Storm reports for August 16, 2015

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On August 16, 2015, 15 hail, 13 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Delta County, MI.

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

Hail reports (15)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $71,000 in property damage and $2 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (29 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Furnas County, NE (near Edison) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $25,000
  “Wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph were reported both from law enforcement two miles north of Edison, and also a trained spotter in Edison.”
• Prowers County, CO (near Granada) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $5,000
  “A few power lines were downed around Granada.”
• Prowers County, CO (near Lamar) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $5,000
  “A few power lines were downed around Lamar.”
• Otero County, NM (near Tularosa) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $1,000
  “Winds blew a fence down in Tularosa. An inch of rain also fell in about 20 minutes with the storm.”
• Grant County, NM (near Silver City) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “A spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. Several branches were down on College Avenue between NM-90 and the WNMU Campus, including College and Pope.”
• Culberson County, TX (near Van Horn) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “A storm moved across Culberson County and produced a 60 mph wind gust north of Van Horn as measured by the local ASOS site.”

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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