This week's headline isn't the Plains — it's the Northeast. A holiday-weekend outbreak dropped golf ball hail across Connecticut and left tens of thousands without power, while the central U.S. kept up its usual pace.
🔴 HIGH PRIORITY
Connecticut / Massachusetts / Rhode Island (July 4): 2.5" hail confirmed in Norwich, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford (CT), Worcester, Springfield, Pittsfield (MA). Golf ball-size hail in Bristol/Torrington, CT. 55,000+ without power in CT as of Sunday; Torrington under local state of emergency.
Oklahoma City, OK (July 5): 2.5" hail — the metro's second significant hit in under two weeks, following 3.75" hail on June 26.
🟡 MODERATE
National scope: July 4 alone produced 1,029 storm reports across 31 states — 83 large hail reports, 5 tornadoes, 159 damaging wind reports. Scattered hail and wind activity continued across the Plains and Midwest June 30–July 3.
What to Watch
SPC's extended outlook flags a chance of organized severe storms developing across eastern Montana into the Dakotas by Tuesday/Wednesday next week. Worth tracking if you run crews in that corridor.
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