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Storm reports for July 17, 2023

NOAA recorded 170 hail reports, 153 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 23 states on July 17, 2023.

in 23 states
326
Storm reports
About 41 miles from Kansas City, MO
5.0 in
Largest hail
Near 41.64, -106.29, WY
78 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF0, about 28 miles from Jacksonville, FL
3
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • 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 July 17, 2023 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

What happened

On the afternoon of July 17, 2023, one storm moved southeast across Cass County, Missouri, through Raymore, Harrisonville and Garden City, dropping very large hail.1 Softball-size hail, 4 inches across, fell on the east side of Harrisonville at about 6:24 p.m. CDT.2 Just west of Garden City, people reported many softball-size stones, including one 5 inches across.1

Elsewhere in Missouri, hail up to 3 inches across caused significant damage to vehicles and roofs across the town of Preston in Hickory County, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $750,000 in property damage there.3 Tennis-ball-size hail damaged roofs and vehicles in downtown Stover in Morgan County, and 2-inch hail caused minor roof damage in Half Way in Polk County.4,5 Near Neongwah in Camden County, ping-pong-ball-size hail struck as many as 10 homes.6

In Illinois, hail up to tennis-ball size fell in the Centreville, Signal Hill and Belleville areas of St. Clair County.7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Cass County, Missouri, July 17, 2023 (Garden City)
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Cass County, Missouri, July 17, 2023 (Harrisonville)
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Hickory County, Missouri, July 17, 2023
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Morgan County, Missouri, July 17, 2023
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Polk County, Missouri, July 17, 2023
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Camden County, Missouri, July 17, 2023
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, St. Clair County, Illinois, July 17, 2023

Reports by hour

Hail170, most at 7 PM

Wind153, most at 6 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
3:17 PMEF0About 28 miles from Jacksonville, FL0.69 mi long, 10 yd wide
4:55 PMEF0Near 37.86, -99.47, KS0.01 mi long, 1 yd wide
7:00 PMEF0About 4 miles from Prescott Valley, AZ5.47 mi long, 10 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Missouri7550250
Kansas4222191
Indiana3214180
Ohio215160
Illinois201820
Kentucky161060
Wyoming161330
South Dakota151230
Arizona10271
Florida9180
Louisiana9180
Oklahoma9630
Iowa8800
Nebraska8710
Utah8080
Pennsylvania7070
Virginia7070
Arkansas4130
West Virginia4040
Nevada3030
Colorado1010
Georgia1001
Texas1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
St. Louis, MO2.5 in70 mph0
Indianapolis, IN2.0 in60 mph0
Louisville, KY1.5 inNone0
Lexington, KY1.0 inNone0
Omaha, NE1.0 inNone0
Springfield, MO1.0 inNone0
Tucson, AZ1.0 in70 mph0
Columbus, OH0.75 inNone0
Dayton, OHNone58 mph0
Fayetteville, ARNone64 mph0
Harrisburg, PANone60 mph0
Huntington, WVNone58 mph0
Lake Charles, LANone58 mph0
Prescott Valley, AZNoneNone1
Scranton, PANone58 mph0

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