Storm reports for June 26, 2009

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On June 26, 2009, 228 hail, 212 damaging-wind and 19 tornado reports were logged across 27 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Keith County, NE.

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 (228)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.1 million in property damage, $115,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (459 events in 27 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• El Paso County, CO (near Colorado Spgs) · Thunderstorm wind 59 mph · 1 injury
  “A section of the El Paso County Courthouse roof was peeled off and a contractor worker was slightly injured. Power to 1300 customers was lost for a short time.”
• Capitol Planning Region, CT (near Wethersfield) · Tornado EF1 · $750,000
  “A narrow tornado moved through Wethersfield. The NWS storm survey team found damage beginning near the intersection of Nott Street and Park Avenue and continuing southeast into a cornfield along Elm Street, between Maple Street and Interstate 91. ||Along this track, numerous trees were downed.”
• Berks County, PA (near Oley) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $500,000
  “The first severe thunderstorm of the evening to affect Berks County caused widespread tree damage in the southeast part of the county. Scores of trees were knocked down. The worst reported damage was in Amity Township.”
• Capitol Planning Region, CT (near Farmington) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $250,000
  “Fifty to one hundred trees across Farmington were downed by thunderstorm winds. Multiple roads were closed because of downed trees in the area of Route 4. One of these trees fell onto a car.”
• Walsh County, ND (near Kellogg) · Tornado EF1 · $250,000
  “The tornado lifted a barn from its foundation and destroyed it while uprooting numerous trees in the farmyard. Later the tornado broke down three power poles and snapped off numerous other trees along its route. Peak winds were estimated to 105 mph.”
• Lincoln County, NE (near North Platte) · Tornado EF1 · $152,000
  “A tornado developed on the northwest corner of a bow echo and touched down very briefly over Union Pacific Railroad Bailey Yard and was witnessed by numerous railroad workers. The tornado derailed 14 empty coal cars and overturned a semi in Bailey Yard.”

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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