Storm reports for May 28, 2008

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On May 28, 2008, 41 hail, 7 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in San Miguel County, NM.

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 (41)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.9 million in property damage, $30,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (52 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Fremont County, WY (near Dubois) · Tornado EF0 · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “A brief tornado occurred just north of the central business district in Dubois. A roof was torn from a public restroom facility and subsequently sheared off an 8x8-inch pole used for a sign at a local business. Flying debris also smashed a large window at a nearby residence.”
• Otero County, NM (near Tularosa) · Hail 2.50″ · $2.5 million
  “Hail from quarter to golf ball size, with occasional hail stones the size of tennis balls accumulated to about 3 inches in the Tularosa area. The hail was driven by wind gusts up to 80 mph, and broke windows, damaged roofs and sidings to more than 500 homes in Tularosa.”
• Otero County, NM (near Tularosa) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $360,000
  “A wet microburst estimated at 80 mph destroyed a double wide mobile home, flipped several others, unroofed a few homes, and blew down several trees, power poles and power lines.”
• Taos County, NM (near Penasco) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $20,000
  “Two barns were blown down and another suffered considerable damage at Penasco. In addition, a willow tree was blown down.”
• Santa Fe County, NM (near Sanctuario) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $1,000
  “Screens were blown out of a porch near Santa Cruz.”
• Baldwin County, GA (near Scottsboro) · Thunderstorm wind 40 mph · $1,000
  “The Baldwin County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down onto a power line along Gordon Highway in southeast Baldwin county.”

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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