Storm reports for June 8, 2009

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On June 8, 2009, 99 hail, 44 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 16 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in St. Clair County, IL.

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 $1.6 million in property damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (148 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Perry County, IL (near Du Quoin) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $1.3 million · 2 injuries
  “Downburst winds affected a swath of eastern and southern Perry County. The heart of the damage swath cut a path through the northeast and east sides of DuQuoin. The average path width was three-quarters of a mile. The damage path length was about six miles long.”
• Taylor County, TX (near Abilene) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “A roof was blown off the Century Lodge on South 1st Street.”
• Taylor County, TX (near Tye) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $60,000
  “A roof was blown off a house, a cinder block building received heavy damage which included two-thirds of the south wall and a large roll-up door was blown down. Also, several power lines were blown down.”
• Walworth County, WI (near Whitewater) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $30,000
  “A swath of thundersrtorm wind damaged affected northwest Walworth County. The swath was about 4 miles wide. At least 200 trees were uprooted in the Whitewater area, and two vehicles ($estimated $10K in damage) were damaged by tree debris.”
• Perry County, IL (near Pinckneyville) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $20,000
  “The sheet metal roof was blown off a large shed or storage building. A large oak tree about 80 feet tall was uprooted and landed on a back porch, destroying it.”
• Butler County, MO (near Poplar Bluff) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $15,000
  “A tree was blown down, blocking Highway 160. A vehicle crashed into the tree, but no injuries occurred. Power lines were down west of Poplar Bluff.”

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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