Storm reports for September 23, 2008

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On September 23, 2008, 39 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Saline 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 (39)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $11,000 in property damage and $135,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (44 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Dallas County, IA (near Perry) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $3,000
  “A few 2 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs down about 10 feet long. A portion of an Elm tree trunk about 2 feet in diameter and 20 to 30 feet was also blown down.”
• Thayer County, NE (near Williams) · Hail 1.75″ · $2,000
  “Majority of hail was nickel to quarter size, with a few golf ball size hailstones.”
• Cass County, IA (near Atlantic) · Hail 1.00″ · $2,000
  “Nickel to quarter size hail was reported.”
• Chisago County, MN (near North Branch) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph
  “A trained spotter reported two twelve to eighteen inch diameter trees downed.”
• St. Louis County, MN (near West Duluth) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “A large tree up to two feet in diameter was blown down across 59th Avenue West, in West Duluth.”
• Richardson County, NE (near Falls City) · Thunderstorm wind 59 mph
  “A thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 59 mph by the Falls City Asos.”

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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