Storm reports for June 4, 2012

On the evening of June 4, 2012, the strongest storm in southeast Missouri and southern Illinois crossed Scott County, Missouri, dropping golf ball to baseball size hail between 8 and 8:30 p.m. CDT, then producing an EF2 tornado and a downburst at Diehlstadt, according to NWS Paducah.¹ Baseball size hail shattered car windows in New Hamburg.² The downburst, with peak winds of 100 mph on a path 3.5 miles long and half a mile wide, damaged 52 homes, mostly with minor to moderate roof damage, along with several businesses and numerous outbuildings.¹ The tornado, with peak winds of 115 mph at 8:44 p.m., killed three people, and several large warehouse buildings in its path lost part of their roofs.¹ NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $600,000 in property damage from the downburst and $100,000 from the tornado.^3,4

Earlier, at about 1:30 p.m. EDT, golf ball to baseball size hail fell at Fort Stewart in Liberty County, Georgia, where NOAA lists $8.75 million in property damage.⁵ In southern Illinois, a farmer six miles north of Brookport measured a 3-inch hailstone.⁶ Northeast of Carter in north central Montana, 2.5-inch hail fell with winds to 70 mph, and blown-out windshields were reported.⁷