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Storm reports for June 24, 2014

NOAA recorded 101 hail reports, 85 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 17 states on June 24, 2014.

in 17 states
189
Storm reports
About 12 miles from Cheyenne, WY
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 37.97, -100.57, KS
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 32 miles from Indianapolis, IN
3
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 24, 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

At about 2:32 p.m. EDT on June 24, an EF1 tornado with winds of 90 to 100 mph touched down in Plainfield, Indiana, and tracked about 3 miles northeast into Indianapolis, lifting at about 2:42 p.m.1,2 It damaged nearly two dozen homes in Hendricks County and removed parts of roofs from homes in Indianapolis, where officials estimated 75 to 100 homes had at least minor damage.1,2 More than 200 vehicles were damaged, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $1.5 million in property damage across the two counties.1,2

Baseball size hail, 2.75 inches across, fell at the Cheyenne airport in Wyoming that afternoon and broke vehicle windows.3 That evening, hail up to 2 inches fell in Aurora, Colorado, and up to 2.5 inches in Larimer County, causing extensive damage to homes and cars in parts of Arapahoe and Larimer counties.4,5

In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, an NWS survey found straight-line winds up to 85 mph near Glenwillard that downed about 50 trees, 4 of which fell onto homes.6

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Hendricks County, Indiana (Plainfield), June 24, 2014
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Marion County, Indiana (Indianapolis), June 24, 2014
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Laramie County, Wyoming (Cheyenne airport), June 24, 2014
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Arapahoe County, Colorado (Aurora), June 24, 2014
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Larimer County, Colorado, June 24, 2014
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, June 24, 2014

Reports by hour

Hail101, most at 3 PM

Wind85, most at 6 PM

Tornado3, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:15 PMEF0About 40 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
12:30 PMEF1About 32 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:32 PMEF1About 11 miles from Indianapolis, IN2.84 mi long, 75 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Colorado454500
Kansas251960
Wyoming242400
Georgia160160
Texas154110
New York140140
Pennsylvania140140
Ohio11290
Wisconsin6510
Indiana5023
Alabama3030
Louisiana3030
Florida2110
Mississippi2020
Oklahoma2020
Nebraska1010
New Mexico1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Cheyenne, WY2.75 inNone0
Fort Collins, CO2.5 inNone0
Denver, CO2.0 inNone0
Colorado Springs, CO1.5 inNone0
Greeley, CO1.25 inNone0
Wichita, KS1.0 inNone0
Cleveland, OH0.88 inNone0
Conroe, TX0.75 inNone0
Arlington, TXNone60 mph0
Erie, PANone58 mph0
Fort Worth, TXNone58 mph0
Grand Prairie, TXNone60 mph0
Indianapolis, INNone70 mph1
Lewisville, TXNone64 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone58 mph0
Savannah, GANone58 mph0
Tyler, TXNone62 mph0
Waco, TXNone49 mph0

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