Storm reports for May 14, 1997

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On May 14, 1997, 58 hail, 8 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Midland County, TX.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (58)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $658,000 in property damage and $210,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (73 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Taylor County, TX (near Abilene) · Hail 1.75″ · $200,000
  “Hail up to golfball-size fell over the city of Abilene and surrounding areas.”
• Attala County, MS (near Mc Adams) · Hail 2.00″ · $50,000
  “Many windows were broken out by hail. severa houses had roof damage and the roof of a school was damaged.”
• Holmes County, MS (near Lexington) · Hail 1.75″ · $50,000
  “Many cars and roofs were damaged and numerous windows were broken out.”
• Westmoreland County, PA (near Acme) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $40,000
  “A microburst, with wind speeds between 80 and 90 mph. Seven homes and a grocery store were damaged. A barn was destroyed and some of its debris was strewn several hundred yards. Some of the debris landed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A mobile home was moved several hundred feet.”
• Fayette County, OH (near Jasper Mills) · Tornado F1 · $30,000
  “A mini supercell spawned a tornado that moved out of Clinton county into Fayette county. A shed was destroyed, a barn and 2 houses were damaged, and 8 trees were downed.”
• Ross County, OH (near Greenland) · Tornado F1 · $25,000
  “A second tornado formed from a mini-supercell which tracked across much of northern Ross county. Much of the county is open fields so very little structural damage occurred. However, a barn roof was ripped off and power lines were downed near Kingston.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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