Storm reports for June 29, 1997

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On June 29, 1997, 62 hail, 78 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Harper County, KS.

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 (62)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $322,000 in property damage and $774,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (162 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sumner County, KS (near Argonia) · Tornado F0 · $75,000
  “ONE LARGE BARN DESTROYED ALONG WITH SOME FARM EQUIPMENT.”
• Butler County, KS (near Cassoday) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $50,000
  “RADIO TOWER, 192 FEET TALL, TIPPED OVER, LANDING ON TOP OF GAS STATION.”
• Sumner County, KS (near Geuda Spgs) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $35,000
  “GRAIN BIN BLOWN OVER, ROOFS TORN FROM BARNS & HOUSES, TOPPLED POWER POLES & OVERTURNED CAMPERS.”
• Alfalfa County, OK (near Byron) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “A trailer house, wooden barn, and small metal barn were destroyed.”
• Burt County, NE (near Tekamah) · Thunderstorm wind · $12,000
  “Thunderstorms winds blew down a tree into a grain bin. Also two fields of corn were partially flattened.”
• Scott County, MS (near Forest) · Thunderstorm wind · $2,000
  “Several trees were blown down along Interstate 20.”

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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