Storm reports for November 5, 2005

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On November 5, 2005, 108 hail, 177 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Jefferson County, KY. Tornadoes killed 24.

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 (108)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $94.6 million in property damage, 248 injuries and 24 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (300 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Vanderburgh County, IN (near Evansville) · Tornado F3 · $15 million · 20 deaths · 200 injuries
  “The tornado crossed into Vanderburgh County from Henderson County, KY a second time near Ellis Park, a horse-racing facility off U.S. Highway 41. The tornado moved rapidly east-northeast at close to 60 MPH, staying a mile or less south of Interstate 164 and the southern city limit of Evansville.”
• Warrick County, IN (near Newburgh) · Tornado F3 · $65 million · 4 deaths · 30 injuries
  “This tornado, which crossed into Warrick County from Vanderburgh County just south of Interstate 164 (at Angel Mounds), crossed the entire county in less than 20 minutes. The tornado reached its peak intensity in Warrick County, where winds reached about 200 MPH.”
• Henderson County, KY (near Henderson) · Tornado F3 · $7 million · 8 injuries
  “The tornado that would cause mass casualties in the Evansville, Indiana area crossed the Ohio River a second time. This second crossing was from Vanderburgh County, Indiana into Henderson County. The tornado then crossed the river a third time less than a mile west of the U.S.”
• Crittenden County, KY (near Mattoon) · Tornado F3 · $300,000 · 5 injuries
  “The tornado touched down one quarter mile west of Highway 654 and moved rapidly east-northeast. A mobile home on Highway 654 was overturned and destroyed, injuring a 12-year-old boy. A house roof was blown off. Where the tornado crossed Highway 365, a two-story home was completely demolished.”
• Sharp County, AR (near Sitka) · Tornado F2 · 3 injuries
  “A strong tornado touched down briefly in Sharp County about a mile southwest of Sitka. Estimated winds with the tornado were about 115 mph. The worst damage noted was at the intersection of Lone Oak Road and Summerfield Creek Road.”
• Saginaw County, MI (near Saginaw) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · 1 injury
  “In the City of Saginaw on Emerson near Jefferson, a large tree, reportedly 6 feet in diameter, fell onto a man, trapping him under the branches. The man was not seriously injured.”

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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