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Storm reports for June 19, 2015

NOAA recorded 132 hail reports, 171 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in 17 states on June 19, 2015.

in 17 states
317
Storm reports
About 42 miles from Rapid City, SD
6.0 in
Largest hail
About 24 miles from Rapid City, SD
119 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 26 miles from Rapid City, SD
14
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 19, 2015 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

Hail 6 inches across was measured 3 miles east-southeast of Nisland in Butte County, South Dakota, at 8:20 p.m. MDT on June 19, 2015. Hail up to 4.5 inches across fell at Nisland, near Newell and near Saint Onge in Lawrence County.1 Around Nisland the hail broke windows, punched holes in the roofs of houses, barns and outbuildings, and dented vehicles left outside.1 The same storm produced an EF2 tornado near Hereford in Meade County from 8:57 to 9:27 p.m. MDT, with peak winds estimated at 118 mph along a path of about 20 miles.1

In Burleigh County, North Dakota, winds reached 90 mph that evening. In Bismarck, trees and power poles were heavily damaged east and north of downtown and some structural damage was reported. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $1 million in property damage from these winds.2 Around midnight, a line of storms with winds of 60 to over 100 mph crossed central South Dakota, hitting Jones, Lyman and Buffalo counties hardest.3 Near Okaton, Murdo and Draper in Jones County, the winds destroyed two machine sheds and blew the roof off a grain bin.3 In Fort Thompson, winds of 100 mph or more damaged or destroyed several homes and flipped campers, and one man died when his trailer home was flipped.3

Earlier, at 3:51 p.m. CST, a short EF1 tornado with peak winds near 110 mph touched down near West Frankfort in Franklin County, Illinois. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $500,000 in property damage from it.4

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Rapid City: June 19, 2015 Tornado, Softball Hail, and 100 MPH Winds
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 585691, thunderstorm wind, Burleigh County, North Dakota
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 588223, thunderstorm wind, Buffalo County, South Dakota
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 578502, tornado, Franklin County, Illinois

Reports by hour

Hail132, most at 5 PM

Wind171, most at 5 PM

Tornado14, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:30 PMEF1Near 38.57, -88.85, IL1.67 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:30 PMEF0Near 36.68, -88.52, KY1.79 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:26 PMEF0About 50 miles from Evansville, IN0.09 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:13 PMEF0About 46 miles from Evansville, IN4.92 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:40 PMEF0About 41 miles from Evansville, IN0.33 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:57 PMEF1Near 37.54, -88.93, IL0.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:45 PMEF0Near 38.75, -88.10, IL0.13 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:50 PMEF0Near 38.76, -88.10, IL0.52 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:51 PMEF1Near 37.88, -88.96, IL0.92 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:53 PMEF1Near 37.77, -89.32, IL0.2 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:30 PMEF0Near 38.07, -88.67, IL0.49 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:01 PMEF0Near 38.08, -89.15, IL0.1 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:45 PMEF0Near 45.31, -104.90, MT1 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:57 PMEF2About 26 miles from Rapid City, SD19.69 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
South Dakota10152481
Montana7952261
North Carolina3812260
North Dakota224180
Minnesota133100
Illinois100010
South Carolina9090
Florida8080
Kentucky7061
Wyoming7430
Georgia6150
Nebraska5050
Tennessee4130
Virginia3030
Indiana2011
New Mexico2200
Oklahoma1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Billings, MT1.75 in78 mph0
Hickory, NC0.88 in58 mph0
Asheville, NC0.75 inNone0
Bismarck, NDNone90 mph0
Charlotte, NCNone58 mph0
Evansville, INNone64 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone60 mph0
Jacksonville, FLNone64 mph0
Orlando, FLNone60 mph0
Savannah, GANone59 mph0
Wilmington, NCNone64 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0

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