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Storm reports for May 6, 2008
On May 6, 2008, 181 hail, 60 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 14 states.
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4.50″largest hail reported
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On May 6, 2008, 181 hail, 60 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Lamb County, TX.
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
| State | Hail | Wind | Tornado | Largest hail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE | 49 | 7 | 1 | 4.25″ |
| KS | 37 | 19 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| IA | 33 | 19 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| TX | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4.50″ |
| SD | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| MN | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.88″ |
| NM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| OK | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.75″ |
| MT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.88″ |
| ND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.88″ |
| WI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.88″ |
| CO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.75″ |
| AZ | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| MO | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
Cities with hail reported within 5 miles
| City | Population | Largest report |
|---|---|---|
| Lubbock, TX | 272,086 | 2.75″ |
| Hobbs, NM | 41,061 | 1.75″ |
| Crane, TX | 3,375 | 1.75″ |
| Brownfield, TX | 8,682 | 1.25″ |
| North Platte, NE | 22,549 | 1.00″ |
| Yankton, SD | 15,670 | 1.00″ |
| Boone, IA | 12,461 | 1.00″ |
| Hawarden, IA | 2,630 | 1.00″ |
| Garden City, KS | 27,996 | 0.88″ |
| Great Bend, KS | 14,306 | 0.88″ |
| Seminole, TX | 7,386 | 0.88″ |
| Cherokee, IA | 5,186 | 0.88″ |
| Hastings, NE | 25,152 | 0.75″ |
| Levelland, TX | 12,494 | 0.75″ |
| Vermillion, SD | 11,877 | 0.75″ |
| Lexington, NE | 11,205 | 0.75″ |
| Sioux Center, IA | 8,675 | 0.75″ |
| Estherville, IA | 5,796 | 0.75″ |
| St. Charles, MN | 4,057 | 0.75″ |
| Cozad, NE | 3,945 | 0.75″ |
| Gothenburg, NE | 3,447 | 0.75″ |
| North Sioux City, SD | 3,059 | 0.75″ |
Hail reports (181)
| Time (UTC) | Size | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 01:02 | 4.50″ | Lamb County, TX |
| 22:10 | 4.25″ | Rock County, NE |
| 22:40 | 4.25″ | Pecos County, TX |
| 23:20 | 2.75″ | Lubbock County, TX |
| 22:00 | 2.50″ | Rock County, NE |
| 23:22 | 2.00″ | Lubbock County, TX |
| 15:50 | 1.75″ | Todd County, SD |
| 20:30 | 1.75″ | Cherry County, NE |
| 21:57 | 1.75″ | Gaines County, TX |
| 21:57 | 1.75″ | Ward County, TX |
| 22:49 | 1.75″ | Crane County, TX |
| 22:54 | 1.75″ | Garfield County, NE |
| 23:00 | 1.75″ | Loup County, NE |
| 23:20 | 1.75″ | Finney County, KS |
| 23:20 | 1.75″ | Rawlins County, KS |
| 23:20 | 1.75″ | Rawlins County, KS |
| 23:30 | 1.75″ | Crane County, TX |
| 23:39 | 1.75″ | Hockley County, TX |
| 23:40 | 1.75″ | Lamb County, TX |
| 23:44 | 1.75″ | Cheyenne County, KS |
| 23:50 | 1.75″ | Boone County, NE |
| 00:09 | 1.75″ | Lea County, NM |
| 00:30 | 1.75″ | Eddy County, NM |
| 01:00 | 1.75″ | Dickens County, TX |
| 01:18 | 1.75″ | Lea County, NM |
| 02:00 | 1.75″ | Buena Vista County, IA |
| 06:42 | 1.75″ | Dickens County, TX |
| 08:24 | 1.75″ | Lubbock County, TX |
| 22:10 | 1.50″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 22:34 | 1.50″ | Gaines County, TX |
| 23:52 | 1.50″ | Lubbock County, TX |
| 22:15 | 1.25″ | Holt County, NE |
| 22:45 | 1.25″ | Gaines County, TX |
| 23:15 | 1.25″ | Terry County, TX |
| 23:44 | 1.25″ | Cheyenne County, KS |
| 00:37 | 1.25″ | Hale County, TX |
| 19:35 | 1.00″ | Yankton County, SD |
| 20:37 | 1.00″ | Sioux County, IA |
| 20:55 | 1.00″ | Brown County, NE |
| 21:05 | 1.00″ | Kearny County, KS |
| 21:18 | 1.00″ | Perkins County, NE |
| 21:29 | 1.00″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 21:33 | 1.00″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 21:35 | 1.00″ | Perkins County, NE |
| 21:35 | 1.00″ | Rock County, NE |
| 21:48 | 1.00″ | Plymouth County, IA |
| 21:50 | 1.00″ | Finney County, KS |
| 22:00 | 1.00″ | Finney County, KS |
| 22:01 | 1.00″ | Palo Alto County, IA |
| 22:05 | 1.00″ | Holt County, NE |
| 22:20 | 1.00″ | Brown County, NE |
| 22:49 | 1.00″ | Lubbock County, TX |
| 23:00 | 1.00″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 23:10 | 1.00″ | Sac County, IA |
| 23:17 | 1.00″ | Rawlins County, KS |
| 23:17 | 1.00″ | Sac County, IA |
| 23:19 | 1.00″ | Sac County, IA |
| 23:25 | 1.00″ | Cheyenne County, KS |
| 23:45 | 1.00″ | Sac County, IA |
| 00:10 | 1.00″ | Hitchcock County, NE |
| 00:15 | 1.00″ | Hodgeman County, KS |
| 00:45 | 1.00″ | Kearny County, KS |
| 00:47 | 1.00″ | Crosby County, TX |
| 01:08 | 1.00″ | Furnas County, NE |
| 01:29 | 1.00″ | Boone County, IA |
| 02:08 | 1.00″ | King County, TX |
| 02:18 | 1.00″ | Adams County, NE |
| 03:16 | 1.00″ | Kingman County, KS |
| 15:45 | 0.88″ | Todd County, SD |
| 16:40 | 0.88″ | Tripp County, SD |
| 18:30 | 0.88″ | Charles Mix County, SD |
| 19:10 | 0.88″ | Yankton County, SD |
| 19:15 | 0.88″ | Bon Homme County, SD |
| 20:10 | 0.88″ | Clay County, SD |
| 20:40 | 0.88″ | Kearny County, KS |
| 20:45 | 0.88″ | Plymouth County, IA |
| 21:11 | 0.88″ | Dixon County, NE |
| 21:17 | 0.88″ | Plymouth County, IA |
| 21:18 | 0.88″ | McCone County, MT |
| 21:19 | 0.88″ | Kearny County, KS |
| 21:25 | 0.88″ | Cherokee County, IA |
| 21:50 | 0.88″ | Cherokee County, IA |
| 21:55 | 0.88″ | Woodbury County, IA |
| 22:07 | 0.88″ | Ransom County, ND |
| 22:23 | 0.88″ | Woodbury County, IA |
| 22:45 | 0.88″ | Winona County, MN |
| 22:50 | 0.88″ | Finney County, KS |
| 23:00 | 0.88″ | Gaines County, TX |
| 23:01 | 0.88″ | Woodbury County, IA |
| 23:15 | 0.88″ | Ida County, IA |
| 23:24 | 0.88″ | Calhoun County, IA |
| 23:35 | 0.88″ | Calhoun County, IA |
| 23:54 | 0.88″ | Calhoun County, IA |
| 00:02 | 0.88″ | Hitchcock County, NE |
| 00:17 | 0.88″ | Frontier County, NE |
| 00:25 | 0.88″ | Barton County, KS |
| 00:32 | 0.88″ | Frontier County, NE |
| 00:50 | 0.88″ | Finney County, KS |
| 01:02 | 0.88″ | Lamb County, TX |
| 01:05 | 0.88″ | Finney County, KS |
| 01:08 | 0.88″ | O'Brien County, IA |
| 01:20 | 0.88″ | Hodgeman County, KS |
| 01:20 | 0.88″ | Hodgeman County, KS |
| 01:30 | 0.88″ | Lea County, NM |
| 01:36 | 0.88″ | Furnas County, NE |
| 01:49 | 0.88″ | Vernon County, WI |
| 05:05 | 0.88″ | Lane County, KS |
| 06:30 | 0.88″ | Gaines County, TX |
| 16:45 | 0.75″ | Redwood County, MN |
| 16:54 | 0.75″ | Redwood County, MN |
| 17:20 | 0.75″ | Gregory County, SD |
| 17:30 | 0.75″ | Gregory County, SD |
| 18:50 | 0.75″ | Bon Homme County, SD |
| 19:12 | 0.75″ | Bon Homme County, SD |
| 19:25 | 0.75″ | Yankton County, SD |
| 19:47 | 0.75″ | Knox County, NE |
| 19:59 | 0.75″ | Lyon County, MN |
| 20:13 | 0.75″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 20:18 | 0.75″ | Clay County, SD |
| 20:24 | 0.75″ | Redwood County, MN |
| 20:25 | 0.75″ | Hamilton County, KS |
| 20:40 | 0.75″ | Plymouth County, IA |
| 20:49 | 0.75″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 20:51 | 0.75″ | Kearny County, KS |
| 20:55 | 0.75″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 21:06 | 0.75″ | Kiowa County, CO |
| 21:10 | 0.75″ | Dixon County, NE |
| 21:19 | 0.75″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 21:29 | 0.75″ | Union County, SD |
| 21:35 | 0.75″ | Cherokee County, IA |
| 21:35 | 0.75″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 21:37 | 0.75″ | Union County, SD |
| 21:45 | 0.75″ | Cherokee County, IA |
| 21:47 | 0.75″ | Emmet County, IA |
| 21:52 | 0.75″ | Emmet County, IA |
| 21:55 | 0.75″ | Plymouth County, IA |
| 21:58 | 0.75″ | Emmet County, IA |
| 22:10 | 0.75″ | Sioux County, IA |
| 22:17 | 0.75″ | Kossuth County, IA |
| 22:30 | 0.75″ | Custer County, NE |
| 22:34 | 0.75″ | Rock County, NE |
| 22:35 | 0.75″ | Woodbury County, IA |
| 22:40 | 0.75″ | Bailey County, TX |
| 22:45 | 0.75″ | Lane County, KS |
| 22:50 | 0.75″ | Dawson County, NE |
| 22:55 | 0.75″ | Dawson County, NE |
| 22:55 | 0.75″ | Custer County, NE |
| 23:05 | 0.75″ | Wheeler County, NE |
| 23:05 | 0.75″ | Garfield County, NE |
| 23:15 | 0.75″ | Ness County, KS |
| 23:20 | 0.75″ | Sac County, IA |
| 23:27 | 0.75″ | Lincoln County, NE |
| 23:35 | 0.75″ | Hayes County, NE |
| 23:40 | 0.75″ | Rush County, KS |
| 00:00 | 0.75″ | Rush County, KS |
| 00:00 | 0.75″ | Hayes County, NE |
| 00:08 | 0.75″ | Dawson County, NE |
| 00:19 | 0.75″ | Hockley County, TX |
| 00:24 | 0.75″ | Hodgeman County, KS |
| 00:25 | 0.75″ | Dawson County, NE |
| 00:25 | 0.75″ | Frontier County, NE |
| 00:35 | 0.75″ | Kearny County, KS |
| 00:36 | 0.75″ | Ness County, KS |
| 00:40 | 0.75″ | Stafford County, KS |
| 00:45 | 0.75″ | Kearny County, KS |
| 00:48 | 0.75″ | Rock County, MN |
| 00:51 | 0.75″ | Hamilton County, IA |
| 00:55 | 0.75″ | Thurston County, NE |
| 00:55 | 0.75″ | Olmsted County, MN |
| 01:20 | 0.75″ | Rawlins County, KS |
| 01:47 | 0.75″ | Adams County, NE |
| 02:40 | 0.75″ | Nuckolls County, NE |
| 02:48 | 0.75″ | Thayer County, NE |
| 02:48 | 0.75″ | Hall County, TX |
| 03:25 | 0.75″ | Sedgwick County, KS |
| 03:47 | 0.75″ | Sumner County, KS |
| 04:37 | 0.75″ | Scott County, KS |
| 05:30 | 0.75″ | Kinney County, TX |
| 08:01 | 0.75″ | Roosevelt County, NM |
| 08:01 | 0.75″ | Roosevelt County, NM |
| 11:09 | 0.75″ | Garvin County, OK |
Damage, injuries and deaths
National Weather Service offices recorded about $456,000 in property damage, $100,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (244 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.
| County | Events | Injuries | Deaths | Property damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County, IA | 1 | 1 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Wheeler County, NE | 1 | 0 | 0 | $140,000 |
| Bremer County, IA | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Gaines County, TX | 1 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Lubbock County, TX | 2 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Cerro Gordo County, IA | 2 | 0 | 0 | $26,000 |
| Crane County, TX | 2 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Pecos County, TX | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Yankton County, SD | 2 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Sac County, IA | 4 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Lea County, NM | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Lamb County, TX | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
What the National Weather Service wrote
- Clay County, IA (near Rossie) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $10,000 · 1 injury
“Thunderstorm winds blew down walls of a storage building, causing the building to collapse. Falling rubble injured one man while he was walking to his vehicle after work.” - Wheeler County, NE (near Bartlett) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $140,000
“Five center pivot irrigation systems were overturned from thunderstorm wind gusts south and southeast of Bartlett. In addition, a grain bin was pushed in and wind mills were destroyed.” - Gaines County, TX (near Loop) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $40,000
“Powerlines were downed by strong thunderstorm winds in the Ashmore community.” - Cerro Gordo County, IA (near (Mcw)Mason City Muni) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $25,000
“A semi-tractortrailer truck was blown over near mile post 197 on Interstate 35.” - Pecos County, TX (near Imperial Res) · Hail 4.25″ · $20,000
“Windows were knocked out by softball sized hail between Imperial and Grandfalls.” - Lubbock County, TX (near Lubbock) · Hail 2.75″ · $15,000
“Local broadcast media meteorologists reported baseball size hail near the intersection of South Loop 289 and U.S. Highway 87 in south Lubbock. Some vehicles were reportedly 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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