Storm reports for May 7, 2015

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On May 7, 2015, 86 hail, 34 damaging-wind and 10 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Brown County, TX.

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 (86)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $585,000 in property damage, $10,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (130 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Wise County, TX (near Ford) · Tornado EF1 · $250,000 · 1 injury
  “A National Weather Service damage survey crew found evidence of EF-1 and EF-0 damage across a three mile swath in southeastern Wise County. This multiple vortex tornado occurred over mainly open land, but destroyed two mobile homes, and damaging twelve others.”
• Denton County, TX (near Stony) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “A National Weather Service damage survey crew found evidence of EF-1 damage, especially near the Bolivar community in western Denton County, Texas. This tornado formed from the same parent supercell which produced a tornado in Wise County.”
• Gray County, KS (near Montezuma) · Tornado EF1 · $40,000
  “This was the fifth of five landspout tornadoes. This one struck a farm doing low end EF1 damage to a well built 60 by 100 foot building, a tractor and home. Wind speeds estimated to be about 90 MPH.”
• Wise County, TX (near Bluett) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $20,000
  “Amateur radio reported that a double wide trailer and and multiple recreational vehicles were destroyed, and that trees ranging from 5 inches to 20 inches in diameter were uprooted near the intersection of FM 4421 and FM 4430.”
• Catahoula Parish, LA (near Enterprise) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Minor roof damage occurred. Several trees about 18 inches in diameter were uprooted and took down power lines. Some of these power lines were partially laying on Highway 124. Penny size hail also fell.”
• Fayette County, IA (near West Union) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $5,000
  “A barn near West Union was damaged by the wind gusts from a severe thunderstorm.”

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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