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Storm reports for June 5, 2014

NOAA recorded 137 hail reports, 192 wind reports and 10 tornado reports in 19 states on June 5, 2014.

in 19 states
339
Storm reports
Near 38.12, -102.96, CO
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 35.82, -91.13, AR
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, near 42.18, -96.50, NE
10
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on June 5, 2014 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

A derecho swept across northeast Arkansas into west Tennessee in the early afternoon of June 5, 2014, with wind gusts estimated at 70 knots (81 mph) in Lawrence, Craighead and Poinsett counties from about 12:25 to 1:25 p.m. CDT.1,2,3 In Craighead County, the wind blew shingles off roofs and damaged the roofs of numerous buildings in Jonesboro, where a tree that fell onto a home killed the person inside.1 In Lawrence County, a tree fell on a vehicle, killing the driver and injuring three other people inside, and a few homes had roof damage or trees fall on them.2 In Tipton County, Tennessee, several roofs collapsed in Covington and some buildings on the city square had extensive roof damage at about 1:40 p.m. CDT.4

Hail up to 2 inches across hit south Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at about 3:10 p.m. CDT, damaging vehicles, windows, roofs and siding over a wide area.5 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $3 million in property damage from that hail.5 Late that night, baseball-size hail broke windows in homes and vehicles near Delaware in Nowata County, Oklahoma, at about 11:40 p.m. CDT and near Chouteau in Mayes County just after midnight.6,7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 524503, thunderstorm wind, Craighead County, Arkansas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 524498, thunderstorm wind, Lawrence County, Arkansas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 524506, thunderstorm wind, Poinsett County, Arkansas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 524509, thunderstorm wind, Tipton County, Tennessee
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 517758, hail, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 528193, hail, Nowata County, Oklahoma
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 528204, hail, Mayes County, Oklahoma

Reports by hour

Hail137, most at 1 AM

Wind192, most at 5 PM

Tornado10, most at 2 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:14 PMEF0About 10 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:51 PMEF1Near 42.18, -96.50, NE1.49 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:40 PMEF0About 10 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:25 PMEF0Near 46.02, -97.94, ND0.1 mi long, 10 yd wide
4:34 PMEF1About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL0.74 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:02 PMEF0About 24 miles from Fargo, ND0.1 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:05 PMEF0About 24 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:21 PMEF0About 50 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.77 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:49 PMEF0About 47 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.28 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:07 PMEF0Near 38.16, -102.98, CO0.42 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Alabama421401
Colorado403721
Missouri408320
North Carolina288200
Kansas276210
South Carolina271260
Oklahoma191450
Texas181530
Arkansas170170
Georgia152121
South Dakota141202
Minnesota10802
North Dakota10802
Nebraska10811
Tennessee100100
Iowa8710
Mississippi2020
New Mexico1100
Wyoming1100

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Amarillo, TX2.75 in70 mph0
Sioux Falls, SD2.0 inNone2
Denver, CO1.75 inNone0
Omaha, NE1.25 inNone0
Colorado Springs, CO1.0 inNone0
Hilton Head Island, SCNone58 mph0
Huntsville, ALNone70 mph0
Kansas City, MONone60 mph0
Springfield, MONone60 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.