The severe wind outbreak of June 4, 2008
337 wind reportsVirginia, Maryland, West Virginia and 12 more states
337 damaging wind reports across 15 states between 1:05 AM and 12:00 AM the next day CDT, 23 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 85 mph in Jefferson County, WV. 237 hail reports and 46 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · June 4, 2008
How the day unfolded
Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 337
- on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
- 75 mph or more
- 23
- 4 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 85 mph
- 74 knots, Jefferson County, WV
- Measured
- 30
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 1
- 2 injured
- Counties reporting
- 142
- in 15 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
The strongest winds
The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 10:30 AM | Ritchie County WV | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 1:05 PM | Frederick County VA | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 1:44 PM | Washington County MD | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 1:20 PM | Page County VA | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 1:33 PM | Jefferson County WV | 85 mph | Measured |
| 1:25 PM | Clarke County VA | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 PM | Clermont County OH | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 7:15 PM | Yuma County CO | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 6:15 AM | Greene County IN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 PM | Jefferson County WV | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:32 PM | Jefferson County WV | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:33 PM | Jefferson County WV | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 5:08 PM | Dearborn County IN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 5:35 PM | Washington County CO | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 PM | Warren County OH | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 PM | Yuma County CO | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 7:00 PM | Pike County OH | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:50 PM | Loudoun County VA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 2:05 PM | Crawford County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 2:50 PM | Anne Arundel County MD | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 PM | Caroline County MD | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 7:54 PM | Yuma County CO | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 8:10 PM | Butler County NE | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 7:12 PM | Union County IA | 71 mph | Measured |
| 2:26 PM | District of Columbia County DC | 70 mph | Measured |
| 6:15 AM | Greene County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:46 AM | Scott County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 PM | Clark County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:42 PM | Sussex County DE | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Clermont County OH | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:50 PM | Clermont County OH | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:55 PM | Brown County OH | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:27 PM | Adams County IA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:26 PM | Union County IA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 10:52 PM | Ida County IA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:39 PM | Rockingham County VA | 69 mph | Measured |
| 1:22 PM | Berkeley County WV | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:20 PM | Vigo County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:30 PM | Owen County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Jackson County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 PM | Campbell County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:35 PM | Saunders County NE | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:10 PM | Mohave County AZ | 67 mph | Measured |
| 2:22 PM | Prince George's County MD | 66 mph | Measured |
| 2:08 PM | Fairfax County VA | 64 mph | Measured |
| 2:11 PM | Frederick County MD | 64 mph | Measured |
| 2:11 PM | Frederick County MD | 64 mph | Measured |
| 6:33 PM | Yuma County CO | 64 mph | Measured |
| 3:00 AM | Ste. Genevieve County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:30 AM | Randolph County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:39 AM | St. Clair County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:10 AM | Washington County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:15 AM | Marion County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 6:45 AM | Hamilton County OH | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:15 PM | Prince George's County MD | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:18 PM | Cumberland County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 PM | Lawrence County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:52 PM | Baltimore MD | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:39 PM | Owen County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:39 PM | Owen County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 PM | Boone County KY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 1:55 PM | Fairfax County VA | 63 mph | Measured |
| 1:55 PM | Fleming County KY | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 PM | Hendricks County IN | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:25 PM | Jennings County IN | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Greenbrier County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 PM | Butler County OH | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 PM | Scioto County OH | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 7:28 PM | Montgomery County IA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 8:08 PM | Montgomery County IA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 8:20 PM | Seward County NE | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 8:43 PM | Mills County IA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Sarpy County NE | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:52 PM | Manassas VA | 62 mph | Measured |
| 1:55 PM | Manassas VA | 62 mph | Measured |
| 5:28 PM | Harrisonburg VA | 62 mph | Measured |
| 4:05 PM | Brown County IN | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 1:55 PM | Loudoun County VA | 61 mph | Measured |
| 6:39 PM | Box Butte County NE | 61 mph | Measured |
| 7:01 AM | Clinton County OH | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 PM | Vigo County IN | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 1:55 PM | Prince William County VA | 60 mph | Measured |
| 1:56 PM | Fairfax County VA | 60 mph | Measured |
| 2:12 PM | Fairfax County VA | 60 mph | Measured |
| 2:33 PM | Calvert County MD | 60 mph | Measured |
| 1:16 AM | Moniteau County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:30 AM | St. Clair County IL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 AM | Washington County IL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:41 PM | Fleming County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:51 PM | Fleming County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:14 PM | Vigo County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:20 PM | Clay County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:20 PM | Clay County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:26 PM | Caroline County MD | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:49 PM | Kent County DE | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:25 PM | Kenton County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:27 PM | Cass County NE | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:49 PM | Hamilton County NE | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:00 PM | Boone County NE | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:51 PM | Yuma County CO | 60 mph | Estimated |
By state
| Virginia | 98 | 69 mph |
| Maryland | 79 | 66 mph |
| West Virginia | 44 | 85 mph |
| Indiana | 26 | — |
| Ohio | 23 | — |
| Kentucky | 15 | — |
| Illinois | 12 | 59 mph |
| Nebraska | 11 | 61 mph |
| Iowa | 11 | 71 mph |
| Colorado | 6 | 64 mph |
| Missouri | 4 | — |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 70 mph |
| Delaware | 2 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | — |
| Arizona | 1 | 67 mph |
| South Dakota | 0 | — |
| Utah | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Fairfax CountyVA · 21 reports
- Montgomery CountyMD · 14 reports
- Anne Arundel CountyMD · 11 reports
- Frederick CountyVA · 9 reports
- Loudoun CountyVA · 9 reports
- Prince George's CountyMD · 8 reports
- Baltimore CountyMD · 8 reports
- Frederick CountyMD · 8 reports
- Jefferson CountyWV · 7 reports
- Charles CountyMD · 6 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
237 hail reports, 17 of 2 inches or more; 46 tornadoes.
| 8:50 PM | Hayes County NE | 4.25 |
| 7:54 PM | Hayes County NE | 4.00 |
| 10:05 PM | Frontier County NE | 3.00 |
| 6:00 PM | Merrick County NE | 2.75 |
| 6:24 PM | Yuma County CO | 2.75 |
| 7:42 PM | Hayes County NE | 2.75 |
| 8:26 PM | Lancaster County NE | 2.75 |
| 9:57 PM | Frontier County NE | 2.75 |
| 10:07 PM | Frontier County NE | 2.75 |
| 10:19 PM | Union County IA | 2.75 |
| 11:59 PM | Kearney County NE | 2.75 |
| 12:01 AM | Buffalo County NE | 2.75 |
| 6:08 PM | Chase County NE | 2.50 |
| 7:45 PM | Pulaski County IN | 2.50 |
| 8:21 PM | Frontier County NE | 2.50 |
| 8:26 PM | Dundy County NE | 2.50 |
| 7:30 PM | Butler County NE | 2.00 |
| 11:05 AM | Jackson County IN | 1.75 |
| 2:48 PM | Boyd County KY | 1.75 |
| 3:45 PM | Yuma County CO | 1.75 |
| 4:05 PM | Morgan County CO | 1.75 |
| 4:10 PM | Jefferson County CO | 1.75 |
| 4:13 PM | Frontier County NE | 1.75 |
| 4:13 PM | Dawson County NE | 1.75 |
| 4:24 PM | Culpeper County VA | 1.75 |
| 4:42 PM | Howard County NE | 1.75 |
| 5:19 PM | Hamilton County NE | 1.75 |
| 5:20 PM | Greeley County NE | 1.75 |
| 5:27 PM | Cass County NE | 1.75 |
| 5:31 PM | Pennington County SD | 1.75 |
| 5:35 PM | Pennington County SD | 1.75 |
| 6:16 PM | Hall County NE | 1.75 |
| 6:20 PM | Mills County IA | 1.75 |
| 6:26 PM | Hall County NE | 1.75 |
| 6:35 PM | Chase County NE | 1.75 |
| 6:40 PM | Hall County NE | 1.75 |
| 6:49 PM | Yuma County CO | 1.75 |
| 7:12 PM | Yuma County CO | 1.75 |
| 7:16 PM | Hamilton County NE | 1.75 |
| 7:27 PM | Polk County NE | 1.75 |
| 7:50 PM | Montgomery County IA | 1.75 |
| 8:00 PM | Dundy County NE | 1.75 |
| 8:09 PM | Chase County NE | 1.75 |
| 8:09 PM | Iroquois County IL | 1.75 |
| 8:16 PM | Frontier County NE | 1.75 |
| 8:35 PM | Lancaster County NE | 1.75 |
| 9:00 PM | Frontier County NE | 1.75 |
| 9:02 PM | Adams County IA | 1.75 |
| 9:03 PM | Hitchcock County NE | 1.75 |
| 9:26 PM | Union County IA | 1.75 |
The tornado outbreak of June 4, 2008: 46 tornadoes, each with its touchdown time and path.
2008 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days
- A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
- Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
- Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.