Storm reports for May 22, 2015

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On May 22, 2015, 10 hail, 7 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 1.25″ (half dollar size) in Roosevelt County, NM.

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 (10)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (18 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Brewster County, TX (near Study Butte) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $2,000
  “A thunderstorm moved across Brewster County and produced wind damage near Terlingua. Two power poles were reported to have been knocked down by wind on Highway 118 and Farm to Market Road 170. The winds were estimated to be 80+ mph. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.”
• Potter County, TX (near Bushland) · Thunderstorm wind 71 mph
  “The KVII schoolnet site 3 miles east of Bushland at Oasis RV measured a wind gust of 71 mph.”
• Deaf Smith County, TX (near Dawn) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph
  “Thunderstorms produced winds of nearly 70 mph which resulted in an outbuilding being partially blown over and small tree branches blown down.”
• Hartley County, TX (near Channing) · Thunderstorm wind 67 mph
  “The KVII schoolnet site 7 miles east-northeast of Channing measured a wind gust of 67 mph.”
• Randall County, TX (near Amarillo) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph
  “A 64 mph wind gust was measured by a KVII schoolnet site located at Tradewind Elementary in Amarillo.”
• Randall County, TX (near Amarillo) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph
  “Six inch diameter tree limbs were broke and 10 inch diameter tree trunk was snapped on Wayne one block east of Teckla.”

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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