Storm reports for June 15, 1997

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On June 15, 1997, 60 hail, 81 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 15 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Brewster 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 (60)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.8 million in property damage, $4.7 million in crop damage and 11 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (155 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Beaver County, OK (near Turpin) · Tornado F1 · $150,000 · 2 injuries
  “Six mobile homes and two barns destroyed. Power lines down. The tornado track was estimated.”
• Brewster County, TX (near Study Butte) · Hail 4.50″ · $10,000 · 2 injuries
  “North of where the RFD winds caused damage, hail up to softball size smashed car windshields and pummelled a couple of houses. One gentleman, who was attempting to close a window, was injured when hail broke the window and caused several facial lacerations.”
• Dunn County, WI (near Downsville) · Tornado F2 · $200,000
  “Three silos, machine shed, barn and several trees damaged or destroyed. Pieces of shed found 1 mile away. Numerous trees and power lines down.”
• Terrell County, TX (near Sanderson) · Thunderstorm wind · $200,000
  “An HP supercell in the western part of Terrell County produced a bow echo on its southern flank as it approach Sanderson with the apex of the bow aimed at the town. Damaging winds rushed into town with torrential rains and mostly pea size hail.”
• Custer County, NE (near Anselmo) · Hail 1.75″ · $70,000
  “Large hail and thunderstorm winds damaged young growing corn and blew over center pivot irrigation systems.”
• Brewster County, TX (near Terlingua) · Thunderstorm wind · $70,000
  “Wind damage occurred to several buildings on a ranch located on Taurus Mesa. Much of the damage was limited to corrugated metal that was strewn across the countryside. Rear-flank downdraft (RFD) winds were thought to have been the mechanism for the high winds.”

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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