Storm reports for May 28, 2015

On May 28, 2015, 107 hail, 122 damaging-wind and 14 tornado reports were logged across 25 states.

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107hail reports

122damaging-wind reports

14tornado reports

2.50″largest hail reported

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On May 28, 2015, 107 hail, 122 damaging-wind and 14 tornado reports were logged across 25 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Greeley County, KS.

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

State	Hail	Wind	Tornado	Largest hail
TX	21	45	2	2.00″
KS	17	8	5	2.50″
ME	0	26	0	–
CO	15	0	3	1.50″
OK	7	7	1	1.75″
MA	2	12	0	0.75″
NM	13	0	0	2.00″
NH	0	10	0	–
NE	7	0	0	1.25″
ND	4	1	1	1.75″
SD	5	1	0	1.00″
MN	4	1	0	2.00″
MI	5	0	0	2.00″
CT	1	2	0	1.00″
GA	1	2	0	1.00″
UT	1	1	0	1.50″
LA	1	1	0	0.75″
AR	0	0	2	–
NY	0	2	0	–
VT	1	0	0	1.00″
WI	1	0	0	1.00″
IL	1	0	0	0.75″
MO	0	1	0	–
NJ	0	1	0	–
SC	0	1	0	–

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

City	Population	Largest report
Norway, MI	2,840	2.00″
Portales, NM	11,789	1.75″
Farmersville, TX	4,352	1.75″
Lawton, OK	90,027	1.50″
Shallowater, TX	2,972	1.50″
Denver, CO	729,019	1.00″
Danbury, CT	88,692	1.00″
Levelland, TX	12,494	1.00″
Vernon, TX	9,728	1.00″
Valley City, ND	6,580	1.00″
Sidney, NE	6,483	1.00″
Glendale, CO	4,465	1.00″
Elizabeth, CO	2,773	1.00″
San Angelo, TX	100,159	0.88″
Clayton, NM	2,559	0.88″
Springfield, IL	112,949	0.75″
Gardner, MA	21,381	0.75″
Minden, LA	11,195	0.75″
McCook, NE	7,212	0.75″

Hail reports (107)

Time (UTC)	Size	Location
20:21	2.50″	Greeley County, KS
20:10	2.00″	King County, TX
22:55	2.00″	Union County, NM
23:30	2.00″	Lake of the Woods County, MN
00:34	2.00″	Dickinson County, MI
20:12	1.75″	Grady County, OK
20:15	1.75″	Greeley County, KS
21:40	1.75″	Union County, NM
22:20	1.75″	Walsh County, ND
23:05	1.75″	Union County, NM
23:26	1.75″	Collin County, TX
00:33	1.75″	Roosevelt County, NM
00:34	1.75″	Roosevelt County, NM
02:15	1.75″	McCulloch County, TX
17:54	1.50″	Lubbock County, TX
18:25	1.50″	Lubbock County, TX
20:05	1.50″	Logan County, CO
20:39	1.50″	Comanche County, OK
20:40	1.50″	Box Elder County, UT
20:52	1.50″	Polk County, MN
20:56	1.50″	Foard County, TX
21:12	1.50″	Foard County, TX
23:36	1.50″	Comanche County, OK
00:22	1.50″	Roosevelt County, NM
00:32	1.50″	Roosevelt County, NM
19:41	1.25″	Greeley County, KS
20:52	1.25″	Grady County, OK
20:58	1.25″	Morrill County, NE
21:15	1.25″	Logan County, CO
21:42	1.25″	Kearny County, KS
23:00	1.25″	Union County, NM
16:30	1.00″	Cochran County, TX
17:25	1.00″	Hockley County, TX
18:50	1.00″	Windham County, VT
19:00	1.00″	Wilbarger County, TX
19:37	1.00″	Greeley County, KS
19:41	1.00″	Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT
19:50	1.00″	Lynn County, TX
20:10	1.00″	Morrill County, NE
20:12	1.00″	Comanche County, OK
20:18	1.00″	Elbert County, CO
20:24	1.00″	Kit Carson County, CO
20:31	1.00″	Greeley County, KS
20:41	1.00″	Wichita County, KS
20:45	1.00″	Borden County, TX
20:50	1.00″	Grady County, OK
20:50	1.00″	Pecos County, TX
20:55	1.00″	Wichita County, KS
21:02	1.00″	Cheyenne County, NE
21:03	1.00″	Red Lake County, MN
21:04	1.00″	Cheyenne County, CO
21:05	1.00″	Wichita County, KS
21:05	1.00″	Gordon County, GA
21:11	1.00″	Marinette County, WI
21:12	1.00″	Grady County, OK
21:15	1.00″	Dickinson County, MI
21:21	1.00″	Cheyenne County, CO
21:30	1.00″	LaMoure County, ND
21:30	1.00″	Scurry County, TX
21:34	1.00″	Kit Carson County, CO
21:58	1.00″	Kearny County, KS
22:00	1.00″	Kit Carson County, CO
22:10	1.00″	Lyman County, SD
22:10	1.00″	Scott County, KS
22:25	1.00″	Marshall County, MN
22:32	1.00″	Curry County, NM
22:42	1.00″	Curry County, NM
22:48	1.00″	Kearny County, KS
23:10	1.00″	Lincoln County, NE
23:15	1.00″	Dickinson County, MI
23:21	1.00″	Collin County, TX
23:28	1.00″	Union County, NM
23:30	1.00″	Collin County, TX
23:30	1.00″	Collin County, TX
23:31	1.00″	Barnes County, ND
23:52	1.00″	Lincoln County, NE
00:05	1.00″	Roosevelt County, NM
00:10	1.00″	Lincoln County, NE
00:25	1.00″	Dickinson County, MI
00:45	1.00″	Dickey County, ND
01:37	1.00″	Arapahoe County, CO
01:53	1.00″	Arapahoe County, CO
20:10	0.88″	Kit Carson County, CO
21:15	0.88″	Baca County, CO
21:45	0.88″	Union County, NM
22:00	0.88″	Oglala Lakota County, SD
22:08	0.88″	Reeves County, TX
22:09	0.88″	Jones County, TX
22:26	0.88″	Scott County, KS
22:52	0.88″	Kearny County, KS
23:50	0.88″	Edmunds County, SD
00:10	0.88″	Edmunds County, SD
00:52	0.88″	Tom Green County, TX
01:19	0.88″	Tom Green County, TX
01:57	0.88″	Arapahoe County, CO
16:49	0.75″	Webster Parish, LA
19:26	0.75″	Greeley County, KS
20:18	0.75″	Worcester County, MA
20:26	0.75″	Worcester County, MA
20:37	0.75″	Greeley County, KS
21:25	0.75″	Dickinson County, MI
21:32	0.75″	Kit Carson County, CO
21:34	0.75″	Washington County, CO
22:20	0.75″	Kearny County, KS
23:06	0.75″	Sangamon County, IL
00:15	0.75″	Brown County, SD
01:16	0.75″	Red Willow County, NE

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $608,000 in property damage and $600,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (243 events in 25 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

County	Events	Property damage
Lubbock County, TX	3	$204,000
Essex County, MA	6	$131,000
Le Flore County, OK	1	$50,000
Benton County, AR	2	$35,000
Collin County, TX	1	$30,000
Franklin County, MA	2	$25,000
Webb County, TX	1	$25,000
Tillman County, OK	1	$20,000
Wichita County, TX	3	$18,000
Hampshire County, MA	2	$10,000
Burlington County, NJ	1	$10,000
Jefferson County, OK	1	$10,000

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lubbock County, TX (near Shallowater Arpt) · Hail 1.50″ · $100,000
“A swath of hail up to ping pong ball size fell over Shallowater for about 20 minutes. Minor vehicle dents were common.”
Lubbock County, TX (near Reese Vlg) · Hail 1.50″ · $100,000
“A swath of hail as large as ping pong ball size fell from west Lubbock to the Lubbock airport. Damage was generally minor and consisted of dented vehicles.”
Essex County, MA (near Methuen) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $50,000
“Approximately twenty to thirty trees and wires on Hampstead and Old Homestead Streets were downed by microburst winds.”
Le Flore County, OK (near Talihina) · Tornado EF1 · $50,000
“A tornado severely damaged a home and snapped or uprooted trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.”
Essex County, MA (near Ipswich) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $30,000
“Trees, wires, and four telephone poles were blown down on Nabby's Point Road in Ipswich. A large limb was downed onto Broadway Avenue. A tree was downed onto the MBTA tracks for the Newburyport commuter rail line.”
Collin County, TX (near Farmersville) · Hail 1.75″ · $30,000
“Amateur radio operators reported hail increased to the size of golf balls in Farmersville.”

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.

NWS Tornado Damage Surveys for May 28, 2015

National Weather Service survey teams mapped 4 tornado paths from this storm day (1 EF1, 3 EF0), 7 miles in all. The map above draws each surveyed path as the NWS mapped it, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, in place of the straight start-to-end line.

Rating	Peak wind	Path length	Max width	Deaths / injuries	On the ground	Surveyed by
EF1	104 mph	4.7 mi	–	0 / 0	04:20–04:34 UTC	NWS St. Louis
EF0	85 mph	1.8 mi	100 yd	0 / 0	22:17–22:21 UTC	NWS Grand Forks
EF0	–	0.4 mi	50 yd	0 / 0	21:53–21:56 UTC	NWS Pueblo
EF0	–	0.3 mi	–	0 / 0	20:38–20:44 UTC	NWS Pueblo

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.

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