Storm reports for May 10, 2005

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On May 10, 2005, 269 hail, 51 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 17 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Howard County, NE.

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 (269)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.2 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (326 events in 17 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Douglas County, NE (near Omaha) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph · $500,000
  “Thunderstorm wind gusts that were measured at 62 mph by the Omaha Eppley Asos caused scattered tree...fence and building damage in Omaha. Most of the reports of tree damage were on the western or northern sections of town and included a 30 year-old ash that fell on a house north of Dodge Park, a…”
• Lea County, NM (near Hobbs) · Hail 2.50″ · $150,000
  “Storm spotters reported that sporadic tennis ball size hailstones accompanied smaller hailstones in downtown Hobbs. Extensive damage occurred as windows were shattered in vehicles, homes, and businesses. No injuries were reported.”
• Lea County, NM (near Hobbs) · Hail 1.75″ · $150,000
  “A left moving supercell thunderstorm quickly propagated northeast across eastern Lea County during the late afternoon of the 10th. This storm produced a swath of destructive hail ranging in size from nickels to golfballs as it moved from southwest of Hobbs, in the vicinity of the Hobbs Airport, and…”
• Bureau County, IL (near Spring Vly) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $10,000
  “A downburst or weak microburst occurred over Spring Valley, Illinois and affected roughly a 3-4 block area concentrated on 2nd through 4th streets. The wind pushed over a utility pole which broke in half when a large tree branch fell on it.”
• Gaines County, TX (near Seminole) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $10,000
  “Emergency management officials in Gaines County reported that several power lines and trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds at the intersection of County Road 210 and Farm to Market Road 3306 in northwestern Gaines County.”
• Mitchell County, NC (near Spruce Pine) · Hail 0.88″ · $10,000
  “Mostly pea size hail, with some stones as large as nickels, accumulated to a depth of 2.5 inches in the Carters Ridge area south of Spruce Pine. Hail also accumulated to a depth of several inches in town.”

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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