Storm reports for June 21, 2021

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On June 21, 2021, 11 hail, 524 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 20 states. The largest hail reported was 1.50″ (ping pong ball size) in Hancock County, TN. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 1,187 square miles containing about 9,900 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 (11)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $15.3 million in property damage and $5,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (536 events in 20 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Adams County, PA (near Cashtown) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $8 million
  “A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 75 mph brought down multiple trees and wires from Cashtown to Fairfield.”
• York County, PA (near Grangeville) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $4 million
  “A severe thunderstorm with estimated winds near 60 mph brought down multiple trees.”
• Elk County, PA (near Deyoung) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $2 million
  “A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph brought down trees near Russell City.”
• Washington County, MD (near Edgemont) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $50,000
  “Two willow trees were uprooted and many large tree limbs were snapped near Ringgold. One tree fell on a residential trailer. There was also siding and shingles blown off a church.”
• Tompkins County, NY (near Etna) · Tornado EF1 · $49,000
  “A tornado touched down in Yellow Barn State Forest, east of Yellow Barn Road. It continued to travel eastward and passed over Card Road. It then struck a farm on Irish Settlement Road, snapping and uprooting multiple trees.”
• Windsor County, VT (near Union Vlg) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $30,000
  “Numerous trees and utility lines down across Norwich into Hartford.”

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