Storm reports for June 21, 2020

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On June 21, 2020, 92 hail, 199 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 29 states. The largest hail reported was 3.25″ (teacup size) in Ellsworth County, KS. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 5,116 square miles containing about 50,000 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 (92)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $678,000 in property damage and $6,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (292 events in 29 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Greenville County, SC (near East Gantt) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $250,000
  “Emergency manager and NWS employee reported numerous trees blown down in the area centered around the Greenville Country Club. Multiple homes were damaged by fallen trees.”
• Edwards County, KS (near Belpre) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $100,000
  “Outbuildings were destroyed an a pivot irrigation sprinkler was overturned by the high wind.”
• Middlesex County, MA (near Weston) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $25,000
  “A microburst with winds estimated near 65 mph caused damage in Weston (as well as Waltham and Wellesley). In Weston, multiple large trees and wires were down on Meadowbrook Road. Three large 2-foot oak trees were downed on Summer Street.”
• Meriwether County, GA (near Woodbury) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $25,000
  “The broadcast media reported structural damage at the Fuel South gas station at the intersection of Highways 85 and 109 in Woodbury.”
• Barton County, KS (near Great Bend) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $20,000
  “Widespread tree damage across town with lots of trees blown over. One tree fell onto a vehicle and crushed it. Reports came in via social media.”
• Watonwan County, MN (near Ormsby) · Hail 1.25″ · $20,000
  “A swath of large hail, up to half dollar size, fell around the Odin/Ormsby area where vehicles were damaged.”

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.

Guides: What radar-estimated hail (MESH) is and isn't · Storm reports: preliminary vs final