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Storm reports for June 3, 2020

NOAA recorded 74 hail reports, 491 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 20 states on June 3, 2020.

in 20 states
567
Storm reports
Near 42.36, -100.72, NE
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 17 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
93 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF0, about 15 miles from Kansas City, MO
2
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 3, 2020 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 crossed Pennsylvania on June 3, 2020. Most of its damaging wind reports came from a swath about 50 miles wide running from Berks County through the Philadelphia area to the Ocean County, New Jersey, shore, from just before noon until the storms moved off the New Jersey coast about 1:30 p.m.1 Gusts reached 83 mph at Reading Regional Airport at 11:35 a.m., 76 mph in Pottstown and 75 mph in Malvern, then 89 mph near Beach Haven and 87 mph at Brick in New Jersey around 1:15 p.m.2 Winds blew sections of roof off apartment buildings in Fortuna, Montgomery County, and in northeast Philadelphia.3,4 Four people died in eastern Pennsylvania: three in Montgomery County when trees fell, and one in Delaware County in a house fire started when a tree brought down a power line.1,5

In the early evening, winds blew the roof off a warehouse near Dimock in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, and the building collapsed. Storm Events lists $100,000 in damage.6 In Nebraska, the York airport measured a 79 mph gust shortly before 10 p.m. CDT, and law enforcement reported 2 homes damaged by fallen trees.7 Before dawn on June 4, a line of storms with 60 to 80 mph winds crossed Greene County, Missouri, peeling roofs off the north-facing sides of some homes. Storm Events lists $350,000 in damage there.8 In Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, several buildings in town and on the downtown square were damaged. Storm Events lists $200,000 in damage.9

Reports by hour

Hail74, most at 4 PM

Wind491, most at 11 AM

Tornado2, most at 2 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:20 AMEF0About 15 miles from Kansas City, MO5.69 mi long, 40 yd wide
2:56 AMEF0About 46 miles from Kansas City, MO1.78 mi long, 40 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Pennsylvania21142070
New Jersey13301330
Nebraska5118330
Missouri488382
Illinois177100
Kansas163130
Colorado141220
Ohio140140
Wyoming9090
Indiana8170
Arkansas6240
Iowa6600
New York6060
West Virginia6330
Alabama5230
Mississippi5320
South Dakota4310
Louisiana3120
Tennessee3120
Texas2020

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Davenport, IA1.75 inNone0
Rapid City, SD1.0 inNone0
Reading, PA0.88 in83 mph0
Birmingham, AL0.75 inNone0
Allentown, PANone60 mph0
Atlantic City, NJNone68 mph0
Cheyenne, WYNone61 mph0
Harrisburg, PANone60 mph0
Huntsville, ALNone60 mph0
Indianapolis, INNone58 mph0
Kansas City, MONone60 mph1
Lancaster, PANone60 mph0
Lincoln, NENone75 mph0
Philadelphia, PANone72 mph0
Scranton, PANone81 mph0
Springfield, MONone81 mph0
Topeka, KSNone62 mph0
Trenton, NJNone67 mph0
York, PANone60 mph0

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