Storm reports for June 28, 2003

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On June 28, 2003, 159 hail, 65 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Clark 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 (159)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $10.2 million in property damage, $1.4 million in crop damage and 5 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (227 events in 18 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Cass County, MI (near Cassopolis) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 4 injuries
  “Law enforcement reported a large tree fell on a church tent injuring 4 people, one seriously.”
• Duval County, FL (near Jacksonville) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $50,000 · 1 injury
  “Roof ripped off apartment with subsequent rainfall flooding of structure. Roof landed 30 feet away in back yard. One female, age 65, transported to Shands Hospital, Jacksonville. Source Florida Times Union, 6/29/03.”
• Seward County, KS (near Liberal) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $8 million
  “A tremendous storm rolled in from the east (HP supercell). The combination of the 80 to 100 mph wind and hail bigger than golf balls produced at least eight million dollars in damage. This occurred six weeks after another devastating storm that produced around $20 million in damage.”
• Texas County, OK (near Guymon) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $330,000
  “High winds blew thirty-four railroad cars containing thirty-five refigerated containers off the tracks east of Guymon. There were no injuries.”
• Texas County, OK (near Hooker) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $165,000
  “Five mobile homes were completely destroyed and six more mobile homes were damaged near the town of Optima. Also...seventy electric poles belonging to Tri-County Electric were sheared off by the high winds.”
• Isabella County, MI (near Shepherd) · Hail 1.75″ · $25,000
  “One and three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Shepherd.”

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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