National Storms

June 1989 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In June 1989, 875 hail, 1,271 damaging-wind and 252 tornado reports were logged on 30 storm days across 44 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Ward County, TX on June 3, 1989. The most hail reports came on June 3, 1989 (105). Tornadoes killed 5.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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875hail reports
1,271wind reports
252tornado reports
4.50″largest hail
30storm days
Jun 1: 37Jun 2: 78Jun 3: 105Jun 4: 29Jun 5: 23Jun 6: 101Jun 7: 44Jun 8: 4Jun 9: 11Jun 10: 88Jun 11: 25Jun 12: 77Jun 13: 19Jun 14: 4Jun 15: 7Jun 16: 15Jun 17: 0Jun 18: 8Jun 19: 11Jun 20: 4Jun 21: 3Jun 22: 12Jun 23: 2Jun 24: 28Jun 25: 10Jun 26: 48Jun 27: 14Jun 28: 36Jun 29: 12Jun 30: 20Jun 1Jun 4Jun 7Jun 10Jun 13Jun 16Jun 19Jun 22Jun 25Jun 28max 105
Hail reports by day, June 1989

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Biggest storm days of June 1989

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStates
Jun 3, 198910587194.50″14
Jun 2, 198978107162.75″21
Jun 12, 19897783113.00″18
Jun 6, 198910127194.50″11
Jun 10, 19898838194.00″6
Jun 26, 1989489154.00″20
Jun 16, 198915117102.75″13
Jun 7, 19894458284.50″12
Jun 15, 1989710051.75″14
Jun 27, 1989149262.00″15

Largest hail reported in June 1989

DaySizeLocation
Jun 3, 19894.50″ (softball)Ward County, TX
Jun 3, 19894.50″ (softball)Childress County, TX
Jun 3, 19894.50″ (softball)Hardeman County, TX
Jun 6, 19894.50″ (softball)Coleman County, TX
Jun 6, 19894.50″ (softball)Lipscomb County, TX
Jun 7, 19894.50″ (softball)Hill County, TX
Jun 7, 19894.50″ (softball)Hill County, TX
Jun 29, 19894.50″ (softball)Cheyenne County, CO
Jun 30, 19894.50″ (softball)Morgan County, CO
Jun 10, 19894.00″ (grapefruit)Moore County, TX

Storm reports by state, June 1989

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Texas254187634.50″
Oklahoma1878363.00″
Kansas924194.00″
North Carolina258871.75″
Georgia88811.75″
South Carolina138221.75″
Florida1050291.75″
Nebraska3135212.75″
Alabama106731.75″
Virginia66831.50″
New Mexico501283.00″
Arkansas94381.75″
Louisiana2020201.75″
Mississippi193261.75″
Pennsylvania54751.75″
Ohio54352.50″
Colorado265124.50″
Indiana151941.50″
Wisconsin32571.75″
West Virginia32631.50″
Maryland0310–
Tennessee32081.75″
New York22511.75″
South Dakota131312.75″
Michigan101601.75″
New Jersey32201.75″
North Dakota13653.00″
Kentucky41421.75″
Illinois9712.00″
Massachusetts11400.75″
Minnesota8511.75″
Iowa5711.75″
Wyoming5612.75″
Montana5511.75″
Missouri2230.75″
Nevada1511.00″
Vermont040–
Connecticut020–
Delaware011–
Idaho020–
Maine011–
Utah011–
District of Columbia010–
Washington001–

Every storm day in June 1989

Jun 1 Jun 2 Jun 3 Jun 4 Jun 5 Jun 6 Jun 7 Jun 8 Jun 9 Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24 Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30

A storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Read more about NOAA storm reports.