Storm reports for June 17, 2004

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On June 17, 2004, 96 hail, 129 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 16 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Stanton 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 (96)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.4 million in property damage and $3.6 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (233 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sedgwick County, KS (near Cheney) · Thunderstorm wind 92 mph · $600,000
  “Major tree damage with some minor damage to bulidings. One garage and two metal buildings were destroyed.”
• Terry County, TX (near Meadow) · Hail 1.75″ · $150,000
  “Brownfield PD reported golfball size hail. Automobiles were damaged by the hail and windows were broken in several homes. An estimated 3500 acres of cotton were destroyed.”
• Susquehanna County, PA (near Little Meadows) · Tornado F0 · $100,000
  “An F0 tornado touched down halfway between Little Meadows and Choconut off of Bow Bridge Road in northwestern Susquehanna County of Pennsylvania. The tornado track appeared to originate about one mile northeast of Minkler Lake.”
• Perry County, OH (near Thornville) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $50,000
  “A bow echo type event with winds estimated at around 75 mph damaged outbuildings and caused an old barn to collapse. Several old and large trees were snapped.”
• Terry County, TX (near Meadow) · Thunderstorm wind 92 mph · $40,000
  “Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a center pivot irrigation system.”
• Hutchinson County, TX (near Stinnett) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $35,000
  “Power lines and power poles blown down. Also...high winds caused damage to roofs.”

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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