Storm reports for May 24, 2006

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On May 24, 2006, 110 hail, 119 damaging-wind and 9 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Fulton County, IL.

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 (110)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $429,000 in property damage, $4,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (241 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Livingston County, IL (near Pontiac) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $25,000 · 1 injury
  “A semi tractor trailer was blown over on Interstate 55 near Route 116. The driver needed to be cut out of the truck and was taken to the hospital.”
• Montgomery County, IL (near Farmersville) · Tornado F1 · $100,000
  “A tornado touched down 4.6 miles east northeast of Farmersville (Montgomery County in St. Louis CWA). It traveled to the southeast destroying one machine shed and damaging three other machine sheds. Two barns and two homes sustained damage as well.”
• Kankakee County, IL (near Aroma Park) · Tornado F1 · $75,000
  “The tornado began near Sugar Island at 6000 South and about 3000 East and appears to have ended near 5500 South and 4500 East. The tornado path was embedded in a half mile wide swath of tree limb damage. In the narrow tornado path, more concentrated damage occurred.”
• Kankakee County, IL (near St Anne) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $30,000
  “About 200 trees were blown down in St. Anne. Numerous tree limbs and power lines were also blown down. Several trees fell onto houses. Bleachers at a high school were thrown across a field.”
• Iroquois County, IL (near Milford) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $30,000
  “Thirty utility poles were snapped off south of Milford.”
• Madison County, IL (near (Aln)Stl Rgnl Arpt A) · Tornado F0 · $20,000
  “A brief tornado destroyed a 60 foot by 105 foot barn along Buchta Road west of Illinois Route 159. Witnesses reported seeing a funnel about 50 feet in the air coming across the property. The building was lifted completely off the ground and then dropped.”

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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