Storm reports for June 11, 1997

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On June 11, 1997, 102 hail, 71 damaging-wind and 22 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Wheeler County, TX.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (102)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.5 million in property damage, $35.6 million in crop damage and 14 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (219 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Wheeler County, TX (near Kellerville) · Tornado F3 · $1.7 million · 13 injuries
  “Tornado occurred near Pakan community on CR 453. Twelve homes damaged or destroyed along with 13 vehicles on Interstate 40. Two inch diameter hail fell along most of the tornado path. Tornado track was determined by official storm survey.”
• Lea County, NM (near Lovington) · Thunderstorm wind · $200,000
  “A large warehouse suffered heavy damage from microburst winds. The event was very localized as the manager of the warehouse was in an adjacent building and did not notice any extreme winds. No one was in the warehouse when it was hit by the winds.”
• Furnas County, NE (near Arapahoe) · Hail 1.75″ · $75,000
  “Numerous funnel clouds were reported in Furnas County along with extensive crop damage from the hail.”
• Frontier County, NE (near Stockville) · Thunderstorm wind · $35,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew over a center pivot irrigation system 3 miles north of Medicine Creek Dam.”
• Gage County, NE (near Wymore) · Thunderstorm wind · $23,000
  “Two grain bins and a sheet metal shed badly damaged. A truck was also damaged when the grain bin went airborn and slammed into it. Numerous tree limbs as large as eight inches in diameter downed.”
• Polk County, FL (near Auburndale) · Tornado F0 · $20,000
  “A weak short-lived tornado touched down and caused minor roof damage to a few homes, carports, porches and downed a couple of trees and power lines, in the Sun Acres area near County Road 542 and Thornhill Road.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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