Storm reports for May 29, 2013

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On May 29, 2013, 189 hail, 210 damaging-wind and 26 tornado reports were logged across 15 states. The largest hail reported was 2.90″ (baseball size) in Beckham 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 (189)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $5 million in property damage, $145,000 in crop damage, 1 injury and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (427 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Oneida County, NY (near Verona) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 1 death
  “Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down, killing an elderly man.”
• Schenectady County, NY (near Mariaville) · Tornado EF2 · 1 injury
  “A National Weather Service storm survey determined that a tornado tracked from the Montgomery County border through the towns of Duanesburg, Princetown, Rotterdam and into the city of Schenectady.||The tornado entered the county as an EF1 and strengthened to EF2 strength when reaching the hamlet of…”
• York County, NE (near Mc Cool Jct) · Tornado EF1 · $1.5 million
  “This tornado touched down approximately 5 miles south of York, traveling along a 16 mile path before lifting 12 miles northeast of York. It crossed over Interstate 80 approximately 1.3 miles east of the York interchange.”
• Butler County, IA (near Greene) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $600,000
  “Large steel outbuilding was destroyed. Eighteen houses sustained structural damage.”
• York County, NE (near York Arpt) · Tornado EF1 · $500,000
  “This tornado touched down approximately 3 miles northwest of York, traveling along a 9 mile path before lifting approximately 12 miles northwest of York.”
• Clay County, NE (near Clay Center) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “This was the second tornado to touch down approximately 2 miles north-northeast of Clay Center this day, with this one traveling along a 4 mile path before lifting 6 miles north-northeast of Clay Center. This tornado had a maximum width of 75 yards and maximum wind speed estimated to be 100 MPH.”

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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