Storm reports for May 27, 2014

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On May 27, 2014, 99 hail, 139 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 29 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Pennington County, SD.

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 (99)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.8 million in property damage, $7,000 in crop damage, 16 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (245 events in 29 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Harris County, TX (near Dawes) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 1 death
  “Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs down in the El Dorado/Oates Prairie subdivision. One fatality was reported when a large tree limb crushed a female on the 11000 block of Pandora Street.”
• Harris County, TX (near La Porte Muni Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $20,000 · 15 injuries
  “A severe thunderstorm produced strong wind gusts that created flying debris at a construction site.”
• Pulaski County, AR (near Little Rock) · Thunderstorm wind 40 mph · $25,000 · 1 injury
  “A large limb broke off a tree on the edge of the Arkansas State Capitol grounds. The limb fell on a passing car, resulting in one injury.”
• Jim Wells County, TX (near Alice) · Tornado EF1 · $1.6 million
  “An EF1 tornado touched down on the southeast side of the city of Alice just south of the intersection of Highway 359 and Stadium Road. The tornado traveled 2.3 miles and lifted just north of the intersection of County Road 1352 and County Road 382.”
• Jim Wells County, TX (near Alice) · Hail 2.75″ · $500,000
  “Baseball sized hail occurred in the east-central portion of the city of Alice.”
• Tunica County, MS (near Banks) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “Straight line winds overturned a mobile home near Kirby Road and Hambrick Road. Twelve power poles were snapped in Robinsonville near the Casino Strip.”

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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