Storm reports for May 19, 2012

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On May 19, 2012, 199 hail, 47 damaging-wind and 9 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Kingman County, KS.

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 (199)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.8 million in property damage and $9.8 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (256 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Nuckolls County, NE (near Hardy) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $500,000
  “Wind gusts estimated to be near 75 mph resulted in a swath of damage from Hardy to Ruskin. At least 4 irrigation pivots were overturned, at least 8 to 10 power poles were damaged or destroyed, and tree limbs as much as 6 to 8 inches in diameter were blown down along this path.”
• Webster County, NE (near Blue Hill) · Hail 1.75″ · $500,000
  “Golf ball size hail fell for nearly 20 minutes, causing severe crop damage and building damage in the area.”
• Clay County, NE (near Deweese) · Hail 2.00″ · $200,000
  “Hail up to the size of hen eggs resulted in tree damage around the area.”
• Clay County, NE (near Deweese) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $75,000
  “Wind gusts estimated near 70 mph, combined with an unknown size of hail, resulted in crop damage to at least 3 fields approximately 1 mile west of the Deweese spur off of Highway 14 and 1 mile north of the county line.”
• Fillmore County, NE (near Shickley) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $50,000
  “Wind gusts estimated near 70 mph resulted in an irrigation pivot being overturned and tree limbs of 4 to 5 inches in diameter being knocked down.”
• Pinellas County, FL (near Lealman) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “The Lealman Fire Department reported damage to an older hotel on the 4800 block of 34th Street North. The corner of the roof was taken off and damaged five cars in the parking lot. Damage in the area was isolated to this building.”

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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