Ohio Valley Hail Storms

Losses, 2024 dollars

$2.0 billion

Losses at the time

$1.7 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.

• Hail in Nebraska, June 15, 2021$2.2 million · 2 in hail · 2 eventsDespite weak upper forcing and fairly strong convective inhibition (CINH) keeping the vast majority of South Central Nebraska storm-free on this early Tuesday evening, a pair of rogue, slow-moving supercell storms were able to breach the cap and produce hail to at least golf…
• Hail in Texas, June 15, 20211 in hail · 1 eventIsolated thunderstorms developed under a mid-level shortwave trough and along an outflow boundary. One of these storms produced large hail.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 15, 20211.75 in hail · 2 eventsThe interaction of a cold front arriving from the west and a sea breeze circulation within a warm and moist environment led to severe thunderstorms across southeast Georgia.
• Damaging Wind in Florida, June 16, 2021$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventAn unsettled weather pattern remained over South Florida with a mid-level trough producing cool temperatures aloft and southwesterly flow keeping sufficient tropical moisture across the region.
• Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 16, 202150 kt wind · 1 eventA very dry environment was in place on this day, with thunderstorm development expected to remain isolated. A few storms did develop along the I-25 corridor though, and produced high wind gusts as they moved across Pueblo county.
• Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 20211 in hail · 5 eventsAs a cold front pushed into an environment of large MLCAPE (2000-3000 J/kg) and high DCAPE (1000 J/kg), scattered elevated thunderstorms developed on the nose of a 40 knot low-level jet across southwest Minnesota.
• Tornado in Arizona, June 16, 2021EF0 · 1 eventMid level moisture increased over northern Arizona and isolated thunderstorm developed. A landspout formed along a gust front from a thunderstorm.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 16 to 30, 2021$247,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 eventsAs a cold front pushed into an environment of large MLCAPE (2000-3000 J/kg) and high DCAPE (1000 J/kg), scattered elevated thunderstorms developed on the nose of a 40 knot low-level jet across southwest Minnesota.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 16, 20211.5 in hail · 13 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed over northwest to west central Iowa late in the evening of June 16th, strengthening on the nose of warm air advection and the low level jet. The initial discrete cell was able to produce up to ping pong balled sized hail.
• Damaging Wind in Nevada, June 16, 202159 kt wind · 1 eventA dry downburst from a collapsing thunderstorm caused severe wind, blowing dust and reduced visibility at one of the ASOS's.
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, June 16, 2021$6,000 · 0.88 in hail · 3 eventsA few isolated thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the late evening hours of the 16th. One of these storms passed over the Duluth area bringing a few reports of nickel-sized hail along with a lightning strike that hit a parked vehicle and caused extensive damage.
• Hail in Wisconsin, June 17, 20211 in hail · 1 eventThunderstorms developed along a strengthening low level jet across west central Wisconsin during the early morning of Thursday, June 17th.
• Hail in Missouri, June 17, 20210.88 in hail · 1 eventIsolated thunderstorms developed along a weak warm front that extended southeast from a low pressure center over the central Plains. Hail and gusty winds accompanied the strongest storm.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 17, 20211 in hail · 3 eventsA broad ridge of high pressure aloft was anchored from the Four Corners Region east into the Southern Plains on June 17th.
• Tornado in Arizona, June 17, 2021EF0 · 1 eventMid level moisture increased over northern Arizona and isolated thunderstorm developed. A landspout formed along a gust front from a thunderstorm.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 17, 20212 in hail · 11 eventsThunderstorms developed during the late afternoon, and early evening across west-central Wisconsin, near Eau Claire. Other storms developed across southern Minnesota, and moved across west-central Wisconsin around Red Wing to Durand.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 17, 2021$5.5 million · 3 in hail · 34 eventsDuring the late afternoon, and early evening of Thursday, June 17th, thunderstorms began to develop along an outflow boundary from earlier convection across far southern Minnesota.
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 17, 2021$250,000 · 1 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms developed ahead of a warm front lifting north during the evening hours. The strongest storms produced marginally severe hail across central Wisconsin. Lightning struck a house in Fremont, setting on fire and burning it to the ground.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 17, 2021$2.2 million · 2.5 in hail · 16 eventsA couple rounds of thunderstorms moved across parts of western Wisconsin during the evening of June 17th. Some of these storms produced large hail across portions of Buffalo, Trempealeau, La Crosse and Vernon Counties.
• Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 17, 202161 kt wind · 1 eventHot and dry conditions at the low levels helped a high based thunderstorm produce severe winds in Kingman.
• Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 17, 202151 kt wind · 1 eventDuring the evening hours, a cluster of thunderstorms moved off the Colorado Front Range and east across the northeastern corner of the state. These storms generally stayed weak; however, on the back edge of a storm cluster in Yuma County winds briefly gusted to 59 mph.
• Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 17 to 18, 2021$13,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsSeveral lines of strong thunderstorms with gusty winds moved across southern WI ahead of an approaching cold front. Severe winds occurred in a couple locations.
• Damaging Winds in California, June 18, 2021$2,000 · 2 eventsA surge of tropical moisture pushed into central California from the south on June 17 and 18. This moisture moved into an unstable airmass as temperatures were much warmer than normal across the area.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 18, 20211 in hail · 5 eventsScattered strong to severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Illinois during the morning of June 18th producing localized wind damage. Scattered thunderstorms developed around noon and produced hail across portions of central Illinois.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 18, 2021$10,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventAn isolated severe thunderstorm brought down tree limbs and power lines.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 18, 202160 kt wind · 10 eventsA decaying MCS arrive in the morning of June 18. This resulted in instances of wind damage along and north of U.S. 30 resulting in power outages.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18 to 19, 20214 in hail · 40 eventsA frontal boundary draped across south central Iowa provided the focus for training severe thunderstorms on the evening of June 18th. With MUCAPE over 2000 J/kg and an inverted-v sounding profile, both large hail and damaging winds were supported.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 18, 202155 kt wind · 1 eventA decaying MCS moving from southern Lower Michigan into Indiana and Ohio produced damaging winds in Hillsdale county.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 18, 202152 kt wind · 1 eventSporadic single trees blown down in Adrian from thunderstorm winds.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 18, 2021$21,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed during the morning hours as an upper level disturbance moved through the Ohio Valley.
• Hail in Kentucky, June 18, 20211.75 in hail · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms developed during the morning hours as an upper level disturbance moved through the Ohio Valley.
• Hail in Indiana, June 18, 20210.88 in hail · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms developed during the morning hours as an upper level disturbance moved through the Ohio Valley.
• Tornado and Hail in Illinois, June 18 to 19, 2021$1.4 million · EF1 · 32 eventsWaves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped across central Illinois triggered strong to severe thunderstorms from the evening of June 18th through the early morning of June 19th.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 18, 20211.25 in hail · 6 eventsSevere hail reported from area thunderstorms across Sioux and Box Butte Counties with largest hail stone being half dollar size. Storm chasers out near Agate Fossil Beds National Monument captured on video a brief gustnado with no damage being reported by the winds.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, June 18 to 19, 20211 death · 1 injured · $48 million · 3.4 in hail · 66 eventsA long lasting and multi faceted storm system moved through central Indiana beginning during the late afternoon hours of June 18th and continued through the evening hours with widespread damaging winds and very large hail before transitioning into a flash flooding event during…
• Tornado and Hail in Indiana, June 18, 2021EF2 · 3 eventsThunderstorms in the afternoon developed as an MCV moved into the area. This resulted d an EF2 tornado in Jay county and large hail.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 18 to 19, 2021$1.4 million · EF2 · 61 eventsThunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours as a low pressure system moved through a warm and humid airmass that was in place across the Ohio Valley.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 18 to 19, 2021$920,000 · EF1 · 12 eventsThunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours as a low pressure system moved through a warm and humid airmass that was in place across the Ohio Valley.
• Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 20211 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm moved across portions of Beltrami County during the late evening hours, producing sub-severe wind gusts and up to 1 inch hail.
• Tornado and Flooding in Kentucky, June 18 to 19, 2021$151,000 · EF1 · 12 eventsThunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours as a low pressure system moved through a warm and humid airmass that was in place across the Ohio Valley.
• Hail in Wyoming, June 18, 20211.5 in hail · 11 eventsSevere thunderstorm rolled across the City of Cheyenne the evening of the 18th producing up to ping pong ball size hail.
• Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 18, 202156 kt wind · 1 eventStorms produced strong wind gusts and small hail.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 18, 2021$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 eventsA large cluster of severe storms developed over southeast Indiana and Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours. After sunset, these storms became more linear and quickly advanced southward with a strong outflow gust front.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 18 to 19, 202151 kt wind · 2 eventsDuring a warm summer day with high pressure over the region, a severe thunderstorm was able to breakout in the high instability capped environment. The result was isolated wind damage and flooding in Jefferson County.
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 18, 202161 kt wind · 4 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and far northeast Missouri on Friday, June 18, and continued into the early morning hours of Saturday, June 19. The most intense storms produced very large hail and damaging wind gusts.
• Hail in Iowa, June 18, 20212.5 in hail · 4 eventsBack building storms produced large hail in southwest Iowa.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18 to 19, 20211.5 in hail · 7 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and far northeast Missouri on Friday, June 18, and continued into the early morning hours of Saturday, June 19. The most intense storms produced very large hail and damaging wind gusts.
• Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 19, 20211 eventDuring a warm summer night with a highly unstable atmosphere (2,000 - 3, 000 J/kg CAPE), an axis of heavy rain moved across southern Indiana and north central Kentucky. This caused isolated flooding in Trimble County.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, June 18 to 19, 2021$120,000 · EF1 · 11 eventsA tropical wave meandered in the Bay of Campeche for a few days in mid June before slowly tracking northeastward towards the Louisiana coastline. It actually didn't attain tropical storm status until after it made landfall in Terrebonne Parish on the early morning of June 19th.
• Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 19, 20212 eventsPotential Tropical Cyclone Claudette moved west of the Alabama coastal waters on the evening of June 18th, 2021. Claudette was declared a Tropical Storm and made landfall in southeast Louisiana during the early morning hours of June 19th.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 19, 202152 kt wind · 2 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and far northeast Missouri on Friday, June 18, and continued into the early morning hours of Saturday, June 19. The most intense storms produced very large hail and damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 19, 202150 kt wind · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms moved across portions of central Illinois during the early morning of June 19th producing localized wind damage.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Alabama, June 19, 202121 injured · $3.2 million · EF2 · 18 eventsPotential Tropical Cyclone Claudette moved west of the Alabama coastal waters on the evening of June 18th, 2021. Claudette was declared a Tropical Storm and made landfall in southeast Louisiana during the early morning hours of June 19th.
• Flash Flood in Mississippi, June 19, 2021$10,000 · 1 eventHeavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Claudette produced flash flooding in southeast Mississippi.
• Hail in Wisconsin, June 19, 20210.75 in hail · 7 eventsThunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front during the morning hours, producing hail up to penny size.
• Tornadoes in Georgia, June 19, 2021$3,000 · EF1 · 3 eventsTropical Storm Claudette passed west of the tri-state area. However, some squalls associated with it resulted in a few trees being blown down. One supercell developed in rural southwest Georgia and produced a long track tornado.
• Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 19, 2021$1,000 · 1 eventA warm front shifting across the area within a deep tropical airmass led to a strong thunderstorm.
• Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 19, 202150 kt wind · 3 eventsTropical Storm Claudette passed west of the tri-state area. However, some squalls associated with it resulted in a few trees being blown down. One supercell developed in rural southwest Georgia and produced a long track tornado.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 19, 20211.25 in hail · 9 eventsThunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 19th in advance of a cold front crossing the region. Some of the thunderstorms became severe...producing damaging winds and large hail.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 19, 20211 in hail · 13 eventsA pre-frontal trough and surface cold front pushed through Maine through the afternoon of June 19th. An unstable atmosphere, combined with abundant shear allowed a line of storms to develop across Somerset County.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, June 19 to 20, 20211 in hail · 16 eventsAn outflow boundary from earlier convection moved southward through region, triggering widespread storms. Some of the storms became severe with numerous reports of large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 19, 20211 in hail · 5 eventsAn outflow boundary from earlier convection moved southward through region, triggering widespread storms. Some of the storms became severe with numerous reports of large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.
• Damaging Winds in Utah, June 19, 202156 kt wind · 2 eventsIsolated severe thunderstorm wind gusts occurred near Deer Creek Dam in northern Utah and near Hogan Pass in central Utah.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 19, 2021EF0 · 15 eventsSevere thunderstorms produced several short-lived landspouts, large hail, damaging winds. Five landspouts, all rated EF-0, touched down briefly in portions of eastern Adams and Morgan Counties.
• Damaging Wind in Rhode Island, June 19, 2021$800 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA cold front triggered isolated thunderstorms, which produced damaging wind gusts in the late afternoon across central Rhode Island.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 19, 20211 in hail · 4 eventsIncreases in moisture and instability led to a higher coverage of strong to severe storms across the plains on this day. Winds and hail were the main thunderstorm risks as storms moved off the mountains and into the plains during the afternoon and evening hours.
• Hail in Nebraska, June 19, 20210.75 in hail · 1 eventA strong thunderstorm produced penny size hail near the town of Dalton on the 19th.
• Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 20211.75 in hail · 4 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed in the Belle Fourche area and moved southeast into northeastern Lawrence County before weakening and merging with another storm. It produced hail to golf ball size from Belle Fourche to Whitewood.
• Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 19, 2021$1.0 million · 87 kt wind · 8 eventsDuring the evening hours, a large line of storms moves across eastern Colorado producing a swath of damaging wind gusts up to 100 mph across Yuma, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne counties. These strong winds caused damage to trees and powerlines in Yuma county.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 19, 20211 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm produced large hail and wind gusts to 60 mph in the Deadwood and Sturgis areas.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 19, 20212 in hail · 4 eventsA thunderstorm became severe over southern Meade County and tracked southeast through portions of eastern Pennington and western Jackson Counties before weakening. The storm produced large hail around golf ball size and wind gusts to 60 mph.

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NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.