Storm reports for October 6, 2016

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On October 6, 2016, 50 hail, 27 damaging-wind and 12 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Jefferson 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 (50)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $827,000 in property damage and $0 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (91 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Allen County, KS (near Humboldt) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $750,000
  “A large area of damaging downburst winds moved across the town of Humboldt. The downburst winds were produced by the rear flank downtraft from a supercell thunderstorm as it moved just to the northeast of town. Numerous large trees were blow down.”
• Cowley County, KS (near Dexter) · Tornado EF1 · $25,000
  “The tornado touched down initially in a soybean field just to the southeast of a farmstead. The tornado than skimmed along at tree top level over the farmstead, before touching down again on the north side of the farmstead, destroying an open ended horse barn and grain bin.”
• Cowley County, KS (near Cambridge) · Tornado EF1 · $20,000
  “The tornado moved almost due north over open country causing some damage to trees by blowing down several large trees and several large tree limbs.”
• Childress County, TX (near Kirkland) · Hail 2.00″ · $15,000
  “A swath of severe hail ranging from quarter size to two inches in diameter fell along US Highway 287 in and near Kirkland. Some vehicles in this area suffered cracked windshields and body damage.”
• Jefferson County, ID (near Rigby) · Hail 0.25″ · $9,000
  “A fast moving hail storm caused multiple cars to slide off Highway 20 south in Rigby causing traffic to be blocked for miles in the southbound lanes. Several vehicles were involved including one rollover and an RV and semi-truck.”
• Stephens County, OK (near Duncan) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $5,000
  “Wind knocked down an 8 inch branch onto a house with a metal roof that caused one section of the roof to crash in the house.”

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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