Storm reports for September 19, 2017

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On September 19, 2017, 49 hail, 99 damaging-wind and 13 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Dickey County, ND.

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 (49)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $5.2 million in property damage and $258,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (164 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Swift County, MN (near Murdock) · Tornado EF1 · $1.5 million
  “A tornado touched down in a corn field northwest of Murdock and moved northeast. The first structure that was hit was a church, which lost part of its roof.”
• Stearns County, MN (near Greenwald) · Thunderstorm wind 78 mph · $1 million
  “Hundreds of trees, possibly over one thousand, were blown down across a broadening swath from northeast of Elrosa to Melrose. Numerous corn fields and other crops were also damaged.”
• Swift County, MN (near Swift Falls) · Tornado EF1 · $800,000
  “A tornado touched down southwest of Camp Lake, where it hit some trees at a farmstead. It then moved across fields, damaging or destroying corn fields. It partially tore the roof off a turkey barn before hitting homes along the east side of Camp Lake.”
• Stearns County, MN (near Elrosa) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $500,000
  “A large shed lost part of its roof, a grain bin was dented in, other outbuildings were damaged, a few dozen trees were broken, and a few cornfields were damaged. This was all southeast of a tornado that tracked from west to northeast of Elrosa, and was deemed to be due to rear flank downdraft winds.”
• Pope County, MN (near Gilchrist) · Tornado EF1 · $500,000
  “A tornado touched down near Camp Lake in Swift County and then moved into Pope County, where it destroyed two machine sheds and several other outbuildings. The tornado tore through many fields, damaging or destroying much corn.”
• Linn County, OR (near Lacomb) · Tornado EF1 · $240,000
  “Tornado touched down along Green Mountain Road. Although tornado appeared to not be on the ground the entire path, the damage path appears to be 0.69 mile long.”

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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