Storm reports for June 6, 2005

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On June 6, 2005, 271 hail, 350 damaging-wind and 13 tornado reports were logged across 37 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Lea County, NM.

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 (271)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4 million in property damage, $705,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (640 events in 37 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Lea County, NM (near Buckeye) · Hail 2.75″ · $1.3 million
  “Very large hail caused extensive damage along a swath from near Buckeye to Lovington. Baseball size hail was reported at 16:10 MST just south of Buckeye. An anticyclonic member of a splitting supercell storm rapidly propagated north-northeast towards Lovington.”
• Houston County, TX (near Grapeland) · Tornado F1 · $275,000
  “Tornado moved from southwest to northeast across Grapeland. Ten residential homes had patio, roof and chimney damage. Windows were blown out of the south side of the library. There was roof damage to six downtown businesses.”
• Lea County, NM (near Lovington) · Hail 4.50″ · $250,000
  “The Lovington Police Department reported giant hail just north of Lovington. Softball size hail combined with severe wind gusts to damage structures and vehicles. The largest hail and the most intense winds occurred over less populated areas just outside of the city's limits.”
• Prairie County, MT (near Terry) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $145,000
  “Damaging thunderstorm winds blew over a pivot sprinkler. The strong wind destoyed one machine shed. There were multiple reports of structural damage to occupied and unoccupied structures. A couple of cars were damaged from fallen tree limbs.”
• Steuben County, NY (near Addison) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $100,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires across the southeast quarter of the county. Damage was widespread in Corning, South Corning, East Corning, Caton, Campbell, Addison, and Bath. In Corning, wires came down on a car and delivery truck.”
• Broome County, NY (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $100,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and wires countywide. Half a dozen buildings had damage due to the wind and falling trees. The hardest hit areas were in the southwest quarter of the county including Vestal, Endicott, and Binghamton.”

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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