Storm reports for April 17, 2005

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On April 17, 2005, 52 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Eddy County, NM.

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 (52)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $92,000 in property damage and $100,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (58 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Eddy County, NM (near Artesia) · Hail 1.75″ · $70,000
  “Numerous reports of golfball size hail were received as an isolated supercell storm propagated southeast over portions of northern Eddy County during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 17th.”
• Eddy County, NM (near Artesia) · Hail 2.50″ · $20,000
  “A resident along the Eddy and Chaves County line, near the intersection of North 13th Street and Pearson Road, reported that occasional hen egg to tennis ball size hail accompanied the storm. The homestead suffered "extensive" damage, both structural and to several vehicles.”
• Woodbury County, IA (near Salix) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds blew down one to two inch diameter branches and a few power poles.”
• Culberson County, TX (near Pine Spgs) · Hail 1.50″
  “Ping pong ball size hail fell over extreme northeastern Culberson County just west of U.S. Highway 285 during the late evening of the 17th. A National Weather Service volunteer Skywarn spotter surveyed the area the following day, and found evidence of large hail in the scarred landscape where one…”
• Beaver County, OK (near Bryans Corner) · Hail 1.50″
  “Hail greater than quarter size all over the ground.”
• Reeves County, TX (near Orla) · Hail 1.25″
  “Quarter to half dollar size hail accumulated to a depth of three inches along U.S. Highway 285 northwest of that highway's intersection with Texas Highway 302.”

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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