Storm reports for June 3, 2000

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On June 3, 2000, 97 hail, 35 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Halifax County, VA.

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 (97)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1 million in property damage and $244,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (141 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Aurora County, SD (near White Lake) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $200,000
  “Thunderstorm winds partly or totally destroyed numerous farm buildings, moved a large semi-truck 30 feet, blew another semi-truck into a ditch, caused widespread tree and power line damage including 2 foot diameter trees blown down, and damaged homes and vehicles, mainly with flying debris.”
• Woodbury County, IA (near Salix) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn and caused other scattered damage to structures, as well as tree damage.”
• Jerauld County, SD (near Crow Lake) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $50,000
  “Thunderstorm winds caused damage to trees and farm buildings.”
• Clay County, SD (near Vermillion) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $50,000
  “Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage and destroyed a picnic shelter. A few vehicles were damaged by tree debris.”
• Clay County, SD (near Burbank) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $50,000
  “Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and caused other tree and power line damage.”
• Alachua County, FL (near Alachua) · Thunderstorm wind · $30,000
  “Large trees and power lines were blown down.”

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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