Storm reports for May 1, 2008

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On May 1, 2008, 216 hail, 169 damaging-wind and 30 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Turner County, SD.

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 (216)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $17.7 million in property damage, $100,000 in crop damage, 3 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (417 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Benton County, AR (near Siloam Spgs) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $200,000 · 1 death · 1 injury
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees, power lines, and large tree limbs throughout town. One large tree fell on a mobile home and crushed it. A 15 year old girl was killed in the mobile home and a 10 year old boy was injured by the tree.”
• Mayes County, OK (near Pryor) · Tornado EF1 · $50,000 · 2 injuries
  “A tornado developed over extreme eastern Rogers County and moved into western Mayes County. The tornado severely damaged the roofs of several homes, downed numerous trees, blew down power poles, and injured two people in Mayes County.”
• Clay County, MO (near Gashland) · Tornado EF2 · $10 million
  “An EF2 tornado developed along a bow echo and touched down at 1:03 am in Gladstone. It then traveled northeast and dissipated at 1:08 am.|Numerous homes and businesses suffered damage or total loss.”
• Clay County, MO (near Liberty Mitchell Arp) · Tornado EF3 · $4 million
  “A brief EF3 tornado developed along the apex of a bow echo, and touched down northwest of Liberty at 12:56 am CST. The tornado tracked east-northeast for nearly one mile before dissipating at 1:00 am. Four homes were destroyed and 117 suffered damage.”
• Jackson County, MO (near Spring Branch) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $1 million
  “Extensive damage to a business near Highway 291 and 23rd Street. Also power poles and lines were downed. Fifty three homes suffered minor to major damage, mainly to roofs and windows.”
• Douglas County, MO (near Ava) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $500,000
  “A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that straight line winds damaged areas of southwest and central sections of Ava. These straight line winds caused damage to several businesses located on the square. Power poles and trees were also heavily damaged.”

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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