September 7, 1991: a Labour Day thunderstorm caused $400 million worth of insurable damage in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Thirteen additional hailstorms between 1981 and 1998 caused an estimated $600 million in damage in the Calgary area alone.
May 5, 1995, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States, $1.1 billion insured losses, total storm damage reported at around $2 billion. The storms produced hail about the size of softballs.
April 14, 1999, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, $1.5 billion. 20,000 properties and 40,000 vehicles were damaged during the storm with more than 25 aircraft damaged at Sydney Airport, one person was killed while fishing after getting struck by lightning and several other people were injured. It was the costliest hailstorm to hit an Australian populated city. Largest stone measured was 9.5 cm.
May 18, 2000, Golfball and softball-sized hail damaged roofs, cars, patio furniture, skylights, and windows in the McHenry, Lake, northern Kane, and northern Cook County, Illinois area’s, the worst and most widespread hailstorm in the USA in 30 years. Around 100,000 homes lost power. Hail was 3 inches (76 mm) deep in many areas.
April 10, 2001, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, $2.0 billion+. The costliest hailstorm in US history struck the I-70 corridor of eastern Kansas, across Missouri, into southwestern Illinois.
July 19, 2002, Henan Province, the People’s Republic of China, 25 dead and hundreds injured.
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