Storm reports for May 7, 2006

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On May 7, 2006, 90 hail, 33 damaging-wind and 11 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Effingham County, GA.

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 (90)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $164,000 in property damage and $10,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (135 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Gillespie County, TX (near Harper) · Hail 1.75″ · $100,000
  “Golfball-sized hail dented vehicle bodies, broke windows of cars and homes in the Harper area.”
• Crenshaw County, AL (near Brantley) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $15,000
  “High winds from a thunderstorm blew part of a roof off a home near Weed (near the intersection of State Highway 141 and County Road 43).”
• Orangeburg County, SC (near Orangeburg) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000
  “A microburst blew a tin roof off a horse barn and did minor damage the building.”
• Berkeley County, SC (near St Stephen) · Tornado F0 · $5,000
  “F0 tornado produced minor damage to mobile home off highway 52. Winds estimated at 50 to 60 mph.”
• Hampton County, SC (near Hampton) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $2,000
  “Several trees down in City of Hampton. Trees also reported down over Highway 278 1 mile outside of Hampton.”
• Allendale County, SC (near Fairfax) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $2,000
  “Power lines down...trees down at 7th and Bay Shore.”

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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