Storm reports for June 15, 2023

On June 15, an EF3 tornado hit Perryton in the Texas Panhandle, killing three people and injuring 100.¹ On its 6.3-mile path it destroyed dozens of mobile homes, collapsed walls of downtown shops, destroyed some retail stores and damaged many homes.¹

That night, hail fell for several minutes in Sanger in Denton County. NWS Fort Worth measured one stone at 5.9 inches, a record for North and Central Texas, though residents said most stones were much smaller.² NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $10 million in property damage from the Sanger hail.² Around Como in Hopkins County, straight-line winds and microbursts estimated near 95 mph damaged roofs and metal buildings, and NOAA lists $29 million in property damage there.³ In Oklahoma, a 4-inch hailstone was photographed in Lawton.⁴

An EF2 tornado with winds up to 130 mph crossed part of Toledo, Ohio, blowing out windows at a strip mall and dropping tree limbs onto houses in the Point Place area.⁵ On Pensacola Beach, Florida, an EF2 tornado with peak winds near 120 mph tore siding off homes and stripped 20 to 60 percent of the metal roofing from a few of them.⁶ Early on June 16, a line of storms crossed Hinds and Madison counties in Mississippi, and surveys put its peak gusts at 90 to 100 mph. In Hinds County, falling trees damaged around a dozen homes and the wind damaged some roofs.⁷ A falling tree killed one person in Canton in Madison County.⁸