Storm reports for October 6, 2015

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On October 6, 2015, 10 hail, 2 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in El Paso 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 (10)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (13 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Pima County, AZ (near Tucson) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $3,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew down trees on Tucson's east side near the intersections of Ft. Lowell and Swan Roads and Kenyon and Sarnoff Drives. Some of the downed trees damaged power lines.”
• Pinal County, AZ (near Coolidge Florence Ar) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Scattered thunderstorms developed across the central deserts during the afternoon hours on October 6th, and some of the stronger storms generated gusty outflow winds which affected the community of Coolidge.”
• Pinal County, AZ (near Eleven Mile Corner) · Hail 1.75″
  “Scattered thunderstorms developed across the central deserts during the afternoon hours on October 6th; due to favorable atmospheric conditions aloft, one of the stronger storms generated large hail near the community of Casa Grande.”
• Maricopa County, AZ (near Liberty) · Tornado EF0
  “Scattered thunderstorms developed across the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the afternoon hours on October 6th; due to stronger than normal wind fields aloft and elevated instability some of the stronger storms initially produced funnel clouds.”

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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