Storm reports for June 17, 2015

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On June 17, 2015, 83 hail, 126 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 22 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Powder River County, MT.

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 (83)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.3 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (216 events in 22 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Upshur County, WV (near Queens) · Tornado EF1 · $300,000
  “Multiple trees were snapped, twisted, and broken along the path near Queens. Several buildings sustained roof and property damage. ||The National Weather Service survey team estimated the strongest wind gusts around 100 mph.”
• McCurtain County, OK (near Redland) · Tornado EF0 · $150,000
  “An NWS Storm Survey across McCurtain County, Oklahoma determined that damage east of Idabel was consistent with that of a tornado. An EF0 tornado touched down in the Redland community. Ten chicken houses were damaged...one of which was completely destroyed.”
• Pennington County, SD (near Rapid City) · Hail 1.75″ · $100,000
  “Quarter to golf ball sized hail damaged automobiles.”
• De Soto Parish, LA (near Kickapoo) · Tornado EF1 · $75,000
  “A NWS Storm Survey team determined that damage in northern DeSoto Parish was consistent with that of a tornado touchdown. An EF1 tornado touched down near the community of Kickapoo just west of the intersection of Hwy. 5 and Hwy. 171.”
• De Soto Parish, LA (near Mansfield) · Tornado EF1 · $50,000
  “A NWS Storm Survey team determined that the damage in the Mansfield area was a result of a brief tornado touchdown. The EF1 tornado touched down in the town of Mansfield, Louisiana near the intersection of Polk and Laura Streets. The storm traveled north 1/2 mile then lifted near North Hills Drive.”
• Laurens County, GA (near Westbrook) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $25,000
  “The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported several trees down near Highway 165 near the Laurens/Dodge County line and numerous trees down in the Dublin area. Several structure fires were reported in Dublin initiated by lightning strikes.”

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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