Storm reports for May 23, 2015

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On May 23, 2015, 9 hail, 44 damaging-wind and 26 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Pueblo County, CO.

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 (9)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.1 million in property damage and 5 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (80 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Harris County, TX (near Jeannetta) · Tornado EF0 · $200,000 · 4 injuries
  “A fast moving tornado briefly touched down at two points in southwest Houston. There was damage to a storage facility along and just west of Gessner Road, an apartment complex, and an office building.”
• Milam County, TX (near Rockdale) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $50,000 · 1 injury
  “The Milam County emergency manager reported a mobile home was moved off the foundation piers on Green Street in Rockdale. Several trees were blown down, as were power lines. One Rockdale resident had a large tree fall through her home and she received minor head wounds.”
• Nueces County, TX (near Corpus Christi) · Tornado EF1 · $750,000
  “The tornado touched down near Cunningham Middle School just north of Golihar Road where trees were snapped and uprooted. A residence just north of the school at the corner of Hudson and Stafford Streets sustained moderate roof damage and a had a fence blown down.”
• Dallas County, TX (near Gribble) · Tornado EF1 · $600,000
  “A National Weather Service damage survey team found evidence of a separate tornado in Dallas County, this time in the city of Irving. The tornado began just north of a golf course in the Los Colinas subdivision, just south of US 114.”
• San Patricio County, TX (near Portland) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $100,000
  “Damaging winds moved across Portland and Gregory. A light pole fell on a truck on Timberline Drive in Portland. Many big tree limbs were blown down. A power pole was blown down on Memorial Parkway in Portland. Power lines were blown down on 2nd Street in Gregory.”
• Brazoria County, TX (near Lake Jackson Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $100,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed trees, damaged traffic lights and caused roof damage to the local library in Lake Jackson.”

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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