The line that worked over Iowa and Illinois on the 17th packed up overnight, and June 18th settled back into a quieter rhythm — 47 reports, a near-even split of hail and wind, with the center of it back out on the southern Plains.
Kansas owned the hail side: 15 reports, all stones, topping out at 1.75 inches near Belle Plaine. That's golf-ball size — right at the line where a roof claim gets real, especially on older or already-tired shingles. Oklahoma ran a smaller version of the same setup just south, with 1.25-inch hail near Pond Creek.
The wind was the scattered kind — a handful each across Iowa, South Dakota, and Kentucky, plus the day's two lonely tornadoes down in Louisiana and Mississippi. Nothing organized, just thunderstorms doing their summer thing.
If you're near Belle Plaine, don't judge it from the driveway. Golf-ball hail can leave a roof looking fine from the ground while it's quietly knocked the granules loose on the slopes you can't see — the stuff that surfaces as a leak two seasons from now. A quick look up top (or a quick call to someone who'll climb it) settles it before the claim window tightens.
For contractors, this is a one-stop day: the Kansas hail belt, again. It keeps showing up on the Top States for Hail board for a reason. Everybody else, the full state-by-state list is below — find the track nearest your address and see what was actually reported.