Storm reports for May 8, 2002

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On May 8, 2002, 276 hail, 168 damaging-wind and 22 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Marion County, KS. Tornadoes killed 2.

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 (276)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.6 million in property damage, $308,000 in crop damage, 5 injuries and 2 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (468 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Marion County, IL (near Centralia) · Tornado F1 · 2 deaths
  “A small but deadly tornado struck the south part of Centralia and devastated the Rosewood and Collinsworth Mobile Home Parks. Forming quickly on the leading edge of a squall line, the tornado hit shortly after 200 am, when most residents were asleep.”
• Gallia County, OH (near Adamsville) · Tornado F2 · $3.5 million · 3 injuries
  “A warm frontal boundary interacted with a complex of showers and thunderstorms to form a tornado on the southern flank of the precipitation. Touchdown was along Adamsville Road near Route 35. The roof was ripped off a home, 2 mobile homes were destroyed, along with a pole barn.”
• Brown County, TX (near Lake Brownwood) · Hail 2.75″ · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “A person was injured when the vehicle they were driving was struck by baseball size hail and the windshield was broken. The injuries were from broken glass and hail stones. There was also some roof damage to houses.”
• Boone County, MO (near Columbia) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · 1 injury
  “Boone County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage on the north side of Columbia at a RV park and at the County Fairgrounds. A large county-owned airplane hanger that had been converted to storage space and another storage building were destroyed.”
• Coleman County, TX (near Coleman) · Hail 1.75″ · $100,000
  “A severe thunderstorm dropped hail up to golfball size on Coleman for several minutes. There were reports of broken windows and roof damage.”
• Jefferson County, KS (near Oskaloosa) · Tornado F1 · $50,000
  “A short lived tornado touched down in Oskaloosa and damaged a seed mill and other buildings.”

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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