Storm reports for July 1, 2024

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On July 1, 2024, 10 hail, 40 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Meade County, SD. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 721 square miles containing about 2,900 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 (10)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.2 million in property damage and $1 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (54 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Phelps County, NE (near Holdrege) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $1 million
  “Peak wind gusts were estimated to be around 70 MPH, with measured gusts of 66 MPH from a mesonet station located three miles south-southwest of Holdrege and 60 MPH from the Holdrege Airport AWOS.”
• Kearney County, NE (near Axtell) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $125,000
  “Peak wind gusts were estimated to be around 75 MPH, with one measured gust of 66 MPH from a mesonet station located two miles southwest of Axtell. These wind gusts caused widespread tree damage in Axtell, with several large branches downed and some trees split in two.”
• Thomas County, KS (near Colby) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $100,000
  “A tin shed that was unanchored was blown apart with one tree uprooted, several tree limbs down, and a portion of a rear windshield blown out of a truck.”
• Furnas County, NE (near Beaver City) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $3,000
  “Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in isolated tree damage in Beaver City.”
• Pinal County, AZ (near Superior Muni Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $1,000
  “Two large eucalyptus tree branches were snapped off at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior. Wind gusts were estimated at between 55-60 mph. Timing estimated from radar. No injuries were reported.”
• Thomas County, KS (near Colby) · Thunderstorm wind 86 mph
  “Observation recorded via the mesonet station at the Emergency Management building.”

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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