Storm reports for May 11, 2003

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On May 11, 2003, 18 hail, 27 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Adams County, MS.

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 (18)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $436,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (49 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Telfair County, GA (near Mc Rae) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $45,000
  “The Telfair county Emergency Management Director reported that some trees had been blown down. The Telfair Enterprise of McRae reported that one vehicle was destroyed when it was crushed by a tree that fell during the storm.”
• Floyd County, GA (near Armuchee) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000
  “The Rome News Tribune reported that several trees were blown down in Armuchee and the roof was blown off a chicken house in Cave Spring owned by Coosa Valley Growers. Other than the roof and some insulation, the house did not have any other structural damage.”
• Lycoming County, PA (near Perryville) · Tornado F0 · $5,000
  “A thunderstorm spawned a weak (F0) tornado on the afternoon of May 11th in Lycoming county. The tornado touched down on Paulhamous Road in Anthony Township, about 3 miles southwest of the town of Cogan Station.”
• Ben Hill County, GA (near Queensland) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $3,000
  “Downed trees and power lines reported by Ben Hill County 911.”
• Forsyth County, GA (near Oscarville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $1,000
  “The public reported that a thunderstorm downburst snapped off two large trees, one 70-feet tall and the other 50-feet tall in the Norwalk Subdivision just off Georgia Highway 369 west of Oscarville. The yard was also covered with many downed tree limbs.”
• Bacon County, GA (near Alma) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph
  “Pecan trees down over Highway 23 and Highway 1 north of Alma.”

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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