Storm reports for May 27, 2015

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On May 27, 2015, 150 hail, 145 damaging-wind and 19 tornado reports were logged across 30 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Hale 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 (150)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.4 million in property damage and 5 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (315 events in 30 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Hemphill County, TX (near Canadian Hemphill Ar) · Tornado EF2 · 3 injuries
  “An EF-2 tornado touched down as a cone at 4:58 PM CDT and quickly became a wedge tornado with a path width of 0.7 miles. Approximately forty individuals took cover in a storm shelter at a drilling rig.”
• DeKalb County, IN (near Waterloo) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 1 injury
  “Emergency management officials reported a empty semi trailer was blown off the road by high winds on Interstate 69, near mile marker 334. The driver sustained minor injuries.”
• DeKalb County, IN (near Waterloo) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 1 injury
  “Emergency management officials reported a empty semi trailer was blown off the road by high winds on Interstate 69, near mile marker 334. The driver sustained minor injuries.”
• Haskell County, KS (near Sublette) · Tornado EF1 · $1 million
  “This tornado did high end EF1 damage to Pivot irrigation sprinklers along with other damage to several outbuildings and eight large grain bins. A semi was flipped and carried into a field.”
• Menominee County, MI (near Stephenson) · Hail 2.00″ · $500,000
  “The spotter near Stephenson reported two-inch diameter hail, although most hail stones covering the ground were smaller. The large hail damaged roofs on homes across Stephenson, and the combination of the hail and heavy rainfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour clogged storm sewers and caused flooding…”
• Hale County, TX (near Hale Center) · Hail 4.50″ · $350,000
  “A nearly stationary supercell produced a severe hail swath ranging in size from quarters to softballs. Several dozen vehicles traveling along Interstate 27 between Abernathy and the Hale Center rest stop suffered varying degrees of damage; the worst of which involved losing nearly all windows.”

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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