Storm reports for June 12, 2017

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On June 12, 2017, 111 hail, 98 damaging-wind and 21 tornado reports were logged across 15 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Platte County, WY.

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 (111)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.7 million in property damage, $100,000 in crop damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (233 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Goshen County, WY (near Lingle) · Tornado EF2 · $597,000 · 1 injury
  “Significant tornado damage was noted at a ranch 20 miles north-northeast of Torrington, WY, just west of the Union Pacific railway line. Significant damage consistent with EF-2 intensity winds was to the main ranch residence and surrounding barns (DI 1, DOD 8).”
• Sioux County, NE (near Agate) · Tornado EF2 · $6,000 · 1 injury
  “A tornado crossed the WY/NE state line into Sioux County, NE at 1630 MST, and continued northeast before lifting west of Highway 29, 8 miles south-southwest of Harrison, NE at 1701 MST.”
• Morrill County, NE (near Bayard) · Tornado EF2 · $2.5 million
  “A long-track discontinuous tornado path was surveyed by the NWS damage team, initially touching down northwest of the Highway 26 and L62A intersection, 4 miles north-northwest of Bayard, NE. The tornado continued east along and north of L62A.”
• Box Butte County, NE (near Letan) · Tornado EF0 · $1 million
  “A discontinuous tornado path continued northeast into Box Butte County from Morrill County. Additional roof damage was surveyed to a large building near the Alliance Airport (DI 1, DOD 3). This was the end of the discontinuous tornado path in Morrill and Box Butte Counties.”
• Ector County, TX (near Odessa) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $100,000
  “A thunderstorm moved across Ector County and produced wind damage in several locations. The damage consisted of fences and walls blown over, the front doors at a local Walmart damaged, trees uprooted, a trampoline blown out of a yard, and parts of roofs being blown off.”
• Fond du Lac County, WI (near Byron) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $60,000
  “Straight-line winds sheared off a stave silo and collapsed a large barn. Tree damage also occurred including a 2-3 foot diameter tree down.”

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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