Storm reports for May 1, 1999

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On May 1, 1999, 21 hail, 0 damaging-wind and 9 tornado reports were logged across 2 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Lamb 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 (21)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $5,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (30 events in 2 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Gaines County, TX (near Seminole) · Tornado F1 · $5,000
  “This cell formed near the New Mexico state line and moved to the northeast through northern Andrews County then into southern Gaines County. After crossing into Gaines County the storm, although small, developed a strong mesocyclone, and showed a classic hook echo on radar.”
• Lamb County, TX (near Olton) · Hail 2.75″
  “Golfball to baseball size hail was reported.”
• Oldham County, TX (near Adrian) · Hail 0.88″
  “Hail reported to be covering the ground up to two inches deep along Interstate 40.”
• Swisher County, TX (near Tulia) · Hail 0.75″
  “Dime size hail was reported on I-27 between Tulia and Kress.”
• Martin County, TX (near Tarzan) · Tornado F0
  “The cell that had produced the tornado in Ector County, dissipated, but its associated cluster began to favor one cell and by the time the cluster was in Eastern Andrews County it was forming into an HP supercell. Just after crossing into Martin County the storm produced a very brief tornado.”
• Ector County, TX (near Goldsmith) · Tornado F0
  “This tornado was spawned out of a small mesocyclone on the leading side of a short multicell line. The tornado had a condensation funnel to the ground, became rain-wrapped within about 2 minutes, and was estimated to have lasted about two additional minutes.”

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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