Storm reports for May 2, 2012

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On May 2, 2012, 178 hail, 42 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 17 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Adams County, NE.

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 (178)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $9.7 million in property damage and $5.8 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (223 events in 17 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Trempealeau County, WI (near Blair) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $3.5 million
  “Thunderstorms impacted the central portion of Trempealeau County near and in Blair. Nearly every structure in Blair was either damaged or destroyed by the hail or wind, with broken windows, siding or roof damage. The Blair-Taylor high and elementary schools suffered major damage to their roofs.”
• Adams County, NE (near Hastings) · Hail 4.25″ · $750,000
  “Hail to the size of softballs was reported on the north side of town.”
• Wabasha County, MN (near Oak Center) · Thunderstorm wind 68 mph · $500,000
  “As a severe thunderstorm moved across the northern section of Wabasha County it dropped large hail damaging around 30 percent of the county's alfalfa crop. On farms near Lake City, up to 80 percent of the alfalfa crop was damaged, one cow was killed and irrigation systems were twisted by the wind.”
• Adams County, NE (near Hastings) · Hail 1.75″ · $250,000
  “Golf ball size hail reported at Lake Hastings.”
• Fillmore County, NE (near Shickley) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “This tornado crossed from Thayer County into Fillmore County, touching down approximately 2.5 miles northeast of Davenport and lifting approximately 3.5 miles northeast of Davenport. Along its path, a farmstead sustained house, garage and vehicle damage and a grain bin was destroyed.”
• Thayer County, NE (near Davenport) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “This tornado crossed from Thayer County into Fillmore County, touching down approximately 2.5 miles northeast of Davenport and lifting approximately 3.5 miles northeast of Davenport. Along its path, a farmstead sustained house, garage and vehicle damage and a grain bin was destroyed.”

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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