Colorado Hail Storms

Losses, 2024 dollars

$1.2 billion

Losses at the time

$1.0 billion

Deaths

0

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kansas, July 2 to 4, 2019$88,000 · 1 in hail · 21 eventsSouth central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 2019$1,000 · 1 eventIsolated showers and thunderstorms developed across northern Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on July 2. One report of minor wind damage was received from Sumner County.
• Hail in Idaho, July 2, 20191 in hail · 1 eventStrong wind shear and modest instability allowed for a severe storm to develop west of the town of Harpster.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 201956 kt wind · 2 eventsShowers and thunderstorms formed in a very warm, humid, and unstable airmass ahead of a cold front across eastern Iowa during the evening of July 2nd. A thunderstorm produced damaging winds that knocked a tree onto a house in Jones County.
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 2, 201951 kt wind · 2 eventsA line of thunderstorms developed over eastern portions of Meade and Pennington Counties, producing strong wind gusts over portions of the area.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 2, 20191 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over central Jackson County and tracked east-northeast into central South Dakota. The storm produced hail to quarter size along its track.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 2 to 3, 20191.75 in hail · 8 eventsHail up to the size of golf balls and winds nearing 80 mph occurred across parts of central and northeast South Dakota from the late evening of the 2nd into the 3rd resulting in some damage.
• Flash Flood in Illinois, July 3, 20191 eventLow pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary triggered scattered slow-moving showers and thunderstorms during the early morning of July 3rd. Some of the cells dropped as much as 2.50 to 3.50 in a short period of time in Normal in McLean County.
• Flash Flood in Ohio, July 3, 2019$2,000 · 1 eventMultiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved across central Ohio in the afternoon and evening of July 2nd. By the early morning hours of July 3, a third round of showers moved along the US 30 corridor mainly over Marion, Morrow, Knox and counties further south.
• Flash Flood and Flooding in Ohio, July 3, 2019$1,000 · 19 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed through the day, producing locally heavy rainfall.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 201956 kt wind · 4 eventsStrong thunderstorms early in the morning on July 3 produced very heavy rain. Strong thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and produced damaging winds.
• Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 2019$5,000 · 1.25 in hail · 7 eventsAs an outflow boundary sagged through southeast South Dakota, an isolated elevated thunderstorm developed late morning northwest of Sioux Falls. Wind shear was weak, and as the storm underwent a split, both storms produced marginally large hail.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, July 3, 2019$26,000 · 1 in hail · 6 eventsStrong instability, combined with low pressure and a thermal trough, produced a variety of severe weather over southeast North Carolina.
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventA few storms developed during the early evening hours. One storm became severe and produced some wind damage and nickel size hail.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 3, 2019$80,000 · 53 kt wind · 5 eventsNumerous thunderstorms developed during the mid afternoon hours, with a few of these reaching severe limits and subsequently resulting in wind damage. The worst of this occurred in Bell County near Pineville where large trees were blown onto several vehicles.
• Damaging Winds in Florida, July 3, 201960 kt wind · 11 eventsHeat wave continued across the local area with warm WNW steering flow over the region around a 1000-500 mb Gulf of Mexico ridge center. Deep tropical moisture remained over the region with PWAT content 2.-2.4 inches, well above the 90th percentile for Jacksonville.
• Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 3, 20193 eventsScattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the heat of the day and continued into the evening. Heavy rain of 1 to 3 inches caused flash flooding in parts of Rock Island.
• Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 3, 2019$150,000 · 1 eventStrong instability, combined with low pressure and a thermal trough, produced a variety of severe weather over northeast South Carolina.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, July 3 to 4, 2019$31,000 · 58 kt wind · 15 eventsThe setup was not spectacular for sustained or widespread severe weather, but did lay the ground for some isolated issues.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 3, 2019$37,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 eventsScattered thunderstorms affected the southern half of the state of Indiana during the afternoon and evening of July 3rd. Storm motions were slow as convection pushed east to southeast during this timeframe.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 3, 2019$10,000 · 1.5 in hail · 14 eventsStrong instability allowed for a few pulse severe storms with winds and hail on the 3rd.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, July 3, 201952 kt wind · 6 eventsAn upper-level disturbance interacting with a nearly stationary frontal boundary triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across central and southeast Illinois during the afternoon and evening of July 3rd.
• Tornadoes and Flooding in South Dakota, July 3 to 4, 2019$83,000 · EF0 · 21 eventsA large, long-lived supercell thunderstorm developed over Oglala Lakota County and tracked slowly eastward across southern South Dakota through the late afternoon and early evening.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20191 in hail · 2 eventsA thunderstorm briefly became severe over southern Tripp County, producing hail to quarter size in some areas.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20191.75 in hail · 8 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed west of Rapid City and tracked northeast onto the adjacent plains north of Rapid City. The storm produced large hail from Johnson Siding to Ellsworth Air Force Base.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 3, 20192 in hail · 10 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed within a surface trough during the late afternoon hours across portions of southeast South Carolina. These thunderstorms produced numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds.
• Tornado in Wyoming, July 3, 2019EF0 · 1 eventA tornado touched down southeast of Newcastle and moved into South Dakota. No damage was reported.
• Tornado and Flood in South Dakota, July 3 to 4, 2019EF0 · 5 eventsA severe thunderstorm moved across the southern Black Hills from Wyoming before eventually weakening across the southwestern South Dakota plains. The storm produced large hail over portions of Custer County. Heavy rain also produced flooding in the Dewey area.
• Tornado in Wyoming, July 3, 20191 eventMultiple spotters were tracking a supercell thunderstorm near the Wyoming and South Dakota border along the Weston and Niobrara County line on the 3rd.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 3, 20191 in hail · 4 eventsThunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary over central North Dakota, and moved into a region of enhanced instability and ample deep layer shear for some storms to become severe.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 3, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventAn unstable air mass was in place across the region with limited forcing. An outflow boundary interacted with a thunderstorm and caused isolated wind damage.
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 2019$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventAn isolated thunderstorm developed along the sea breeze in a moist, unstable environment. The storm became severe, producing localized wind damage in Rocky Mount.
• Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 3, 201952 kt wind · 2 eventsSeveral clusters of storms developed during the afternoon of Wednesday, July 3rd across southern Minnesota. Most of the storms were outflow dominant, and were mainly pulse type in nature. One isolated storm became severe near Willmar, Minnesota.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 3, 2019$34,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 eventsSlow moving thunderstorms along a stationary front brought heavy rain, flash flooding, and tree damage to a small portion of Sauk County.
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 201956 kt wind · 1 eventAnother MCV moved across the region, triggering showers and storms. One storm became severe and produced damaging winds.
• Flash Flood in Texas, July 3, 20191 eventScattered thunderstorms formed over the northern Brush Country ahead of a weak upper level disturbance during the afternoon. The thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall over the northern portion of Live Oak County that caused flooding.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, July 3, 201961 kt wind · 4 eventsA weak short wave aloft moving overhead created pulse type convection on the afternoon of the third. Several of these thunderstorms developed severe wind gusts across the western South Plains.
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 3, 20191 injured · 1.75 in hail · 4 eventsA stationary front across Wyoming served as the focus for another round of severe thunderstorms across central Wyoming. The strongest storm developed over the lee of the Bighorn Mountains and become severe as it moved into the southern portion of the county.
• Hail in Kansas, July 3, 20190.75 in hail · 1 eventA report of penny sized hail was received during the evening.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 3, 20191.75 in hail · 13 eventsBy the early evening of July 3rd, a stationary boundary set up from near Oakes, North Dakota, to near Bemidji, Minnesota. The boundary was mainly a wind shift line, with south winds to the south of the boundary, and north winds to the north of the boundary.
• Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 3, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventIsolated thunderstorms developed across the upper Savannah River Valley during the late afternoon and evening. One storm produced an area of wind damage in Abbeville County.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20191 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe and produced quarter sized hail north of Millboro.
• Hail in Montana, July 3, 20191 in hail · 5 eventsAn isolated severe thunderstorm produced some severe hail across portions of southeast Montana.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 3 to 4, 201957 kt wind · 3 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed during the evening along an outflow boundary from earlier day convection across southwest Minnesota southwest of Marshall.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20191.75 in hail · 4 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over southwestern Custer County and moved east-southeast into north central Fall River County before weakening. The storm produced large hail from Dewey to near Hot Springs.
• Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 3, 201965 kt wind · 3 eventsAn area of thunderstorms developed along a stationary front during the evening of July 3rd over eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. One thunderstorm complex over Omaha produced damaging winds that downed large tree limbs and a tree.
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 201952 kt wind · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm developed over northern Tripp County, producing hail and strong wind gusts north of Witten.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 3, 20191 in hail · 2 eventsA hot and conditionally unstable airmass finally bubbled severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon.
• Hail in Nebraska, July 3, 20191 in hail · 2 eventsScattered thunderstorms across northwest Nebraska during the evening of July 3, producing large hail. The storms then merged into a linear system farther southeast.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 3, 20191 in hail · 5 eventsBy the early evening of July 3rd, a stationary boundary set up from near Oakes, North Dakota, to near Bemidji, Minnesota. The boundary was mainly a wind shift line, with south winds to the south of the boundary, and north winds to the north of the boundary.
• Flash Flood in South Dakota, July 3, 2019$200,000 · 1 eventHeavy rain of one to over two inches over saturated ground led to flash flooding over portions of southeastern Lawrence County.
• Hail in Texas, July 3, 20191.25 in hail · 1 eventA cluster of thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and early evening over the western Texas Panhandle. Thunderstorms developed along a surface low pressure trough in a region of enhanced low-level convergence.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 3, 201950 kt wind · 3 eventsA few storms were associated with updrafts strong enough to generate some isolated reports of wind damage across Central East Tennessee.
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 3, 201956 kt wind · 4 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms formed into a line over Haakon and northern Jackson Counties, producing wind gusts over 60 mph.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20191.75 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe over northern Oglala Lakota County, producing large hail west of Rockyford.
• Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 3, 201955 kt wind · 1 eventDaytime heating led to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms, one of which reached severe limits.
• Hail in Wyoming, July 3, 20192 in hail · 2 eventsA long-lived supercell thunderstorm tracked across far southern Campbell County and far southern Weston County. The storm produced its large hail across far southern Campbell County.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, July 3 to 4, 2019$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 eventsAn upper level ridge was over the region, but an upper level disturbance within the ridge moved over West Texas. This upper disturbance provided lift across the area and combined with low-level moisture.
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 3, 201953 kt wind · 1 eventScattered to numerous thunderstorms again formed during the heat of the day and persisted well into the evening hours. Outflow boundaries from earlier storms served as the focus for new storms.
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 4, 2019$400,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 eventAlong a weakening linear structure, an isolated thunderstorm produced a downburst wind gust in Rock Valley.
• Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 4, 20193 eventsSlow moving, nocturnal convection resulted in multiple reports of flash-flooding during the early morning hours of July 4th.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Iowa, July 4 to 5, 2019$30,000 · 6 eventsSimilar to recent days, the atmosphere was highly unstable with SB/MUCAPE values in excess of 3000 J/kg, but was devoid of large scale forcing and ability to organize any storms.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Wyoming, July 4, 20191.5 in hail · 7 eventsWith a stationary boundary remaining over the area, there were two rounds of severe weather across central Wyoming on Independence Day. One storm developed in the lee of the Wind River Range and strengthened as it moved eastward toward Natrona County, Wyoming.
• Flash Flooding in Maryland, July 4, 20192 eventsWith very moist profiles and little wind shear, the primary concern for the day was heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding potential with thunderstorms. A flash flood watch was issued for a portion of our region, mainly the higher elevations.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 4, 2019$125,000 · 50 kt wind · 9 eventsScattered showers and thunderstorms developed across central North Carolina, primarily along differential heating boundaries, during peak heating as the moist atmosphere became moderately unstable. Several storms became severe, producing wind damage and isolated flash flooding.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 4, 2019$10,000 · 55 kt wind · 4 eventsIsolated severe thunderstorms that formed in a warm and unstable air mass, caused a few instances of tree damage and brought down power lines in Franklin County.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 4, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventA marginally severe thunderstorm developed near Pinkney.
• Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 4, 2019$500 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsScattered thunderstorms and storm clusters developed across the South Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening. A few of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 4, 201950 kt wind · 3 eventsHeat and plentiful low level moisture led to the development of instability and therefore scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon of July 4th. While forcing was limited, some of the thunderstorms did briefly become pulse severe.
• Damaging Winds in Florida, July 4, 2019$31,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 eventsScattered thunderstorms formed along sea breeze boundaries under deep moisture and easterly flow. A few of these thunderstorms produced severe wind gusts across west-central Florida.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 4, 2019$400 · 60 kt wind · 6 eventsDaytime heating led to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms, a few of which reached severe limits.
• Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 4, 2019$80,000 · 8 eventsWith very moist profiles and little wind shear, the primary concern for the day was heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding potential with thunderstorms. A flash flood watch was issued for a portion of our region, mainly the higher elevations.
• Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 4, 20191 death · 12 injured · 1 eventLightning struck some people at the Lawshe Plantation.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 4, 2019$40,000 · 1.5 in hail · 7 eventsScattered thunderstorms and storm clusters developed across the North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon. A couple of the storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 4, 2019$75,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 eventA strong thunderstorm blew a large tree down on a house.
• Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 4, 201970 kt wind · 10 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon hours along a surface trough across portions of southeast South Carolina. A few of these thunderstorms became strong enough to produce damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 4, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon hours along a surface trough across portions of southeast Georgia. A few of these thunderstorms became strong enough to produce damaging wind gusts.
• Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 4, 20192 eventsAnother round of scattered afternoon thunderstorms brought locally heavy rain. The storms proliferated during the heat of the day as sunshine destabilized the atmosphere. The storms were aided by a weak 500 mb disturbance moving eastward into the mid Mississippi Valley.
• Flash Flood in Maryland, July 4, 20191 eventThunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall in northeastern Maryland on the afternoon of July 4. Rainfall amounts of 2 to near 3 inches fell in spots.
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 4, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventHeat and plentiful low level moisture led to the development of instability and therefore scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon of July 4th. While forcing was limited, one of the thunderstorms did briefly become pulse severe.
• Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, July 4, 20193 eventsA slow moving area of low pressure moved from central Minnesota the morning of the 4th to northeastern Wisconsin by the morning of the 5th.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New York, July 4, 2019$3,000 · 5 eventsWeak flow at all levels was present for Independence Day with weak upper level ridging across the mid-Atlantic and a weak trough across Ohio. Winds up to 700 mb were mainly less than 10 knots.
• Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 4, 2019$17,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms produced wind damage in parts of western Wisconsin during the mid to late afternoon on July 4th.
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 4, 2019$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventIsolated severe thunderstorm associated with a weak surface trough produced damaging winds across portions of south central Virginia.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 4, 20192.5 in hail · 14 eventsA long-lived supercell developed in Sheridan County and traveled east-southeast across Cherry County and into north central Nebraska during the afternoon and evening of July 4. Hail up to tennis ball size and wind gusts as high as 80 mph caused significant damage.
• Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 4, 20191 eventThunderstorms brought locally heavy rain to parts of southeastern Pennsylvania on the afternoon of July 4. Rainfall amounts of 1.0 to 1.5 inches fell in a short amount of time.
• Hail in Colorado, July 4, 20191.5 in hail · 9 eventsA supercell thunderstorm developed in northern Teller County and then proceeded to move east-southeast in El Paso County. By mid-afternoon on Independence Day, mother nature started her own fireworks with large hailstones falling from Monument to Black Forest.
• Hail in Iowa, July 4, 20190.88 in hail · 1 eventWith afternoon destabilization of the air mass, reaching 1500-2000 J/kg MLCAPE, scattered thunderstorms developed along the outflow pool from earlier decaying convection.
• Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 4, 2019EF0 · 32 eventsOn the Fourth of July, severe thunderstorms brought a wave of large hail across portions of Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, Lincoln, Weld, and Washington counties. The hail ranged in size from one to two inches in diameter.
• Hail in Wyoming, July 4, 20191.75 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over northeastern Campbell County and tracked eastward across Crook County. The storm produced large hail along its track before weakening over far eastern Crook County.
• Damaging Winds in Utah, July 4, 201964 kt wind · 8 eventsStrong thunderstorms developed over northeast Nevada and tracked across the Great Salt Lake Dessert before strengthening as they moved over the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Front. Several severe wind gusts were reported as well as downed trees and fences in Salt Lake City.
• Tornado in Wisconsin, July 4, 2019$500,000 · EF0 · 1 eventSeveral strong thunderstorms developed during the afternoon along the leading edge of a mesoscale convective system that formed earlier in the day across the Dakotas, and moved eastward across central Minnesota, and into west central Wisconsin.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, July 4, 20194.25 in hail · 14 eventsTwo tornadoes formed from a supercell thunderstorm moving off of the Laramie Range in southeastern Wyoming. Both tornadoes remained over open field with no discernible damage reported from NWS Storm Survey to assign any other rating but unknown.
• Damaging Winds in Wyoming, July 4, 201962 kt wind · 4 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over southern Campbell County and moved east-northeast through parts of Weston County before weakening. The storm produced hail and strong wind gusts to 70 mph.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 4, 20190.75 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm produced hail in the Belle Fourche area.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 4, 2019$70,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 eventAn isolated severe thunderstorm produced a substantial downburst in the Houghton Lake area.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in South Dakota, July 4 to 6, 2019$936,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsA severe thunderstorm produced hail to quarter size in the Sturgis area. One to two inches of heavy rain over saturated ground caused flooding across parts of eastern Lawrence County into the Sturgis area.
• Damaging Wind in Texas, July 4, 201955 kt wind · 1 eventAn upper level ridge was over the region. There was a weak upper level disturbance within the ridge along with low-level moisture across West Texas. These conditions, along with intense heating and instability, contributed to storms that produced strong winds.
• Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 4 to 7, 2019$2.0 million · 11 eventsA Large upper level system moving through the Mid Atlantic resulted in a 3 day rain event that caused multiple flash floods through Central PA.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Missouri, July 4 to 5, 20198 eventsOn the evening of July 4 and overnight into July 5, a narrow band of moderate to heavy rain formed within the southern periphery of the KC Metro and stretched southward into rural areas south of KC.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Dakota, July 4 to 5, 2019EF1 · 16 eventsA line of thunderstorms developed over the Black Hills and tracked east across western South Dakota, producing large hail and strong wind gusts across portions of the area. Heavy rain produced flooding in the Rapid City area.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, July 4 to 5, 2019$58,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 eventsHail up to the size of golf balls and damaging winds occurred on this Thursday night. Just after 9 PM CST, scattered, small thunderstorms began developing between Elwood and Minden.
• Flash Flood in Illinois, July 4 to 5, 20191 eventIsolated thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening that produced heavy rain over Bureau County. This rain lead to flash flooding near Milo.
• Flash Flood and Flood in Nebraska, July 4 to 5, 20191.5 in hail · 8 eventsClusters of thunderstorms and a quasi-linear convective system produced widespread severe wind gusts and large hail across southwest Nebraska and the Sandhills the late night of July 4 and early morning of July 5.
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4 to 5, 201994 kt wind · 4 eventsSevere thunderstorms brought sixty to over 100 mph winds to parts of central South Dakota during the late evening hours of July 4th into the early morning hours of July 5th.
• Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 201952 kt wind · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm moved through northeast Nebraska during the early morning hours on July 5th.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Missouri, July 5, 20191 death · 9 eventsThunderstorms producing heavy rainfall caused flooding across portion of the region.
• Flash Flood in Indiana, July 5, 2019$1,000 · 1 eventA band of very slow moving thunderstorms pushed east-southeast across central portions of Madison County during the afternoon of July the 5th. Flash flooding was observed in a northern Anderson suburb.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 5, 20192 in hail · 7 eventsVery heavy thunderstorms moved across portions of southeast Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 5th. Rainfall anywhere from 1 to 6 inches was reported across this area. In addition, large hail also occurred with a few of these thunderstorms.
• Lightning Strike in Florida, July 5, 2019$75,000 · 1 eventNumerous thunderstorms developed mainly along sea breeze boundaries under deep tropical moisture. A lightning strike from one of these storms caused a house fire.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 5 to 6, 2019$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsDespite weak upper-level ridging across the region, ample moisture and a moderately unstable atmosphere produced scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms with a few isolated reports of severe weather.
• Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 5, 2019$25 million · 2 eventsA warm and moist airmass was draped across Ohio on July 5th. Slow moving showers and thunderstorms developed along the afternoon lake breeze and outflow boundaries.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, July 5, 20191.25 in hail · 4 eventsThunderstorms became severe over northeastern Campbell County and tracked east through Crook County. The storms produced large hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.
• Flash Flood in New Jersey, July 5, 20191 eventThunderstorms brought locally heavy rain to Burlington County on the afternoon of July 5. Rainfall amounts of 1 to around 2 inches fell in spots.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 5, 2019$100,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 eventsThe month started with seasonal heat on the 5th, and afternoon temperatures in the upper 80s to mid 90s. High soil moisture levels contributed to elevated humidity, and this created heat index values from the mid 90s to around 105 degrees.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, July 5, 2019$24,000 · 6 eventsScattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in a typical summertime environment during the afternoon hours across southeast South Carolina. These thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts as well as numerous cloud to ground lightning strikes.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 20191.25 in hail · 2 eventsA thunderstorm became severe over southeastern Harding County and tracked east across far southern Perkins County. The storm produced large hail.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 5, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventA marginally severe thunderstorm develop over Fenton.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 5, 2019EF0 · 19 eventsThunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary that remained after overnight convection moved along the elevated mixed layer across northern Kansas.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 20191 in hail · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm moved east from Montana and produced quarter sized hail west of Harding.
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 5, 2019$2,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 eventA complex of thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a frontal boundary across Kansas on the 5th. These storms moved southeast into northeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon hours. The strongest storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 5, 20191 eventA warm and moist airmass was draped across Ohio on July 5th. Slow moving showers and thunderstorms developed along the afternoon lake breeze and outflow boundaries.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 20191.75 in hail · 14 eventsA severe thunderstorm tracked east-southeast from Wyoming across the northern foothills onto the west central South Dakota plains. The storm produced large hail and eventually strong wind gusts as it moved across the plains.
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 5, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventAn upper level trough crossed the region during the day of July 5th. Instability was relatively limited due to the prevalence of morning showers and cloud cover, however there was enough to generate showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours.
• Hail in Wyoming, July 5, 20193 in hail · 13 eventsSevere thunderstorms moved across the far southeastern counties in Wyoming producing large hail stone up to 3 inches in diameter. Crop damage was noted between Fort Laramie and Lingle but no available estimate on crop damage.
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 5, 201952 kt wind · 1 eventA complex of thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a frontal boundary across Kansas on the 5th. These storms moved southeast into northwest Arkansas during the late afternoon hours. The strongest storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Flash Flooding in New York, July 5, 2019$22,000 · 3 eventsWarm and excessively moist air interacted with a weak disturbance drifting through central New York.
• Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, July 5, 2019EF0 · 3 eventsA strong backdoor cold front that moved southwest through eastern New Mexico on July 4, 2019 set the stage for numerous showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and isolated severe weather on July 5, 2019.
• Hail in Colorado, July 5, 20192.5 in hail · 61 eventsSevere thunderstorms produced large hail along the I-25 Corridor and adjacent plains. The hail ranged in size from quarter to tennis ball size, with the most damaging hail reported in Boulder and Larimer counties.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 2019$50,000 · 1 in hail · 2 eventsDamaging winds occurred from a downburst in parts of Webster county on this Friday, along with low-end severe hail. During the afternoon, scattered showers and thunderstorms were persistent along Highway 136, in south central Nebraska.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 5 to 6, 2019$20,000 · EF0 · 10 eventsAn afternoon intensifying mesoscale convective system that moved from southeast South Dakota, eastward across southern Minnesota during the late afternoon and evening of Friday, July 5th, produced sporadic wind damage around Arlington, southeast to Henderson, Minnesota.
• Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 5, 2019$5,000 · 3 eventsA warm and humid air mass, with little wind shear, continued to linger across the Ohio River Valley. Convection was anticipated with daytime heating under a weak trough. A flash flood watch was expanded due to heavy rainfall the previous day.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 5, 20191 in hail · 4 eventsSurface heating and deep mixing along a surface low pressure trough led to the development of scattered to numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. Reports of one inch hail were received in the early evening, as well as measured gusts as high as 63 MPH.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 5, 201955 kt wind · 2 eventsAn unstable, but poorly sheared air mass allowed storms to form, but quickly collapse. One such collapse caused damage in a few spots across Cass county.
• Lightning Strike in New York, July 5, 20192 injured · 1 eventShowers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 5th along a lake breeze boundary. One of these storms moved over the Watkins Glen, NY area, causing two minor injuries from a lightning strike at a campground at Watkins Glen State Park.
• Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 20191 in hail · 2 eventsA thunderstorm briefly became severe over the central Black Hills, producing hail to quarter size.
• Hail in Colorado, July 5, 20192.5 in hail · 13 eventsA series of late evening strong to severe thunderstorms quickly developed over the high terrain of the Rampart Range and moved eastward towards Colorado Springs, Black Forest, Fountain, Hanover and eventually Boone, CO. Large hail was reported in several places.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 5, 2019$1,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 eventsAn isolated pulse severe thunderstorm produced wind damage across Sandusky County. A lake breeze boundary interacted with an isolated severe thunderstorm and produced a couple localized downburst.
• Flash Flood in Illinois, July 5, 20191 eventAnother round of afternoon and evening thunderstorms occurred. Strong solar heating ahead of an upper level disturbance over Missouri kicked off scattered to numerous thunderstorms.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Minnesota, July 5 to 7, 2019$395,000 · 8 eventsA band of showers and thunderstorms moved slowly across parts of southeast Minnesota during the evening of July 5th. These storms dropped between 2 and 6 inches of rain across the central portions of Dodge County into western Olmsted County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 5, 20192 in hail · 4 eventsA supercell over northwest Nebraska grew into a small linear system the evening of July 5, producing very large hail and strong winds. Another cluster of storms produced damaging winds over southwest Nebraska after dark.
• Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 5, 201952 kt wind · 2 eventsDuring the evening of July 5th thunderstorms formed over northeast Oregon and moved into extreme southeast Washington and the southern Idaho Panhandle.
• Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 6, 2019$2,000 · 1 eventA large complex of thunderstorms that moved through Curry County during the early morning hours of July 6, 2019 produced significant cloud to ground lightning across the city of Clovis.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 6 to 7, 2019$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsAs is typical during summer, scattered afternoon thunderstorms produced a few instances of damaging winds.
• Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 6, 2019$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsA weak cold front moved through a moderately unstable air mass that lead to the development of thunderstorms across VT, some of which produced some locally damaging winds.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 6, 2019$6,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsA weak surface boundary in advance of an approaching cold front triggered a cluster of thunderstorms across northwest North Carolina. A few of these storms reached severe thresholds and causing tree damage in Surry and Yadkin counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 6, 20191 death · 2 injured · $23,000 · 52 kt wind · 18 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed well ahead of an approaching cold front, in a warm and very muggy airmass (high CAPE / low shear) over central Pennsylvania. Several of the storms produced sporadic wind damage and heavy rain.
• Damaging Winds in Maine, July 6, 201952 kt wind · 10 eventsA cold front crossed the region during the afternoon of the 6th. Showers and thunderstorms developed in advance of the cold front. Some of the thunderstorms became severe across the Central Highlands region and portions of Downeast Maine producing damaging winds.
• Damaging Winds in New York, July 6, 201978 kt wind · 7 eventsTwo separate broken lines of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of July 6th over eastern New York ahead of a cold front and prefrontal trough. The storms resulted in isolated reports of wind damage.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 6, 2019EF0 · 6 eventsA cold front and a weak upper level disturbance approached the mid-Atlantic on July 6. A hot and humid air mass was in place, with high temperatures well into the 90s.
• Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Illinois, July 6, 201961 kt wind · 6 eventsScattered thunderstorms moved across portions of northern Illinois during the afternoon of July 6th.
• Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, July 6, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventA cold front moved into New England from the west on the 6th of July. The air mass ahead of the front became moderately unstable and aided in the development of a few thunderstorms, one of which was severe in Stark.
• Flash Flooding in New Jersey, July 6, 20193 eventsThunderstorms brought locally heavy rain to parts of New Jersey on the afternoon of July 6. Rainfall amounts of 2 to near 3 inches occurred in sections of Warren County and Gloucester County. Rainfall totals of 3 to over 5 inches fell in parts of Ocean County.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 6, 2019$41,000 · 50 kt wind · 25 eventsA front, which has been lingering north of our area, marched south on July 6th and brought damaging storms and widespread flooding. Sufficiently strong mid-level flow supported damaging wind in some cases. However, the main impacts were from flash flooding.
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 6, 201962 kt wind · 1 eventThunderstorms developed during the early afternoon of the 6th across eastern Oklahoma ahead of an approaching cold front. The strongest storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 6 to 7, 2019$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 eventsAs is typical during summer, scattered afternoon thunderstorms produced a few instances of damaging winds.
• Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 6, 2019$3,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 eventsA mid level shortwave in association with a pre-frontal trough ahead of an approaching cold front triggered severe thunderstorms.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, July 6, 2019$13,000 · 50 kt wind · 15 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed through the afternoon hours ahead of a cold front moving into the Ohio Valley.
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 6, 201950 kt wind · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms developed over the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon. One of the storms produced brief damaging winds in the Penrose community of Transylvania County.
• Flash Flood and Flooding in Massachusetts, July 6, 20192 injured · $404,000 · 61 kt wind · 23 eventsA cold front advanced into a very moist, almost tropical air mass in place across southern New England. This produced a line of thunderstorms, some with torrential downpours that caused flooding.
• Damaging Winds in Maine, July 6, 201950 kt wind · 4 eventsA cold front moved into New England from the west on the 6th of July. The air mass ahead of the front became moderately unstable and aided in the development of thunderstorms, a few of which were severe across central and southern Maine.
• Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 6, 201950 kt wind · 2 eventsA front, which has been lingering north of our area, marched south on July 6th and brought damaging storms and widespread flooding. Sufficiently strong mid-level flow supported damaging wind in some cases. However, the main impacts were from flash flooding.
• Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 6, 2019$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 8 eventsThunderstorms knocked several trees down in the Shoals region of northwest Alabama during the early evening hours.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 6, 2019$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 eventsA front, which has been lingering north of our area, marched south on July 6th and brought damaging storms and widespread flooding. Sufficiently strong mid-level flow supported damaging wind in some cases. However, the main impacts were from flash flooding.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 6, 201950 kt wind · 8 eventsA cold front and a weak upper level disturbance approached the mid-Atlantic on July 6. A hot and humid air mass was in place, with high temperatures well into the 90s.
• Flash Flood in Virginia, July 6, 20191 eventA slow-moving storm over south central Grayson County with a radar estimates of up to 3 inches in a few hours.
• Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 6, 201950 kt wind · 2 eventsA broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved into northwestern Connecticut during the afternoon of July 6th ahead of a cold front and prefrontal trough. The storms resulted in isolated reports of wind damage.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 6, 201961 kt wind · 8 eventsAn approaching cold front coupled with upper level shortwave energy and instability across the region led to the development of afternoon scattered showers and thunderstorms. Several of these thunderstorms became severe.
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 6, 2019$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventScattered showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on July 6. One storm produced considerable wind damage across Franklin in Williamson County.
• Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 6, 2019$885,000 · 4 eventsAn excessively warm and humid airmass resided over northeastern Pennsylvania for several days. A weak surface boundary provided the focus for slow moving, conglomerated thunderstorms which produced several hours of locally heavy downpours.
• Hail in Montana, July 6, 20191 in hail · 3 eventsA couple of isolated thunderstorms produced some large hail. The largest hail was reported in Sheridan County Wyoming.
• Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 6, 20192 eventsThunderstorms brought locally heavy rain to parts of eastern Pennsylvania on the afternoon and evening of July 6. Rainfall amounts of 2 to near 3 inches occurred in sections of Monroe County, Northampton County and Bucks County.
• Flash Flood and Flood in Michigan, July 6, 2019$895,000 · 2 eventsIntense rainfall rates within Macomb county produced rainfall totals of 1.5 to 3.5 inches in about 1 hour, leading to flash flooding.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 6, 201950 kt wind · 2 eventsA cold front and a weak upper level disturbance approached the mid-Atlantic on July 6. A hot and humid air mass was in place, with high temperatures well into the 90s.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 6, 201950 kt wind · 8 eventsAn approaching cold front coupled with upper level shortwave energy and instability across the region led to the development of afternoon scattered showers and thunderstorms. Several of these thunderstorms became severe.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 6 to 7, 2019$13,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 eventsA slow moving cold front moved through the middle Ohio River Valley on the 6th and 7th. Storms along and ahead of the front produced localized damaging winds and flash flooding.
• Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, July 6, 201961 kt wind · 2 eventsAn approaching cold front coupled with upper level shortwave energy and instability across the region led to the development of afternoon scattered showers and thunderstorms. Several of these thunderstorms became severe.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, July 6, 2019EF1 · 18 eventsA supercell thunderstorm developed during the late afternoon and produced an EF-1 tornado near Bosler, Wyoming and while it moved over the Laramie Range into the high plains of southeastern Wyoming produced another shortlived tornado over the open range rendering an EF-Unknown…
• Damaging Wind in Texas, July 6, 201951 kt wind · 1 eventInstability and moisture were present across West Texas. There was an outflow boundary from previous thunderstorms that stretched from southeast New Mexico eastward through the Permian Basin. An upper level disturbance moved over the area which provided additional lift.

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