Storm reports for May 8, 2006

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On May 8, 2006, 211 hail, 52 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Lawrence County, MS.

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 (211)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $8.3 million in property damage and $720,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (264 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bay County, FL (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $5 million
  “Numerous trees and minor structural damage was observed in the neighborhoods surround the emergency operations center. In Panama City, a couple of stores had some plate glass windows blown out. Also, a billboard and auto parts store were heavily damaged.”
• Bay County, FL (near (Pfn)Panama City Arp) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $2.5 million
  “A peak wind gust of 70 mph was recorded at the Panama City-Bay County Airport. Several small planes suffered major damage. Some of these planes were torn from their tie downs and tossed into hangars and each other. One plane was flipped over.”
• Forrest County, MS (near Petal) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down across the northeast portion of Forrest County.”
• Forrest County, MS (near Hattiesburg) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “A few trees were blown down. One tree fell on a house causing major damage.”
• Riley County, KS (near Manhattan) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $40,000
  “A bow echo moved through Riley County around 11PM CST and caused sporadic damage in the Manhattan area. The most severe damage was reported along K18 Highway where one building was destroyed and 2 others sustained structural damage. Debris was scattered more than 100 feet into a nearby field.”
• Franklin County, MS (near Bude) · Hail 2.00″ · $30,000
  “A swath of large hail, mainly between quarters and hen egg size, fell across south-central and southeast Franklin County. The largest hail fell in and around the Community of Little Springs. Here, hen egg sized hail occurred.”

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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