Storm reports for February 5, 2008

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On February 5, 2008, 147 hail, 313 damaging-wind and 85 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Chicot County, AR. Tornadoes killed 57.

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 (147)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $519 million in property damage, $1.9 million in crop damage, 439 injuries and 57 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (578 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Macon County, TN (near Green Grove) · Tornado EF3 · $14.1 million · 13 deaths · 44 injuries
  “Thirteen people were killed, and 44 folks were injured. Most of the fatalities occurred in Williams, just northwest of Lafayette. Also, 170 homes were destroyed, and 9 homes had major damage.”
• Sumner County, TN (near Castalian Spgs) · Tornado EF3 · $10 million · 7 deaths · 14 injuries
  “The Castalian Springs Post Office was completely destroyed. There were 85 homes destroyed in Sumner County. ||Also in Castalian Springs, a 180 year-old structure called Wynnewood, lost the top of its structure due to the tornado. The historic log structure served as a stagecoach stop.”
• Pope County, AR (near Galla Rock) · Tornado EF3 · $11.5 million · 5 deaths · 15 injuries
  “The tornado moved out of the Carden Bottoms area of Yell County, crossing the Arkansas River, and re-entering Pope County southwest of Atkins. The intensity and width of the tornado increased quickly within just a couple of miles after it moved across the Arkansas River.”
• Lawrence County, AL (near Leola) · Tornado EF4 · 4 deaths · 23 injuries
  “Representatives from the National Weather Service and the Lawrence County Emergency Management Agency conducted a storm survey of damage that occurred in Lawrence County, Alabama early in the morning of February 6, 2008.||The damage was determined to originate from a strong tornado, which at its…”
• Allen County, KY (near Amos) · Tornado EF3 · $1.3 million · 4 deaths · 11 injuries
  “The tornado destroyed 12 homes and mobile homes, mainly in the Amos community and in the Tracy Lane area. Many other homes and buildings were damaged. Four people were killed in the Tracy Lane area, and eleven others were injured in southeast Allen County.”
• Van Buren County, AR (near Beverage Town) · Tornado EF4 · $22.8 million · 3 deaths · 77 injuries
  “The tornado moved from Conway County, northeast of Cleveland, into Van Buren County, south-southeast of Beverage Town. A Red Cross survey indicated that 41 houses were destroyed, 26 suffered major damage, 29 had minor damage, and 30 others were affected.”

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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