Storm reports for May 8, 2005

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On May 8, 2005, 363 hail, 56 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Mason 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 (363)

Showing the 300 largest of 363.

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.3 million in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (425 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Galveston County, TX (near Galveston) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $175,000 · 1 injury
  “Building damage along the Port of Galveston, vehicle blown off the road and trees down. One house shifted about ten feet into another house next door dislodging it from its piers (both homes were Galveston 1900 Storm survivors).”
• Wharton County, TX (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 74 mph · $200,000
  “Trees down and roof damage across the county including El Campo and Wharton. Power lines were also downed in Wharton. Also, a barn, a hanger (including an airplane inside) and a storage building were destroyed.”
• Mason County, TX (near Mason) · Hail 1.25″ · $100,000
  “The supercell that developed in northern Concho County reached Mason. The storm produced hail across the northern half of the city, and the largest hail stones were noted just to the east of town.”
• Brazoria County, TX (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $87,000
  “Trees down and roofs blown off mobile homes in Rosharon, Danbury and Liverpool. Also had a fence down in Pearland, and a metal shed and billboards down in Alvin.”
• Bell County, TX (near Temple) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $75,000
  “Significant damage to homes reported, including roofs blown off. Trees and fences were blown down, as well as dozens of power lines in the city's northern historic district.”
• McLeod County, MN (near Glencoe) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $70,000
  “The roof of a pole barn (228'x70') was blown off and tossed southeast of the structure.”

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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