Storm reports for June 6, 2020

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On June 6, 2020, 31 hail, 422 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 19 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in San Juan County, UT. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 961 square miles containing about 9,100 homes.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (31)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.2 million in property damage, $262,000 in crop damage and 5 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (461 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Denver County, CO (near Denver) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · 2 injuries
  “A man was hospitalized after a tree fell, impaled him and pinned down his 9-year-old daughter. He was seriously injured and underwent three surgeries. His daughter suffered minor injuries.”
• Scotts Bluff County, NE (near Mitchell) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · 2 injuries
  “Reports of tin being blown off a shed and rolling across US 26 striking two motorcyclists. Highway was shutdown and 2 injuries were reported.”
• Lawrence County, SD (near Cheyenne Crossing) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · 1 injury
  “A woman was seriously injured from a tree falling on a camper at the Timon Campground.”
• Orange County, FL (near Belle Isle) · Tornado EF1 · $956,000
  “A National Weather Service damage survey and numerous eyewitness reports, photographs and video confirmed a waterspout/tornado moved north along a 5.1 mile path from Lake Conway to Thornton Park.”
• Bowman County, ND (near Bowman) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $400,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off of the West River Clinic on the southeast side of Bowman. No damage occurred to mobile homes being transported, gas station awnings, campers, or other structures in the area around the clinic.”
• Moffat County, CO (near Craig) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $300,000
  “Several homes on Dunn Drive in Craig, CO had severe damage. One home suffered damage to three sections of metal roofing. Also, the SW corner of a large pole barn lost many roof panels. Another house to the west lost 50% of its roof.”

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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