Storm reports for May 5, 2000

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On May 5, 2000, 99 hail, 15 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Tulsa County, OK.

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 (99)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.1 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (114 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Tulsa County, OK (near Tulsa) · Hail 2.75″ · $1 million
  “At 908 pm cdt baseball size hail fell at 81st and Yale.At 908 pm cdt quarter size hail fell at 81st and Memorial.At 910 pm cdt golfball size hail fell at 81st and Sheridan.At 916 pm cdt golfball size hail fell at 91st and Memorial.”
• Tulsa County, OK (near Tulsa) · Hail 2.50″ · $500,000
  “Tennis ball size hail fell on the north side of Tulsa.”
• Marshall County, MN (near Middle River) · Thunderstorm wind · $500,000
  “Straight-line winds hit Middle River, causing roof and tree damage. Several grain bins and barns were destroyed and the front of a building blew off and landed on a pickup truck. A window was also blown out of a trailer.”
• Madison County, TX (near Madisonville) · Thunderstorm wind · $15,000
  “Trees and power lines down on the east side of town.”
• Lamar County, MS (near Sumrall) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Several trees were blown down, and a few homes received minor damage.”
• East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (near Baton Rouge) · Thunderstorm wind · $3,000
  “A tree was knocked down on a house and a number of power lines were blown down.”

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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