Storm reports for June 20, 2004

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On June 20, 2004, 72 hail, 36 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Banner 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 (72)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.1 million in property damage, $2,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (114 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bent County, CO (near Las Animas) · Tornado F1 · $1 million · 1 injury
  “A tornado caused severe damage to at least seven buildings at Mountain Prairie Hog Farms. Seven farrowing barns (380 feet x 60 feet) were destroyed. Only one pig was killed. A fire started in one of the structures when a gas line broke. Debris was scattered a few miles east southeast of the Farms.”
• Rice County, KS (near Lyons) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $25,000
  “Half of a barn destroyed. Time and location estimates. (Narrative courtesy of Hutchinson News.)”
• Lincoln County, NE (near North Platte) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $12,000
  “Strong thunderstorm winds up to 52 knots uprooted numerous trees, blew down fences, brought down large tree limbs and power lines. Several outbuilding were also overturned and a large trampoline was lifted 20 feet into the air and wrapped around a tree.”
• El Paso County, CO (near Yoder) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $6,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds damaged a mobile home and damaged the roof of a house.”
• Oklahoma County, OK (near Choctaw) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $5,000
  “A fence was downed. Some trees were also downed around town.”
• Taylor County, FL (near Perry) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000
  “A roof ripped off a mobile home and several downed trees reported by the Taylor County EMA.”

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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