Storm reports for April 24, 2008

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On April 24, 2008, 99 hail, 16 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Sheridan County, KS.

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 (99)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.4 million in property damage and $2.4 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (124 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Mitchell County, KS (near Beloit Arpt) · Tornado EF2 · $750,000
  “The tornado sat down north of Beloit near highway 14 and traveled eastward. Several homes, farmsteads, outbuildings and trees were damaged along the tornadoes path. For the first 4 miles of the damage path, the tornado was rated at EF2 with EF0 damage seen through the rest of the county.”
• Sheridan County, KS (near Selden) · Hail 4.25″ · $670,000
  “Follow-up newspaper reports indicated significant window and roof damage in the town of Selden. Emergency manager estimated around 75% of the homes in Selden had some type of window or siding damage on the north side. Most hail was of golf ball size with the largest being softball.”
• Rooks County, KS (near Stockton) · Hail 4.25″ · $250,000
  “Quarter to softball sized hail was reported across the northern portion of Stockton. This caused a lot of window and siding damage. There were also scattered reports of power outages.”
• Nemaha County, NE (near Johnson) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “A tornado touched down on the southwest edge of Johnson near Chestnut and 1st Streets. The tornado moved northeast across town causing EF1 damage to several buildings in downtown Johnson along Main Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets.”
• Red Willow County, NE (near Danbury) · Thunderstorm wind 85 mph · $79,000
  “In Marion, a grain bin was blown over in the SW corner of town, a garage was damaged and several power poles were down. In Danbury, a tree was blown onto a porch, a pivot irrigation system was toppled and tree and mobile home damage was reported west of town.”
• Dundy County, NE (near Benkelman) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $76,000
  “Several irrigation systems were toppled, tree branches were snapped and shingles removed from homes across northern Dundy 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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