Storm reports for June 24, 2009

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On June 24, 2009, 101 hail, 64 damaging-wind and 12 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Sanborn County, SD.

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 (101)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.6 million in property damage, $375,000 in crop damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (178 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Cook County, IL (near Oak Lawn) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $5,000 · 2 injuries
  “Strong winds damaged the roof of St. Lawrence High School as well as to a nearby baseball field dugout. Two people near the dugout were injured. A man had part of the dugout roof land on his leg and a teenage boy was struck in the head by a brick.”
• Stark County, ND (near Belfield) · Tornado EF1 · $700,000
  “The same supercell thunderstorm that produced this EF1 tornado from 1628 MST to 1645 MST produced another tornado, an EF0, from 1703 MST to 1738 MST as it moved southeast.”
• Tripp County, SD (near Winner) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $300,000
  “Wind gusts to 75 mph downed numerous power poles and trees across south central Tripp County. A few small barns and sheds were also blown over by the wind. The combination of hail and wind destroyed siding on a house south of Winner and flattened crops.”
• Rock County, NE (near Newport) · Tornado EF2 · $200,000
  “A tornado touched down north of Newport and overturned 2 center pivot irrigation systems, moved a 5000 bushel gran bin approximately 75 yards, snapped a large electrical transmission line pole, snapped a smaller wooden power pole, broke off numerous tree limbs, damaged the roof of an outbuilding…”
• Sanborn County, SD (near Artesian) · Hail 2.00″ · $75,000
  “Large hail broke numerous windows in vehicles and buildings,dented numerous vehicles, and damaged siding on houses.”
• Adams County, ND (near Hettinger) · Hail 1.75″ · $50,000
  “Quarter to golf ball size hail fell for several minutes over Hettinger.”

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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