Storm reports for June 18, 1997

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On June 18, 1997, 42 hail, 48 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 20 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Caribou County, ID.

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 (42)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.1 million in property damage, $34,000 in crop damage and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (104 events in 20 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Holt County, NE (near Stuart) · Thunderstorm wind · $30,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew over a center pivot irriation system.”
• Calvert County, MD (near Lusby) · Thunderstorm wind · $20,000
  “Thunderstorm winds knocked a large limb onto a house in Lusby. Several broken branches were also reported in the vicinity as well.”
• District of Columbia, DC (near Northwest Portion) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Peripheral winds south of a damaging microburst in southern Montgomery Co, Maryland, blew down several large limbs in upper Northwest Washington.”
• Macon County, GA (near Oglethorpe) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down beginning near Georgia Highway 26 in Oglethorpe, and continuing to the Houston county line. The windows were also blown out of the Huddle House restaurant in Montezuma.”
• King George County, VA (near Dahlgren) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “A developing squall line near the tidal Potomac River produced a downburst which knocked several tree limbs into power lines in Dahlgren.”
• Twiggs County, GA (near Jeffersonville) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Numerous tree limbs were knocked down and several power lines were snapped countywide.”

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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