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Storm reports for July 3, 2026

NOAA recorded 69 hail reports, 647 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 26 states on July 3, 2026.

in 26 states
718
Storm reports
7 NNE Osage, Weston County, WY
2.0 in
Largest hail
2 SE Darien, Walworth County, WI
100 mph
Highest gust
2
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, preliminary storm reports. NOAA revises recent reports for several weeks. Report day: 12:00 UTC on July 3, 2026 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

Around 11:06 a.m. CST on July 3, 2026, straight-line winds estimated at 87 knots (100 mph) swept from south of Darien through Delavan Lake to Como in Walworth County, Wisconsin.1 Between 5 and 10 barns were destroyed or heavily damaged, about 40 homes were damaged, mostly by fallen trees, and three empty silos collapsed onto 4 motorists sheltering from the storm, seriously injuring 2.1 Three children drowned when a boat capsized on Geneva Lake. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $500,000 in property damage and 11 injuries for this event.1

In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, winds estimated at 61 knots (70 mph) blew multiple trees onto houses around 6:10 p.m. EST, and the database lists $400,000 in property damage there.2 Near Manchester, Tennessee, winds peeled parts of metal roofs and siding off a couple of buildings around 1:20 p.m. CST.3 In Westfield, New Jersey, trees fell on homes and cars around 6:50 p.m. EST.4

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1367779, thunderstorm wind, Walworth County, Wisconsin
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1353436, thunderstorm wind, Anderson County, Tennessee
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1338893, thunderstorm wind, Coffee County, Tennessee
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1354538, thunderstorm wind, Union County, New Jersey

Reports by hour

Hail69, most at 6 PM

Wind647, most at 4 PM

Tornado2, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:00 PMNot rated4 SE Torrington, Goshen County, WYNot surveyed
7:02 PMNot rated3 NW Hubbell, Thayer County, NENot surveyed

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Pennsylvania12201220
Illinois813780
Michigan771760
Ohio570570
New Jersey550550
Tennessee542520
Alabama350350
New York320320
Georgia280280
South Dakota232120
Nebraska221471
Indiana210210
Wisconsin150150
Kentucky142120
Iowa11380
Kansas11650
Missouri110110
North Carolina110110
Wyoming10901
Colorado9360
Montana8170
Minnesota4130
Mississippi2020
New Mexico2200
West Virginia2020
North Dakota1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lincoln, NE1.75 inNone0
Chattanooga, TN1.0 inNone0
Kalamazoo, MI1.0 in79 mph0
Omaha, NE1.0 inNone0
Akron, OHNone58 mph0
Allentown, PANone59 mph0
Ann Arbor, MINone59 mph0
Atlanta, GANoneNone0
Binghamton, NYNoneNone0
Birmingham, ALNoneNone0
Canton, OHNoneNone0
Chicago, ILNone72 mph0
Cleveland, OHNone62 mph0
Davenport, IANoneNone0
Des Moines, IANone58 mph0
Detroit, MINone64 mph0
Evansville, INNoneNone0
Fort Wayne, INNoneNone0
Grand Rapids, MINoneNone0
Huntsville, ALNone66 mph0
Knoxville, TNNoneNone0
Lansing, MINone66 mph0
Nashville, TNNoneNone0
New York, NYNone71 mph0
Philadelphia, PANoneNone0
Reading, PANoneNone0
Rochester, NYNone58 mph0
Rockford, ILNoneNone0
Scranton, PANone75 mph0
South Bend, INNoneNone0
Toledo, OHNone59 mph0
Trenton, NJNoneNone0
Youngstown, OHNoneNone0

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