Storm reports for May 12, 2004

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On May 12, 2004, 152 hail, 62 damaging-wind and 19 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Harper County, KS.

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 (152)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.9 million in property damage, $111,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (236 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Harper County, KS (near Harper) · Tornado F4 · $275,000 · 1 injury
  “Large destructive tornado completely demolished a two story farm house and 5 other barns associated with the homestead. Five cars were also dismantled as the engines were spread across the shaven wheat fields. Very few automobile body parts could be located.”
• Brazos County, TX (near Bryan) · Tornado F1 · $515,000
  “F1 tornado took the roof off of a home, overturned trailers and downed numerous trees in northern Bryan along Hwy 21. Trees and telephone poles were downed from in and around Neal Elementary School to in and around Bonham Elementary School near South Texas Avenue.”
• Harper County, KS (near Harper) · Tornado F1 · $220,000
  “Tornado moved northeast across an open field before taking direct aim on Chaparral High School. The tornado ripped off the pressbox of the football stadium and peeled back part of the roof.”
• Polk County, TX (near Livingston) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $135,000
  “Numerous trees down between Hwy 146 and Hwy 190 and in the Indian Hills Subdivision near Lake Livingston where one tree fell on a home.”
• Sumner County, KS (near Argonia) · Tornado F1 · $100,000
  “Tornado mainly moved over open country shredding trees. However, one roof was completely destroyed.”
• Jefferson Parish, LA (near Metairie) · Thunderstorm wind 59 mph · $25,000
  “A severe thunderstorm moved across Metairie. A wind gusts of 59 mph was recorded near the River Ridge community, and caused damage to the roof of a commercial building.”

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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