Storm reports for May 23, 2011

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On May 23, 2011, 227 hail, 329 damaging-wind and 18 tornado reports were logged across 21 states. The largest hail reported was 6.00″ (softball size) in Kiowa County, OK.

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 (227)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.6 million in property damage, $15,000 in crop damage and 5 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (577 events in 21 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Stewart County, TN (near Bumpus Mills) · Tornado EF2 · $250,000 · 2 injuries
  “Damage began near the intersection of Bumpus Mills and Brazzie Dock Roads and was continuous at least 13 miles northeast across Ft. Campbell. The last visible evidence of damage was 1/2 mile east of the Intersection of State Route 20 and Big Rock Road.||The most significant damage, as the result of…”
• Christian County, KY (near La Fayette) · Tornado EF2 · $350,000 · 1 injury
  “This tornado crossed into Kentucky from Stewart County, Tennessee. Several barns and grain bins were damaged or destroyed. A dairy barn with 45 cows inside was destroyed. Although all the cows were trapped under the collapsed barn, only two of the cows were injured.”
• Carbon County, PA (near Weissport) · Tornado EF0 · $75,000 · 1 injury
  “An EF-0 tornado touched down in Franklin Township, badly damaged one home and caused minor damage to about a dozen others, a church and a baseball field. The tornado touched down to the rear of a few homes on Church Street and moved through Penn Street before lifting.”
• Macoupin County, IL (near Staunton) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · 1 injury
  “Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi on the north bound lanes of I-55 just south of the Staunton exit. The driver lost control when the truck was hit by the winds and ended up in a ditch about 50 feet from the road. The driver sustained minor injuries.”
• Cuyahoga County, OH (near North Olmsted) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $500,000
  “A thunderstorm downburst caused a path of damage from North Olmsted to Berea to Middleburg Heights. Dozens of trees were downed along the damage path which was intermittent. Some of the downed trees blocked roads, including Interstate 71.”
• Lorain County, OH (near Vermilion On The Lk) · Hail 1.75″ · $300,000
  “Thunderstorms produced a large swath of hail ranging in size from nickels to golf balls. Locations across Lorain county, including Vermilion, Elyria, and North Ridgeville were hit hardest. Many vehicles and some homes were damaged by the hail.”

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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