Storm reports for May 15, 2013

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On May 15, 2013, 57 hail, 25 damaging-wind and 20 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Palo Pinto County, TX. Tornadoes killed 6.

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 (57)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $270 million in property damage, $235,000 in crop damage, 63 injuries and 6 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (103 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Hood County, TX (near Mambrino) · Tornado EF4 · $143 million · 6 deaths · 54 injuries
  “National Weather Service crews surveyed the damage from the Granbury tornado. The tornado first occurred on the west bank of Lake Granbury / Brazos River. The tornado crossed the lake heading east, towards Davis Road.”
• Johnson County, TX (near Lake Pat Cleburne) · Tornado EF3 · $124 million · 7 injuries
  “Trained storm spotters observed a nearly mile wide tornado to the southwest of the city of Cleburne. NWS storm survey crew determined this tornado produced EF-3 damage on the east side of Lake Pat Cleburne.”
• Ellis County, TX (near Ennis) · Tornado EF1 · $650,000 · 1 injury
  “National Weather Service storm survey crews determined a tornado produced EF-1 damage to downtown Ennis, before continuing to move northeast.”
• Montague County, TX (near Nocona) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000 · 1 injury
  “National Weather Service storm survey crews determined a tornado occurred in the Nocona Lake Estates on the west side of Lake Nocona. The tornado first occurred in open fields, before moving northeast toward the lake.”
• Palo Pinto County, TX (near Mineral Wells) · Hail 4.00″ · $400,000
  “Trained spotters reported grapefruit sized hail in the city of Mineral Wells.”
• Johnson County, TX (near Godley) · Tornado EF1 · $260,000
  “National Weather Service survey crew determined a tornado caused EF-0 and EF-1 damage in the Pecan Plantation community. The tornado began in Hood County, before moving across the Brazos into Johnson 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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