Storm reports for May 19, 2015

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On May 19, 2015, 50 hail, 43 damaging-wind and 37 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Jack 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 (50)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.8 million in property damage, $90,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (131 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Lee County, TX (near Giddings) · Tornado EF0 · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “A high end EF-0 tornado touched down damaging a Ramada Hotel on Highway 290 east of the city of Giddings. Most of the damage consisted of uprooted trees rooted in wet soils while other damage included a destroyed outbuilding, whose debris were lofted into the Ramada Hotel causing window and roof…”
• Wise County, TX (near Bridgeport Muni Arpt) · Tornado EF1 · $450,000
  “A National Weather Service damage survey crew found tornado damage consistent with EF-1 damage in the city of Runaway Bay. This was the second of two tornadoes to affect Runaway Bay on the 19th. This tornado began over Lake Bridgeport before moving southwest into the city.”
• Wise County, TX (near Balsora) · Tornado EF1 · $300,000
  “A National Weather Service damage survey crew found tornado damage along a two and a half mile path across western Wise County. The tornado began on the west side of Farm to Market Road 920, west of the Balsora community.”
• Palo Pinto County, TX (near Mineral Wells) · Tornado EF1 · $230,000
  “Amateur radio operators reported the second of two tornadoes, this one skipping through part of the city of Mineral Wells, including the downtown area. The tornado was strongest as it approached from the southwest of town, and the tornado was at its widest during this time.”
• Jack County, TX (near Vineyard) · Tornado EF0 · $150,000
  “A National Weather Service damage survey crew determined a tornado caused damage over four miles across eastern Jack and far western Wise Counties. The tornado produced extensive tree damage across farm and ranch land, but did produce damage to three homes, and several buildings on one farm.”
• Ellis County, TX (near Howard) · Tornado EF0 · $120,000
  “Amateur radio operators observed a tornado to the east and southeast of Waxahachie. The tornado produced damage to homes, fences, and storage buildings as it moved to the northeast. As many as twenty homes suffered at least minor damage, with only one home suffering more than shingle damage.”

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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