Storm reports for June 17, 2006

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On June 17, 2006, 75 hail, 64 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Baraga County, MI.

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 (75)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $975,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (143 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bayfield County, WI (near Bayfield) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $400,000
  “Major wind damage to docks and a few boats occurred at two marinas. Many docks were destroyed. One 40 foot boat was destroyed. There was also three-quarter inch hail and some downed trees.”
• Shelby County, TN (near Cordova) · Tornado F1 · $100,000
  “An F1 tornado touched down near Wood Sage Cove in the Franklin Farms Subdivision off Houston Levee Road 1 mile south of Lakeland. This is just south of Highway 64. The tornado then tracked northeast across Tall Hickory Drive and then lifted.”
• Perry County, IL (near Pinckneyville) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $75,000
  “Extensive damage to trees and power lines occurred. Some trees landed on homes, vehicles, and power lines. Part of the roof was taken off an abandoned building that was open on the south side, the direction from which the storm approached.”
• Warren County, MS (near Oak Ridge) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down along with several power lines.”
• Baraga County, MI (near Pelkie) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $40,000
  “40 to 50 large trees were snapped off or uprooted between Pine Creek Road and just south of Highway M-38 near the Sturgeon River.”
• Keweenaw County, MI (near Phoenix) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $40,000
  “40 to 50 large trees were snapped off or uprooted along Gratiot Lake Road within a mile of the northwest shoreline of Gratiot Lake.”

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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