge north along the Mississippi River.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 1, 20231.25 in hail · 3 eventsA shortwave trough aided in the development of numerous afternoon strong to severe thunderstorms. These thunderstorms formed along the higher elevations and a remnant outflow boundary. Isolated large hail and severe wind gusts were reported.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 1, 2023$14,000 · 1 in hail · 18 eventsA broken line of strong to marginally severe thunderstorms moved into Northwest GA and continued southeast through the late afternoon and evening hours. Storms were strongest over parts of far northwest GA, and generally weakened as they moved to the southeast.
• Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 1, 2023$6,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 eventsA pressure trough ignited a few thunderstorms that produced spotty wind damage during the late afternoon hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 1, 2023$189,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 eventsAn outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred during the late afternoon and early evening. There were scattered to numerous reports of wind damage, including a couple of destructive wind events with speeds to 80 mph or greater.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1, 20231 injured · 52 kt wind · 3 eventsA mesoscale convective system brings scattered damaging winds to the southern Tennessee Valley in East Tennessee.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 1, 2023$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 28 eventsAn area of showers and thunderstorms developed over southwestern Virginia and intensified as they moved southeast into North Carolina.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 1, 202365 kt wind · 3 eventsSlow moving thunderstorms produced flash flooding in the San Angelo area. Also, there was localized wind damage from an isolated severe thunderstorm in Junction.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 1, 2023$16,000 · 52 kt wind · 6 eventsA pressure trough ignited a few thunderstorms that produced spotty wind damage during the late afternoon hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 1 to 2, 20232 in hail · 13 eventsEven though an old outflow boundary was across southeast Missouri and the far southern portions of Illinois during the morning hours, the boundary dissipated, allowing 75+ dew points to surge north along the Mississippi River.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 1, 2023$53,000 · 1 in hail · 28 eventsA Pacific system brought some severe weather mainly in the Upper Snake River Highlands region.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 1, 2023$7,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsA pressure trough ignited a few thunderstorms that produced spotty wind damage during the late afternoon hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 1, 2023$230,000 · 65 kt wind · 6 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed near the Blue Ridge escarpment during the afternoon and moved southeast across the foothills and upper piedmont during the late afternoon and evening.
• Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 1, 20236 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed around a surface trough on the afternoon and evening. Slow moving thunderstorms led to some instances of flash flooding across central Virginia.
• Flash Flooding in New York, July 1, 20232 eventsA weak wave aloft interacting with light winds and abundant moisture resulted in slow moving thunderstorms across the Finger Lakes late on the afternoon of the 1st.
• Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 1, 2023$95,000 · 61 kt wind · 5 eventsA line of thunderstorms moved eastward across parts of southeast Missouri during the late afternoon hours. Isolated damaging wind gusts occurred with this line, which stayed mainly to the north of U.S. Highway 60.
• Damaging Winds in Montana, July 1, 202356 kt wind · 3 eventsA few isolated thunderstorms produced some strong wind gusts.
• Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 1, 2023$100,000 · 8 eventsMultiple rounds of thunderstorms, first from a decaying morning mesoscale convective system and later forming on outflow from earlier activity, produced heavy rainfall on July 1st.
• Flash Flood in Maryland, July 1, 20231 eventShowers and thunderstorms developed around a surface trough on the afternoon and evening. A slow moving thunderstorms led to an isolated instance of flash flooding in Prince Georges County Maryland.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 1, 2023$7,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms associated with a weak surface trough produced damaging winds across portions of central and south central Virginia.
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 1, 2023EF0 · 2 eventsDeveloping showers and thunderstorms produced a brief landspout north of Sherwood, OH.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 1, 202354 kt wind · 4 eventsA dying cluster of storms produced an isolated damaging wind gust on July 1st, 2023 in Saline county, Kansas.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 1, 202352 kt wind · 2 eventsA north south oriented mesoscale convective system moving from west to east brings severe thunderstorm winds to western North Carolina.
• Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 1, 202352 kt wind · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of July 1st and produced one report of a severe wind gust.
• Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 1, 2023$750,000 · 2 eventsMultiple rounds of thunderstorms, first from a decaying morning mesoscale convective system and later forming on outflow from earlier activity, produced heavy rainfall on July 1st.
• Damaging Winds in Wyoming, July 1, 202352 kt wind · 4 eventsHigh based showers and thunderstorms associated with a shortwave passage brought strong wind gusts and some damage to portions of western and central Wyoming. Wind gusts to around 60 mph occurred in portions of Sublette, Teton and Big Horn Counties.
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 1, 202351 kt wind · 1 eventA warm front lifted north into southeastern Illinois during the afternoon, resulting in widespread thunderstorm development along the front. One severe wind gust was measured in Lawrence County, but no wind damage was reported.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 1, 202361 kt wind · 2 eventsA bowing line of severe thunderstorms moved rapidly east-northeast out of southeast Illinois across extreme southwest Indiana. This line produced wind gusts up to 70 mph from the Wabash River east to the Evansville metro area.
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 1 to 2, 2023$12,000 · 52 kt wind · 8 eventsA typical summer pattern persisted with scattered thunderstorms across the area with a few reports of severe weather.
• Hail in New Mexico, July 1, 20231.5 in hail · 2 eventsA shortwave trough aided in the development of numerous afternoon strong to severe thunderstorms. These thunderstorms formed along the higher elevations and a remnant outflow boundary. Isolated large hail and severe wind gusts were reported.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 1, 2023$20,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsThunderstorms formed along a surface boundary in an unstable environment over northwest North Dakota and became severe as they moved through Renville and Bottineau counties. There were reports of one-inch diameter hail.
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 1, 2023$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventThe upper-level ridge over the Mid-South began to weaken and northwest flow aloft developed across the region.
• Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 1 to 2, 2023$12,000 · 55 kt wind · 8 eventsA typical summer pattern persisted with scattered thunderstorms across the area with a few reports of severe weather.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 1, 2023$29,000 · 51 kt wind · 4 eventsAn upper level disturbance moving through the Ohio Valley produced scattered showers and thunderstorms during the evening hours.
• Damaging Winds in Florida, July 1 to 2, 2023$12,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 eventsA typical summer pattern persisted with scattered thunderstorms across the area with a few reports of severe weather.
• Damaging Winds in Utah, July 1, 2023$500 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms and associated outflow winds moved across the Great Salt Lake on the evening of July 1. Some of these winds were strong to severe.
• Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 1, 202364 kt wind · 1 eventA brief thunderstorm that may have interacted with topography, produced gusty outflow wind in central Nevada.
• Flash Flooding in New York, July 2, 20232 injured · $350,000 · 3 eventsSeveral rounds of torrential, convective rainfall affected portions of west central Clinton, and eastern Franklin Counties during the early morning and afternoon hours of July 2, 2023.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Illinois, July 2, 2023$500 million · 22 eventsAn extreme rainfall event occurred on July 2 in the Chicago metropolitan area caused by multiple nearly stationary bands of showers and thunderstorms near a slow-moving low pressure area.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 2, 2023$135,000 · 1 in hail · 62 eventsWithin a largely zonal flow regime, a midlevel shortwave trough progressed eastward from the mid MS Valley to the OH Valley by the overnight of July 2nd.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 2, 2023$4,000 · 55 kt wind · 5 eventsA cold front passed through the region producing damaging thunderstorm winds across the northern North Carolina Piedmont. Shear and high instability aided in the development and strength of these thunderstorms.
• Flash Flood in Illinois, July 2, 20231 eventA low pressure system positioned over northern Illinois resulted in a band of slow-moving showers and thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall. The rains resulted in isolated flash flooding in urban areas of Peoria County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 2, 2023$10,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsThunderstorms quickly developed with strong daytime heating. The storms formed into loosely organized clusters, with locally damaging downbursts and isolated large hail.
• Hail in Arkansas, July 2, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsA weak cold front pushed toward the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening of July 2, 2023. A very unstable airmass was in place across the region and isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms developed as temperatures warmed into the 90s.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 2, 2023$41,000 · 60 kt wind · 12 eventsA cold front passed through the region producing damaging thunderstorm winds across the Virginia Southside. Shear and high instability aided in the development and strength of these thunderstorms.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, July 2, 202356 kt wind · 2 eventsA broad positively tilted upper trough extended from the Great Lakes Region and Midwest into Southern Oklahoma during the afternoon of July 2nd, which helped to reinforce a weak surface front south into East Texas and Southwest Arkansas.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 2, 2023$34,000 · 1.25 in hail · 44 eventsScattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed in a very unstable airmass with moderate deep layer wind shear. A few of the thunderstorms produced large hail of 1 to 1.50 in diameter. There were are also several reports of wind damage, including trees and power lines.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 2023$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 15 eventsScattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed in a very unstable airmass with moderate deep layer wind shear. There were several reports of wind damage, including trees and power lines.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 2, 2023$193,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 eventsThunderstorms quickly developed as strong daytime heating destabilized the atmosphere. The storms formed into loosely organized clusters, with locally damaging downbursts and isolated large hail.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 2, 20233 injured · $93,000 · 1 in hail · 10 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed across the Ohio Valley as a low pressure system moved through the region.
• Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 2, 2023$24,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 eventsThunderstorms quickly developed with strong daytime heating. The storms formed into loosely organized clusters, with a few damaging wind gusts in the most intense cells.
• Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2023EF1 · 1 eventA tornado occurred to the southeast of Zion on the afternoon of July 2, 2023. The tornado occurred just east of the end of Ralph's Lane and moved east-northeastward, before dissipating east of Dusty Lane.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 20231 death · $7,000 · 1.25 in hail · 5 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee on July 2, 2023. With favorable instability and wind shear, some of these thunderstorms turned strong to severe over the area.
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 2 to 5, 2023$13,000 · 53 kt wind · 7 eventsScattered storms developed each afternoon hours and a few became strong to severe which downed some trees.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 2023$47,000 · 56 kt wind · 7 eventsA weak cold front pushed toward the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening of July 2, 2023. A very unstable airmass was in place across the region and isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms developed as temperatures warmed into the 90s.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 20231 in hail · 6 eventsScattered discrete afternoon thunderstorms bring widely scattered reports of damaging winds to the central and southern portions of the Tennessee valley. Severe hail was recorded in Knox County.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 2, 2023$6,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms associated with a weak surface trough produced damaging winds across portions of south central Virginia.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 2, 2023$198,000 · 1.25 in hail · 27 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed across the Ohio Valley as a low pressure system moved through the region.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 2, 2023$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsAn area of showers and thunderstorms developed in southwest Virginia, then moved east-southeast straddling the VA-NC border. The bulk of the reports (all wind) occurred north of the Triad in Blacksburg's area, but reports occurred on both sides of the border.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 2, 20231 injured · $138,000 · 2 in hail · 26 eventsSevere thunderstorms returned to central Indiana during the afternoon and evening hours of July 2nd with numerous reports of large hail across southeastern Indiana and several rounds of gusty to damaging winds across the western and central portions of the state.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2023$46,000 · 52 kt wind · 9 eventsScattered showers and thunderstorms developed across central Pennsylvania during the afternoon and evening of July 2, 2023, as a disturbance tracked eastward along a frontal boundary stalled over southern New York state.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 2, 2023$200 · 1 in hail · 3 eventsAn isolated severe thunderstorm formed near Augusta in the afternoon.
• Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2023EF0 · 1 eventA brief EF-0 tornado occurred near Route 147 in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County. The tornado was rated an EF-0, with a path length of just under 1 mile and a max path width of approximately 50 yards.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 2, 2023$53,000 · 1 in hail · 35 eventsThunderstorms moved across an unstable airmass located mostly over Mississippi, Alabama, and Western Georgia in the afternoon hours. Storms were able to produce outflow strong enough to further develop spotty clustering of thunderstorms across North and Northeast GA.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 2, 2023$30,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 eventThunderstorms quickly developed with strong daytime heating. The storms formed into loosely organized clusters, with a locally damaging downburst in the most intense storm.
• Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2023$15,000 · EF1 · 1 eventA tornado touched down in Lewis Township during the afternoon of July 2, 2023. The tornado touched down just south of Route 45 to the east of Hartelon and tracked ENE before dissipating just north of Kaiser Run Road.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 2, 2023$28,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed across the Ohio Valley as a low pressure system moved through the region.
• Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2023$40,000 · EF1 · 1 eventA tornado occurred in West Buffalo Township during the afternoon of July 2, 2023. Initial touchdown was in a field just west of Pleasant Grove Road, and the tornado tracked northeastward towards the intersection of Church Road and Clark Avenue before dissipating just south of a…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 2, 2023$95,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 eventsA weak cold front pushed toward the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening of July 2, 2023. A very unstable airmass was in place across the region and isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms developed as temperatures warmed into the 90s.
• Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2023EF1 · 1 eventA tornado occurred on the north side of Lewisburg in Union County, just south of the Kelly Township Fields. The tornado moved ENE and then NE until it dissipated just west of Milton Area High/Middle School.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 2, 20233 injured · $10,000 · 1.5 in hail · 10 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed over the North Carolina mountains and foothills during the late afternoon and evening. A few of the storms produced large hail and brief damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 2, 2023$800 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA warm and humid atmosphere existed over Connecticut, with a little short-wave energy. That was enough to trigger an isolated severe thunderstorm in Hartford County late in the afternoon.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 2, 2023$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventA marginal severe thunderstorm environment resulted in a severe thunderstorm watch and subsequently one strong storm that downed a tree in Grissom.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, July 2, 202356 kt wind · 5 eventsDuring the afternoon of the 2nd a convective complex formed over portions of northeast NM and far western OK Panhandle. This complex moved southeast through much of the western and central portions of the Texas Panhandle.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 2, 202350 kt wind · 5 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed in a very warm and moist airmass as a disturbance moved through. Storms produced damaging wind gusts across parts of eastern Pennsylvania.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 2, 2023$70,000 · 78 kt wind · 13 eventsRainfall during the previous day, plus during the morning of July 2nd, kept the ground saturated. An early afternoon break in rainfall was followed by additional thunderstorm development in western and central Ohio by late afternoon.
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 2, 2023$250 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA weak disturbance moved over eastern Kentucky on July 2nd, bringing a broken line of showers and thunderstorms through early in the day. Additional activity sprouted up ahead of and along a cold front during the evening hours.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 2, 2023$80,000 · 61 kt wind · 6 eventsA couple of severe thunderstorms initiated off the bay breeze near and to the south of Baltimore. Meanwhile, a couple of isolated thunderstorms produced sporadic wind damage further west in the vicinity of a lee pressure trough.
• Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2023$40,000 · EF0 · 2 eventsA line of showers and weak thunderstorms moved through Northeastern Pennsylvania. There was enough low-level shear to generate weak spin up tornadoes with one in Susquehanna County and another in Lackawanna County. Both were short-lived and only caused minor damage.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 2, 2023$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 15 eventsA weak disturbance moved over West Virginia on July 2nd, bringing a broken line of showers and thunderstorms through early in the day. Additional activity sprouted up ahead of and along a cold front later that evening.
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 2, 2023$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms moved into northeast Georgia during the evening. A few of the embedded cells produced brief damaging wind gusts.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 2, 202387 kt wind · 4 eventsDuring the afternoon and evening hours of July 2nd, a broken line of showers and thunderstorms moved through Northwestern Kansas. Some of the storms became severe and produced hail up to pennies in size as well as damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, July 2, 2023$530,000 · 55 kt wind · 9 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms moved into upstate South Carolina from northeast Georgia during the evening. A few of the embedded cells produced brief damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 2, 202350 kt wind · 2 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed in a very warm and moist airmass as a disturbance moved through. Storms produced damaging wind gusts across parts of northern Delaware.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 2, 2023$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsRainfall during the previous day, plus during the morning of July 2nd, kept the ground saturated. An early afternoon break in rainfall was followed by additional thunderstorm development in western and central Ohio by late afternoon.
• Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 2, 202350 kt wind · 1 eventShowers and thunderstorms developed in a very warm and moist airmass as a disturbance moved through. Storms produced damaging wind gusts across parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 2, 20232 in hail · 6 eventsLarge hail and damaging winds affected portions of the forecast area.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 2, 202355 kt wind · 6 eventsA stationary front extended eastward from northeastern IN and far-northwestern OH, and across southern Lake Erie to the southern tier of Upstate New York during the evening of July 2nd. Simultaneously, a weak low drifted eastward along the front in northeastern IN.
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 2, 2023$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsA strong upper-level ridge extended over the region. Light steering flow enabled sea breezes to develop and move inland into the afternoon with a few to isolated strong pulse severe storms along boundary mergers over a very moist and unstable airmass.
• Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 2, 20231 eventRainfall during the previous day, plus during the morning of July 2nd, kept the ground saturated. An early afternoon break in rainfall was followed by additional thunderstorm development in western and central Ohio by late afternoon.
• Hail in Montana, July 2, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsAn isolated thunderstorm produced some quarter size hail.
• Damaging Wind in Texas, July 2, 202361 kt wind · 1 eventOn the afternoon of the second, scattered thunderstorms developed within a low level upslope flow area in eastern New Mexico. These storms persisted into the South Plains of West Texas on a strong cold pool.
• Damaging Wind in New York, July 2, 202350 kt wind · 1 eventA slow moving low pressure system produced an area of showers and embedded thunderstorms across eastern New York on July 2, 2023. One thunderstorm became severe during the evening hours downing numerous trees and an electrical wire in the Town of Hyde Park.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 2, 2023$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 eventsA couple of severe thunderstorms initiated off the bay breeze near and to the south of Baltimore. Meanwhile, a couple of isolated thunderstorms produced sporadic wind damage further west in the vicinity of a lee pressure trough.
• Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 2 to 3, 2023$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 eventsA cold front passed through the region producing damaging thunderstorm winds across the southeast West Virginia. Shear and high instability aided in the development and strength of these thunderstorms.
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 3, 2023$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventIsolated severe thunderstorm associated with a weak surface trough produced damaging winds across portions of central Virginia.
• Hail in South Carolina, July 3, 2023$200 · 0.25 in hail · 1 eventAn isolated sub-severe thunderstorm developed in Aiken Co SC in the early morning hours.
• Damaging Winds and Rip Current in Florida, July 3, 2023$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsHigh moisture and SW steering flow fueled scattered strong to pulse severe storms along boundary mergers during the afternoon and early evening. PWAT was near 2 inches.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3, 2023$5,000 · 1 in hail · 10 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a weak cold/surface front across central into southern Oklahoma on the afternoon of the 3rd.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 3, 2023$3,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 eventsIsolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the early to mid afternoon hours.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 3, 2023$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 eventsAn advancing cold front along the Ohio and Tennessee valleys combined with a Piedmont trough over western North Carolina and a very moist atmosphere to produce widely isolated to scattered thunderstorms.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 3, 2023$113,000 · EF0 · 9 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms well in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, lightning damage and one tornado across portions of northeast North Carolina.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 3, 20231 injured · $13,000 · 1 in hail · 11 eventsA cold front moved eastward from the Ohio Valley during the afternoon of July 3, 2023, which led to an organized line of thunderstorms advancing into the region.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 3, 20231.75 in hail · 6 eventsFor the third day in a row, scattered thunderstorms developed over the mountains and foothills during the afternoon and moved southeast. Once again, a few of the storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts, mainly over the foothills.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 3, 2023$34,000 · 56 kt wind · 8 eventsA cold front sparked a few lines of thunderstorms. These thunderstorms produced localized wind damage, most notably over northeastern Maryland during the early evening hours.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 3, 2023$70,000 · 52 kt wind · 15 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms well in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds across portions of central, eastern and southeast Virginia.
• Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 3, 2023$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsA mesoscale vorticity maximum triggered thunderstorms in the eastern Carolinas.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, July 3 to 4, 2023$19,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsA weak upper level trough remained stagnant over North and Central Texas during the first week of July, generating isolated thunderstorms each afternoon.
• Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 20231 injured · $8,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsA stationary front across Central New York and a passing weak disturbance supported scattered thunderstorms. One storm became severe with damaging wind gusts. One motorist was injured when a tree fell on their car.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 2023$75,000 · 1.5 in hail · 18 eventsA slow moving front and shortwave trough aloft approached from the west. Surface heating led to moderate instability and a severe thunderstorm was able to develop and produce damaging wind gusts and large hail as it moved through southeastern NY.
• Flash Flooding in New York, July 3, 20238 eventsA slow moving front and a very moist airmass yielded slow moving thunderstorms that dumped heavy rain over southeast Wyoming county with portions of park roads and hiking trails flooded at Letchworth State Park.
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 3, 202350 kt wind · 1 eventA broad positively tilted upper trough continued to extend from the Great Lakes Region and Mid-Mississippi Valley southwest into North Texas during the afternoon of July 3rd, while an associated weak surface front lifted back north before becoming stationary across Southeast…
• Damaging Wind in Texas, July 3, 202352 kt wind · 1 eventA broad positively tilted upper trough continued to extend from the Great Lakes Region and Mid-Mississippi Valley southwest into North Texas during the afternoon of July 3rd, while an associated weak surface front lifted back north before becoming stationary across Southeast…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 3, 2023$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 17 eventsAn area of low pressure over northern Manitoba trailed a cold front across the Northland on July 3rd. Storms developed ahead of the front during the afternoon and evening hours with storms becoming strong to severe across northwest Wisconsin.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 3, 202370 kt wind · 5 eventsThunderstorms moved through Eastern NC during the afternoon hours, several of which became severe and produced damaging straight-line winds of 70 to 90 mph.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 3, 2023$10,000 · 1 in hail · 10 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A few of the stronger storms produced some large hail and wind damage.
• Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 3, 2023$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 eventA cold front moved eastward from the Ohio Valley during the afternoon of July 3, 2023, which led to an organized line of thunderstorms advancing into southeast West Virginia.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 3, 202350 kt wind · 3 eventsFor the third day in a row, scattered thunderstorms developed near the North Carolina Blue Ridge and moved southeast into upstate South Carolina. Once again, a few of the storms produced damaging wind gusts and hail over the foothills.
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in Wyoming, July 3 to 7, 20231 death · $210,000 · 83 kt wind · 13 eventsA strong cold front and shortwave moved across Wyoming. Showers and thunderstorms mixed strong low level winds to the surface and brought numerous reports of wind gusts over 50 mph.
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 2023$93,000 · EF0 · 7 eventsAfternoon and early evening thunderstorms focused along a weak surface boundary from southwest Minnesota into areas south of Interstate 90 in southeast South Dakota.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20232 in hail · 8 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over the Piedmont area and moved southeastward into the Rapid City area. Hail around golf ball size was reported across these areas.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 3, 2023$56,000 · 52 kt wind · 14 eventsA cold front sparked a few lines of thunderstorms. These thunderstorms produced localized wind damage, most notably over northeastern Maryland during the early evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 3, 20231 in hail · 3 eventsHigh moisture and SW steering flow fueled scattered strong to pulse severe storms along boundary mergers during the afternoon and early evening. PWAT was near 2 inches.
• Damaging Wind in New York, July 3, 2023$60,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventScattered showers and thunderstorms developed within the vicinity of a stationary frontal boundary during the afternoon and early evening hours on July 3, 2023. One thunderstorm downed a tree onto cars at an apartment complex in East Greenbush.
• Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 3, 2023$4,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 eventsA slow moving front and shortwave trough aloft approached from the west. Surface heating led to moderate instability and severe thunderstorms were able to develop and produce damaging wind gusts and large hail as they moved through southern CT.
• Hail in Iowa, July 3, 2023$560,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 eventsEvening thunderstorms focused along a weak surface boundary from northwest Iowa into areas south of Interstate 90 in southeast South Dakota.
• Damaging Winds in Utah, July 3, 2023$36,000 · 78 kt wind · 46 eventsFollowing scattered convection throughout the afternoon hours, a more cohesive squall line formed over Utah's West Desert region.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 3, 202390 kt wind · 5 eventsA cold front approached the region, with scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developing out ahead of it, producing damaging wind gusts across parts of Maryland.
• Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 3, 202352 kt wind · 1 eventA trough across the southern Rocky Mountains helped develop afternoon strong to severe thunderstorms across the higher elevations and adjacent plains. Isolated severe wind gusts were reported.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 3, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsA broad positively tilted upper trough continued to extend from the Great Lakes Region and Mid-Mississippi Valley southwest into North Texas during the afternoon of July 3rd, while an associated weak surface front lifted back north before becoming stationary across Southeast…
• Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 3, 2023$10,000 · 1 eventA stationary front draped over the region provided the focus for slow moving thunderstorm activity over northeastern Pennsylvania. Localized areas of 2 to 4 inches of rainfall contributed to some small stream and creek flooding near the Delaware River.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 3, 2023$11,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms well in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
• Hail in Minnesota, July 3, 20231.75 in hail · 7 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A few of the stronger storms produced some large hail and wind damage.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20231.75 in hail · 4 eventsA severe thunderstorm quickly developed over the northern Black Hills and moved south-southeast into portions of the central Black Hills. The storm produced large hail to golf ball size.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 20232.75 in hail · 8 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed quickly across far southern portions of Rapid City and tracked south-southeast across the eastern foothills and adjacent plains. The storm produced hail as large as baseballs east of Rockerville.
• Hail in Iowa, July 3, 20231 in hail · 1 eventWeak warm advection continued to push across Iowa beneath thermal ridging, especially towards northwest Iowa into Minnesota. By evening convection had developed along this gradient.
• Damaging Winds in Wyoming, July 3, 202371 kt wind · 12 eventsThunderstorms with strong outflow winds developed across Carbon County during the afternoon of the 3rd continuing northeast into east-central Wyoming through the evening.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 3, 2023$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 eventsA cold front approached the region, with scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developing out ahead of it, producing damaging wind gusts across parts of Delaware.

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