Storm reports for October 21, 2024

IndependentNot affiliated with NOAA or the National Weather Service. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports; NOAA MRMS radar hail estimates (MESH) via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; 2020 Census housing units. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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On October 21, 2024, 11 hail, 1 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Barber County, KS. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 58 square miles, none of it over homes counted in the 2020 Census.

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

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 5 hail, wind or tornado events across the US on this storm day, with no damage estimate, injury or death entered. Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Fergus County, MT (near (Lwt)Lewiston Muni A) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph
  “ASOS station KLWT measured a 62 mph gust associated with a shower and cold front.”
• Barber County, KS (near Medicine Lodge) · Hail 1.75″
  “Hail with diameters ranging from quarter size to golf ball size was reported by law enforcement.”
• Norton County, KS (near Reager) · Hail 1.00″
  “Dime to quarter sized hail reported with ground turning white from hail coverage.”
• Reno County, KS (near Hutchinson) · Hail 1.00″
  “The report of quarter sized hail was received from the public via social media.”
• Sedgwick County, KS (near (Ict)Wichita Arpt) · Hail 1.00″
  “A report of quarter-sized hail was relayed via broadcast media. The time is estimated by radar along with the nearby occurrence of dime sized hail that occurred at the Weather Forecast Office in Wichita at around the same time.”

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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