Storm reports for October 3, 2006

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On October 3, 2006, 116 hail, 30 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 3.25″ (teacup size) in Benzie 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 (116)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.5 million in property damage and $1.4 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (147 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sauk County, WI (near Reedsburg) · Hail 1.75″ · $900,000
  “A hailstorm dumped hail stones with diameters from 1.00 to 1.75 inch from Reedsburg to Baraboo, with most of the activity in the Reedsburg area. Hundreds of vehicles were damaged by the hail stones. Three insurance companies reported 375 claims totaling about $900,000.”
• Wexford County, MI (near Benson) · Tornado F0 · $260,000
  “A brief tornado occurred west of Cadillac, along Benson Road just south of M-55. A garage and part of a kitchen was ripped off of a home and destroyed. The owner was asleep in a bedroom on the other side of the house, and was not injured. An aluminum shed in the yard was wrapped around a tree.”
• Mitchell County, IA (near St Ansgar) · Hail 2.75″ · $150,000
  “A 12 mile swath of hail damage was observed on both sides of Indigo Road and Highway 9 in Mitchell County. Corncobs were stipped off stalks and soybean fields were shredded. Hail drifts were still two feet deep at 9:15 a.m. from hail that fell at 3:55 a.m.”
• Mitchell County, IA (near Little Cedar) · Hail 2.00″ · $125,000
  “Hail broke windows. Reported by off-duty dispatcher.”
• Manistee County, MI (near Manistee) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $50,000
  “Several hundred trees were downed at Manistee National Golf Course and the surrounding area. One large tree was downed onto a truck. A window was blown out of a home.”
• Mason County, MI (near Freesoil) · Thunderstorm wind 61 mph · $50,000
  “Law enforcement reported widespread wind damage (downed trees) across northern Mason county.”

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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