Storm reports for October 31, 2000

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On October 31, 2000, 59 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 17 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Thomas 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 (59)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.4 million in property damage and $75,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (85 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Custer County, NE (near Oconto) · Tornado F2 · $2 million
  “The tornado moved out of Dawson county into south central Custer county 7 miles south southwest of Oconto. The tornado traveled across open rangeland until destroying a modular home 1 mile south of Oconto.”
• Custer County, NE (near Broken Bow) · Tornado F2 · $1 million
  “The tornado touched down 7 miles southeast of Broken Bow and traveled 12 miles north northeast across farm and rangeland. Initial damage occurred at touchdown with a modular home destroyed. Then over the next 2 miles 3 farmsteads were struck.”
• Loup County, NE (near Taylor) · Tornado F1 · $500,000
  “The tornado was on the ground as it moved into Loup county 2 miles southeast of Taylor. The tornado moved north northeast reaching a ranch 1 mile southeast of Taylor where several buildings were damaged.”
• Frontier County, NE (near Eustis) · Tornado F1 · $250,000
  “The tornado touched down 10 miles south southwest of Eustis damaging some trees. The tornado moved north northeast and was intermittently on the ground to 1 mile south of Eustis.”
• Hayes County, NE (near Hamlet) · Tornado F1 · $160,000
  “A tornado touched down 1 mile west of Hamlet and was intermittently on the ground to 9 miles north of Hamlet. As the tornado moved into Stinking Water Creek bottom 4 miles north northwest of Hamlet a garage was destroyed and several farm outbuilding were damaged.”
• Mills County, IA (near Glenwood) · Tornado F1 · $40,000
  “A tornado touched down around 3 miles south southeast of Glenwood Iowa and tracked to just east of town before lifting. The tornado badly damaged a trailer home 1 mile east of Glenwood, and also blew some power poles onto a railroad track which were then run over by a train knocking power out to…”

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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