Storm reports for May 31, 2005

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On May 31, 2005, 128 hail, 32 damaging-wind and 12 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Floyd 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 (128)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.2 million in property damage and $70,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (172 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Gillespie County, TX (near Doss) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $300,000
  “Storms from a mesoscale complex that formed in the Texas Panhandle arrived in the Texas Hill Country shortly after midnight. The line stretched from Llano to Fredericksburg to Kerrville to Leakey and Rocksprings, moving toward the southeast with speeds varying at times from 25 to 45 mph.”
• Tom Green County, TX (near San Angelo) · Tornado F1 · $300,000
  “As the supercell thunderstorm started to move just to the east of San Angelo, it became better organized and was able to produce a tornado just off of loop 306 southeast of San Angelo. Two mobile homes were damaged, and two grain elevators received substantial damage.”
• Tom Green County, TX (near San Angelo) · Tornado F1 · $100,000
  “Just after the first tornado dissipated another tornado developed developed just to the south southeast of where the first tornado dissipated. Some damage was noted to homes, telephone poles and signs.”
• Pasco County, FL (near Land O Lakes) · Tornado F1 · $80,000
  “A small northward moving thunderstorm collided with an eastward moving squall line and produced a brief F1 tornado that crossed the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and State Road 54.”
• Bell County, TX (near Temple) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $40,000
  “Roofing torn off portions of an apartment complex. Several of the apartments suffered water damage. A fence was also destroyed.”
• Covington County, AL (near Gantt) · Tornado F0 · $40,000
  “A weak tornado touched down near a home in the Straughn community. The weak tornado stayed on the ground for about a mile. The tornado damaged a home that had just been repaired from damage that it received during hurricane Ivan. The home suffered roof and siding damage from the tornado.”

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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