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Storm reports for June 30, 2014

NOAA recorded 122 hail reports, 432 wind reports and 46 tornado reports in 16 states on June 30, 2014.

in 16 states
600
Storm reports
Near 42.40, -94.63, IA
4.0 in
Largest hail
About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA
105 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 47 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
46
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on June 30, 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

On the morning of June 30, hail up to 3 inches damaged windows, cars and roofs in and around Harlan, Iowa.1 Hail up to 4 inches fell near Rockwell City in Calhoun County.2,3 In Adair, the emergency manager reported that wind-driven hail damaged about 190 homes, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $10 million in property damage there.4 Baseball size hail and winds up to 70 mph damaged houses and other buildings across southern Guthrie County.5

That afternoon near Fairfax in Linn County, winds blew the roof off a building and its walls collapsed, killing one person and injuring another.6 That evening, an EF1 tornado with winds up to 95 mph crossed between Plainfield and Romeoville, Illinois, peeling siding and shingles and blowing out windows at numerous homes.7 In Kankakee County, Illinois, an EF2 tornado with 115 mph winds damaged a house beyond repair and destroyed numerous barns and outbuildings.8

After midnight, an NWS survey found winds of 80 to 90 mph near Albion, Michigan, that blew the roof off a home, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $2 million in property damage for that event.9 In northern Indiana, falling trees killed two people in homes in LaGrange and Kosciusko counties overnight.10,11

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Shelby County, Iowa (Harlan), June 30, 2014
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Calhoun County, Iowa (Rockwell City), June 30, 2014
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Calhoun County, Iowa (Rockwell City, 4 inches), June 30, 2014
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Adair County, Iowa (Adair), June 30, 2014
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Guthrie County, Iowa (Casey), June 30, 2014
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind, Linn County, Iowa (Fairfax), June 30, 2014
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Will County, Illinois, June 30, 2014
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Kankakee County, Illinois, June 30, 2014
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind, Calhoun County, Michigan (Albion), July 1, 2014
  10. 10. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind, LaGrange County, Indiana, July 1, 2014
  11. 11. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind, Kosciusko County, Indiana (Warsaw), July 1, 2014

Reports by hour

Hail122, most at 1 PM

Wind432, most at 10 PM

Tornado46, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:42 PMEF1About 45 miles from Des Moines, IA7.12 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:02 PMEF1About 45 miles from Des Moines, IA12.04 mi long, 460 yd wide
1:13 PMEF1About 21 miles from Des Moines, IA1.34 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:15 PMEF0About 48 miles from Des Moines, IA6.51 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:15 PMEF1About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA6.38 mi long, 400 yd wide
1:27 PMEF1About 14 miles from Des Moines, IA2.03 mi long, 190 yd wide
2:02 PMEF2About 47 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA3.7 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:27 PMEF1About 22 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA0.43 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:40 PMEF0Near 40.44, -94.72, MO3.52 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:20 PMEF0Near 37.36, -102.66, CO0.27 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:43 PMEF1Near 40.38, -94.30, MO2.15 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:53 PMEF0Near 40.16, -93.99, MO2.99 mi long, 200 yd wide
Show all 46 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
9:16 PMEF1About 47 miles from Rockford, IL1.51 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:34 PMEF1About 11 miles from Kansas City, MO0.8 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:38 PMEF1About 53 miles from Chicago, IL1.15 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:44 PMEF0About 49 miles from Chicago, IL2.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:55 PMEF1About 30 miles from Chicago, IL3.06 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:22 PMEF1About 43 miles from Chicago, IL10.3 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:23 PMEF0About 40 miles from Chicago, IL3.1 mi long, 45 yd wide
10:24 PMEF1About 40 miles from Chicago, IL2.7 mi long, 110 yd wide
10:25 PMEF1About 38 miles from Chicago, IL5.5 mi long, 450 yd wide
10:26 PMEF1About 39 miles from Chicago, IL3.2 mi long, 110 yd wide
10:29 PMEF1About 44 miles from Chicago, IL15.8 mi long, 175 yd wide
10:30 PMEF0About 38 miles from Chicago, IL4.4 mi long, 295 yd wide
10:32 PMEF2About 39 miles from Chicago, IL3.9 mi long, 240 yd wide
10:33 PMEF0About 39 miles from Chicago, IL0.7 mi long, 120 yd wide
10:33 PMEF1About 39 miles from Chicago, IL8.7 mi long, 415 yd wide
10:37 PMEF1About 39 miles from Chicago, IL1.6 mi long, 175 yd wide
10:38 PMEF1About 39 miles from Chicago, IL3.8 mi long, 260 yd wide
10:39 PMEF1About 42 miles from Chicago, IL3.2 mi long, 370 yd wide
10:42 PMEF1About 41 miles from Chicago, IL2.2 mi long, 315 yd wide
10:42 PMEF1About 47 miles from Chicago, IL13.2 mi long, 395 yd wide
10:44 PMEF2About 41 miles from Chicago, IL3.2 mi long, 295 yd wide
10:46 PMEF1About 43 miles from Chicago, IL2.1 mi long, 185 yd wide
10:56 PMEF1About 51 miles from Chicago, IL1.92 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:11 PMEF1About 31 miles from South Bend, IN0.26 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:24 PMEF1About 25 miles from South Bend, IN4.72 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:25 PMEF1About 26 miles from South Bend, IN4.93 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:29 PMEF1About 22 miles from South Bend, IN4.85 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:35 PMEF1About 25 miles from South Bend, IN6.85 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:41 PMEF1About 22 miles from South Bend, IN0.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:06 AMEF1About 38 miles from South Bend, IN0.55 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:06 AMEF0About 26 miles from South Bend, IN1.79 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:08 AMEF1About 39 miles from Fort Wayne, IN7.01 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:22 AMEF1About 27 miles from Fort Wayne, IN0.45 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:38 AMEF1About 41 miles from Fort Wayne, IN0.93 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Iowa211811228
Indiana9027018
Illinois8026315
Michigan581570
Oklahoma362340
Nebraska2614120
Wisconsin230230
Missouri227114
Kansas18990
Texas142120
Ohio8080
Georgia6060
Alabama3030
Colorado2101
New Mexico2110
Puerto Rico1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Des Moines, IA1.75 in75 mph1
South Bend, IN1.25 in81 mph0
Kansas City, MO1.0 in70 mph1
Omaha, NE1.0 inNone0
Albuquerque, NMNone60 mph0
Ann Arbor, MINone70 mph0
Cedar Rapids, IANone100 mph0
Chicago, ILNone60 mph0
Columbus, GANone63 mph0
Davenport, IANone60 mph0
Detroit, MINone64 mph0
Flint, MINone58 mph0
Fort Wayne, INNone75 mph0
Indianapolis, INNone75 mph0
Kalamazoo, MINone75 mph0
Milwaukee, WINone72 mph0
Peoria, ILNone60 mph0
Rockford, ILNone58 mph0

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