Storm reports for June 13, 2004

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On June 13, 2004, 76 hail, 125 damaging-wind and 13 tornado reports were logged across 19 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Cuming County, NE.

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 (76)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.3 million in property damage and $74,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (218 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Benton County, TN (near Camden) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $278,000
  “Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. 3 homes had damage because trees fell on them. A 75-foot oak tree, whcih was probably more than 100 years old, fell into another tree, and they both fell on a carport and on a 1995 Ford Aerostar van.”
• Montmorency County, MI (near Hillman) · Tornado F1 · $150,000
  “Tornado tracked from just southwest of Rust, to the Alpena County line east of Hillman. Damage was sporadic, suggesting the tornado was on the ground only intermittently. Occasional tree damage occurred along the path.”
• McCracken County, KY (near West Paducah) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “A microburst with winds up to 75 MPH affected an area on the west side of Paducah 1.8 miles long and 0.7 mile wide. The damage path was entirely along Kentucky Highway 305, beginning about 2 miles west of Interstate 24 and ending about 100 yards west of exit 3 on the interstate.”
• Henry County, OH (near New Bavaria) · Tornado F1 · $75,000
  “NWS storm survey showed a tornado touched down 3 miles south of New Bavaria and traveled close to 4 miles lifting 3 and one half miles east southeast of New Bavaria. The storm was around 50 yards wide and produced F0 to F1 damage along its path destroying 2 barns and damaging several houses.”
• Huron County, OH (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed many trees across the county.”
• Lake County, TN (near Tiptonville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $30,000
  “Several trees were blown down. One tree fell on a travel trailer destroying it.”

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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