Storm reports for June 22, 1999

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On June 22, 1999, 68 hail, 42 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Kearny 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 (68)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $762,000 in property damage, $110,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (115 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Tulsa County, OK (near Tulsa) · Thunderstorm wind · $15,000 · 1 injury
  “A 90-foot tall, 3-foot diameter Cottonwood tree blew over, crashing through the roof of a home west of downtown Tulsa near 65th West Avenue and Charles Page Boulevard. Another 2-foot diameter tree and several large tree limbs were blown down.”
• Brown County, NE (near Ainsworth) · Thunderstorm wind 109 mph · $250,000
  “A thunderstorm system produced strong wind with speed estimated in excess of 90 mph. The wind storm actually began in eastern Cherry County near Wood Lake and travelled across most of northern Brown County doing major damage to grain bins 10 miles west of Ainsworth.”
• Wichita County, KS (near Leoti) · Tornado F3 · $250,000
  “A large tornado (F3) destroyed a farmstead. The house was nearly flattened by the tornado, and a tractor and grain combine/harvester were rolled several hundred feet. Tornado moved from East to West.”
• Keya Paha County, NE (near Springview) · Thunderstorm wind 115 mph · $100,000
  “A storm system moved through Springview causing major damage to buildings, power poles and numerous trees. Surface wind estimates were 100 mph. The wind at the top of wind turbines west of Springview were measured at 136 mph about 200 feet above the surface.”
• Logan County, NE (near Stapleton) · Hail 0.88″ · $30,000
  “Hail and strong winds in and around Stapleton damaged a center pivot irrigation system and destroyed a half section of irrigated corn.”
• Rock County, NE (near Bassett) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $5,000
  “Thunderstorm wind broke 10 to 12 inch tree branches off the trees.”

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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