Storm reports for May 28, 2006

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On May 28, 2006, 85 hail, 82 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 17 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in St. Louis County, MN.

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 (85)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $364,000 in property damage and $10,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (168 events in 17 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Box Butte County, NE (near Hemingford) · Thunderstorm wind 96 mph · $250,000
  “Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph and some nickel size hail reported from Hemingford, Nebraska, withan unofficial wind gust of 96 mph at a highway observation platform 5 miles east of Hemingford. Center pivots flipped and about 45 power poles damaged.”
• Oglala Lakota County, SD (near Rockyford) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $30,000
  “2 mobile homes were destroyed by strong winds.”
• Volusia County, FL (near Deltona) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $15,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and power transformers in Deltona.”
• Marion County, KY (near Loretto) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $10,000
  “Trees were uprooted. Several metal outbuildings were destroyed.”
• Volusia County, FL (near Deltona) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $10,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and trees in Deltona.”
• Sumter County, GA (near Americus) · Thunderstorm wind 45 mph · $5,000
  “The Americus Times/Recorder reported that thunderstorm wind gusts blew over a large tree onto a historic windmill built in 1930. The windmill was destroyed.”

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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