Storm reports for May 20, 2001

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On May 20, 2001, 175 hail, 171 damaging-wind and 33 tornado reports were logged across 15 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Wilson 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 (175)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $9.9 million in property damage, $621,000 in crop damage, 13 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (381 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Fayette County, AL (near Fayette) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $35,000 · 1 death · 3 injuries
  “A thunderstorm moving from the southern portion of Fayette County northward downed trees and caused power outages. One tree fell onto a mobile home on the north side of the city of Fayette killing a 36-year-old man and injuring three other people in the mobile home at the time.”
• Texas County, OK (near Hooker) · Thunderstorm wind 92 mph · $500,000
  “An old granary was picked up and dropped on drills...a garage was moved off its foundation...and a windmill was twisted beyond repair. The high winds also destroyed two grain bins blowing debris through other out buildings and twisting and folding the pipe TV antenna pole.”
• Haskell County, OK (near Stigler) · Thunderstorm wind · $500,000
  “Thunderstorm winds severely damaged the Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative building and the Alumbaugh Health Clinic. Three doors on the Haskell County district county barn were damaged as were four bay doors at the Speedy Lube business.”
• Texas County, OK (near Guymon) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $350,000
  “Five to seven tractor trailers reported blown over.”
• Muskogee County, OK (near Porum) · Thunderstorm wind · $250,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off a few businesses and overturned a few trailers. The wind also overturned a few semi trucks and RVs.”
• Hughes County, OK (near Dustin) · Tornado F2 · $175,000
  “A damage survey conducted by National Severe Storms Laboratory meteorologists confirmed F2 damage approximately 6 miles southwest of Dustin, when 80 percent of a house roof was blown off.”

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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