Storm reports for June 30, 2018

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On June 30, 2018, 77 hail, 190 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 19 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Luce County, MI.

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 (77)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.9 million in property damage and $29.1 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (274 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Luce County, MI (near Deer Park) · Hail 4.00″ · $1 million
  “Rangers at Muskallonge Lake State Park reported tennis ball sized hail with numerous camper roofs destroyed. All 159 campsites at the park sustained hail damage to campers, cars and other property.”
• Phelps County, NE (near Loomis) · Hail 2.75″ · $1 million
  “Satellite imagery reveals a swath of golf ball size to isolated baseball size hail that stretched from extreme southeastern Gosper County to central Phelps County on the afternoon of June 30th. The path was about 2 to 3 miles wide.”
• Furnas County, NE (near Arapahoe) · Hail 1.75″ · $750,000
  “Quarter to golf ball size hail fell for approximately 20 minutes. Heavy damage occurred from large hail. Several vehicles were damaged that included busted out windows. There was also damage to homes with substantial holes to siding.”
• Gosper County, NE (near Smithfield) · Hail 2.75″ · $250,000
  “Satellite imagery reveals a swath of what was presumably at least golf ball size hail and likely up to baseball size hail that stretched from extreme southeastern Gosper County to central Phelps County on the afternoon of June 30th. The path was about 2 to 3 miles wide.”
• Clay County, NE (near Ong) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $150,000
  “Damage occurred to a few homesteads about eight to nine miles south and about one mile west of Sutton. Two carports were destroyed, with one being blown out into a neighbor's field. Two hog sheds were badly damaged at another location. One home sustained roof damage.”
• Jasper County, MS (near Hamlet) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $150,000
  “A large tree was blown down onto a house along County Road 1537, destroying the house. The wood framing of a new house being built next door to it was blown 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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