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Storm reports for June 16, 2016

NOAA recorded 87 hail reports, 334 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 16 states on June 16, 2016.

in 16 states
424
Storm reports
About 2 miles from Bismarck, ND
3.25 in
Largest hail
Near 47.86, -99.30, ND
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF0, about 34 miles from Hagerstown, MD
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 16, 2016 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

Around 4:30 a.m. CDT on June 17, a storm hit the north side of Bismarck, North Dakota, with hail up to 3.25 inches across and winds of 75 mph.1 Roofs, siding and windows were damaged on homes in a swath from Divide Avenue in north Bismarck to about five miles north of the city, and multiple car dealerships took hail damage.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $50 million in property damage from the Bismarck hail.1 Earlier that night, hail and wind damaged windows, siding and roofs on homes in Hebron in Morton County.2 North of Burt in Hettinger County, 80 mph winds with 2.25-inch hail damaged farm outbuildings and windows and tore grain bins off their foundations.3 Near Fort Totten in Benson County, 2-inch hail broke windows and damaged siding on a house early on June 17, and winds estimated at 78 knots (90 mph) tore roofing and siding off two mobile homes.4,5

On the afternoon of June 16, hail up to 2.75 inches across fell near Inglesmith in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, breaking windows on homes and barns.6 Near Bard in the same county, a microburst with winds estimated at 70 knots (81 mph) ripped part of a metal roof off a home and peeled back part of a barn roof.7 That evening in Campbell County, Virginia, winds estimated at 65 knots (75 mph) blew trees onto 7 to 10 houses along Timberlake Drive near Forest.8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 632654, hail, Burleigh County, North Dakota
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 632626, hail, Morton County, North Dakota
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 632622, thunderstorm wind, Hettinger County, North Dakota
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 630592, hail, Benson County, North Dakota
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 630594, thunderstorm wind, Benson County, North Dakota
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 630227, hail, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 631322, thunderstorm wind, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 642727, thunderstorm wind, Campbell County, Virginia

Reports by hour

Hail87, most at 5 PM

Wind334, most at 8 PM

Tornado3, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:35 PMEF0About 34 miles from Hagerstown, MD0.11 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:42 PMEF0About 36 miles from Pittsburgh, PA0.4 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:49 PMEF0About 55 miles from Pittsburgh, PA0.16 mi long, 350 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Virginia199231760
West Virginia5618371
North Dakota3621150
Pennsylvania272232
Ohio228140
Florida130130
Kentucky13490
Georgia110110
Tennessee100100
Missouri8260
North Carolina7070
Alabama6060
Maryland6150
Kansas5500
Montana3120
Minnesota2200

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Bismarck, ND3.25 in58 mph0
Topeka, KS1.25 inNone0
Akron, OH0.88 in58 mph0
Springfield, MO0.75 in60 mph0
Birmingham, ALNone58 mph0
Canton, OHNone58 mph0
Columbus, GANone63 mph0
Hagerstown, MDNone58 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone58 mph0
Lynchburg, VANone75 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone58 mph0
Richmond, VANone67 mph0
Roanoke, VANone63 mph0
Tallahassee, FLNone58 mph0

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