Storm reports for June 24, 2008

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On June 24, 2008, 149 hail, 56 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 22 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Washington County, RI.

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 (149)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $520,000 in property damage, $70,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (205 events in 22 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Middlesex County, MA (near Concord) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 1 injury
  “A tree on Elm Street was downed by thunderstorm winds onto a car. A person inside the car was injured.”
• Sargent County, ND (near Havana) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “The corrugated steel roof of a 110x40 foot hog barn was ripped off by the wind and lifted over a second building.”
• Rapides Parish, LA (near Forest Hill) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down in Alexandria, Pineville, and Woodworth.”
• Barnes County, ND (near Hastings) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “An old granary was thrown fifty feet, and the wind knocked down two to three inch diameter branches down.”
• Wadena County, MN (near Wadena) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “Several large 3 to 5 inch tree branches were blown down around town, which resulted in scattered power outages.”
• Union Parish, LA (near Bernice) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph · $40,000
  “The roofover on one of the classrooms at Bernice Elementary School was ripped from the portable building by strong thunderstorm winds. A house and car on Harper Street was damaged when a tree blew down. Elsewhere a few trees and power lines were downed near U.S. Highway 167 and Highway 2.”

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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