Storm reports for June 18, 2008

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On June 18, 2008, 145 hail, 60 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Custer County, NE.

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 (145)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.1 million in property damage, $450,000 in crop damage and 6 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (211 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Hartley County, TX (near Hartley) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $85,000 · 4 injuries
  “Law enforcement officials reported that a mobile home was destroyed by the thunderstorm wind gusts and also that four people were injured. An irrigation sprinkler was twisted and two foot diameter trees were uprooted.”
• Hartley County, TX (near Hartley) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $12,000 · 2 injuries
  “The thunderstorm wind gusts blew over a semi-trailer on U.S. Highway 87 and two people were injured.”
• Custer County, NE (near Westerville) · Hail 4.50″ · $250,000
  “Hail sizes ranging from quarter to grapefruit size broke many windows, tore holes in the siding of homes, broke windshields in numerous vehicles, and severely damaged the vehicle bodies.”
• Beaver County, OK (near Bryans Corner) · Tornado EF2 · $200,000
  “The tornado start and end times were estimated. The tornado touched down at approximately 2000 CST about six miles northwest of Bryans Corner and traveled south southeast across U.S. Highway 412 and Oklahoma State Highway 3. The Emergency Manager reported significant damage on the west side of U.S.”
• Texas County, OK (near Hooker) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $147,000
  “The Beaver County Emergency Manager reported that two carports were destroyed...one roof of a mobile home was damaged...and eight other mobile homes received lesser damage. Emergency Management trained spotters estimated the wind gusts to be between sixty and seventy knots.”
• Hemphill County, TX (near Canadian) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $120,000
  “Law enforcement officials reported that two barns were destroyed by the thunderstorm wind gusts.”

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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