Severe thunderstorms tore through parts of Chouteau County on Sunday causing widespread crop damage along the way.

The hardest hit area was from the Highwood Bench region northeast into Geraldine where some farmers suffered devastating losses.

One producer reported losing a 600-acre spring wheat crop valued at more than $150,000.

While it's still too early to determine the amount of wheat crop lost, it's estimated that at least several thousand acres were severely damaged.

Early estimates also suggest at least $2 to $5 million dollars in losses.

Several large crops near Geraldine had their entire harvest destroyed.

Bill Evans, Farm Service Agency county executive director, said, "We do know it was devastating to those that were hit. Lots of hail, not necessarily big hail, but reports of areas where we have as much as five foot drifts of hail. Complete crop loss in several areas."

Hail insurance adjusters are out now surveying the damage but the exact cost of the storm might not be known for several more weeks.

Source - http://www.krtv.com/