Storm reports for June 27, 2008

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On June 27, 2008, 149 hail, 213 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 33 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Ness 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 (149)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $65.4 million in property damage, $2.5 million in crop damage, 4 injuries and 2 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (370 events in 33 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Pottawattamie County, IA (near Lake Manawa) · Thunderstorm wind 92 mph · $11 million · 2 deaths · 1 injury
  “This is a continuation of a 5 to 7 mile wide damage path that a bow-echo thunderstorm caused across eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. In Pottawattamie county Iowa it was estimated by a NWS storm survey that winds reached 70 to 90 mph in an area from Council Bluffs to southwest of Treynor and…”
• Morgan County, IN (near Whitaker) · Tornado EF0 · $50,000 · 2 injuries
  “This tornado formed near Marley Road and Old Boundary Line Road in Owen County. The tornado tracked 3.02 miles to the northeast while in Owen County and passed through Gosport. The tornado moved into Morgan County while moving through an open field.”
• Saunders County, NE (near Morse Bluff) · Thunderstorm wind 115 mph · 1 injury
  “Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a NWS storm survey to have reached at least 70 mph, with embedded areas of 100 to 115 mph damage, in a 5 to 7 mile wide swath from west of Cedar Bluffs east and southeast to Highway 77 south of Fremont then through the Woodcliff area.”
• Douglas County, NE (near Mercer) · Thunderstorm wind 115 mph · $53 million
  “This is a continuation of the damage path from the bow echo that started in Dodge and Saunders county to the west. The damage path in Douglas county was about 5 to 7 miles wide and a NWS storm survey estimated winds of at least 70 mph and in some cases up to 100 to 115 mph.”
• Bourbon County, KS (near Ft Scott) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $200,000
  “Nearly 200 trees were knocked over from thunderstorm wind gusts. Approximately 12 homes were damaged from these falling trees, while power lines were also impacted. Nearly 200 homes were without power on the west side of Fort Scott.”
• Cherokee County, SC (near Gaffney) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $100,000
  “Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across northern and eastern sections of Gaffney. Three trees fell on and damaged 3 homes. Other trees fell on automobiles. About 10 outbuildings were detroyed in the parking lot of a retail store. Penny size hail was also reported.”

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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