Storm reports for May 31, 2013

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On May 31, 2013, 159 hail, 186 damaging-wind and 36 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 5.90″ (softball size) in Canadian County, OK. Tornadoes killed 8.

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 (159)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $62.9 million in property damage, $45,000 in crop damage, 46 injuries and 8 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (386 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Canadian County, OK (near Calumet) · Tornado EF3 · $300,000 · 8 deaths · 26 injuries
  “On 31 May, an intense, long-track tornado formed southwest of El Reno. This exceptionally wide tornado took a complex path, rapidly changing in both speed and direction. The tornado spared El Reno and its airport from a direct hit, tracking just south of those locations.”
• St. Charles County, MO (near Defiance) · Tornado EF3 · $50 million · 8 injuries
  “A tornado touched down about four miles southwest of Weldon Spring in St. Charles County, Missouri. It downed trees, blew over empty tractor trailers, and caused minor damage to construction equipment.”
• Oklahoma County, OK (near (Okc)Will Rogers Apt) · Tornado EF1 · $80,000 · 8 injuries
  “A tornado touched down just west of SW 59th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in southwest Oklahoma City, and moved east to just southwest of SW 59th Street and Western Avenue. Roof and tree damage occurred with this tornado. Damage amounts are estimated.”
• Nowata County, OK (near Watova) · Tornado EF1 · $75,000 · 2 injuries
  “This is the final segment of this two segment tornado. In Nowata County, this tornado destroyed a mobile home, injuring two occupants. It also damaged other permanent homes, destroyed a barn, and snapped or uprooted numerous trees.”
• Canadian County, OK (near Yukon) · Tornado EF2 · $20,000 · 1 injury
  “The storm damage survey and Doppler on Wheels mobile radar detected a long-lived anticyclonic tornado southwest of Yukon. Some structural damage was noted along with damage to trees. Damages estimated.”
• St. Louis County, MO (near Burke City) · Thunderstorm wind 100 mph · 1 injury
  “A wide swath of wind damage, just north of the path of the tornado that moved through St. Louis County extended from the I-270/Lindbergh Boulevard interchange eastward to the just west of the Mississippi River.”

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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