Storm reports for May 14, 2008

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On May 14, 2008, 85 hail, 91 damaging-wind and 20 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Williamson 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

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (85)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $62.2 million in property damage and 3 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (197 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Beauregard Parish, LA (near Shear) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000 · 2 injuries
  “An EF-1 tornado began along Pershing Loftin Road and moved east through the Shear community before ending near Williams Road. The main damage was to trees, but one barn lost part of its roof and a home on Pine Ridge Road lost some shingles.”
• St. Martin Parish, LA (near Breaux Bridge) · Tornado EF1 · $1.5 million · 1 injury
  “An EF-1 tornado formed behind the Wal-Mart in Breaux Bridge and moved south along Highway 328, damaging several large warehouses. The tornado moved across Highway 94, destroying an insurance business and damaging several homes and apartments near it.”
• Travis County, TX (near Austin) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $50 million
  “Widespread damage occurred over portions of central Austin when a large severe thunderstorm rolled through the downtown area. Numerous reports of large trees and branches were down along with wind blown hail.”
• Lafayette Parish, LA (near Lafayette) · Tornado EF1 · $3 million
  “An EF-1 tornado began near the Oil Center area of Lafayette. Several medical buildings received significant roof damage with debris from the roofs knocking out windows in neghboring buidlings. Trees and power poles were blown down, damaging some parked cars.”
• Concho County, TX (near Eden) · Hail 3.50″ · $3 million
  “Hail larger than baseballs of about 3.5 inches was measured on the east side of Eden. This wind driven hail storm damaged and destroyed many buildings across Eden.”
• Wood County, TX (near Winnsboro) · Thunderstorm wind 100 mph · $1 million
  “A significant straight line wind event with winds of 90 to 100 mph occurred across portions of Wood and Franklin Counties in the vicinity of Winnsboro, Texas. Numerous homes were damaged throughout Winnsboro and surrounding areas from fallen trees. Some of these homes were severely 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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