Storm reports for October 21, 2015

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On October 21, 2015, 40 hail, 5 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in De Baca County, NM.

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 (40)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $60,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (45 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Childress County, TX (near Arlie) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $50,000
  “A small severe storm damaged 13 utility poles along a stretch of US Highway 62 in extreme northeast Childress County. One of these poles fell and damaged a truck that had stopped off the road to let the storm pass. The driver was not injured.”
• Curry County, NM (near Melrose) · Hail 1.75″ · $8,000
  “Pea to golf ball size hail. Through secondhand information, observer reported a few broken windows around town.”
• Swisher County, TX (near Tulia) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph · $1,000
  “Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station. These wind gusts also blew over a few trees in town.”
• Yavapai County, AZ (near Humboldt) · Hail 0.25″ · $1,000
  “Up to two inches of 1/4 inch diameter hail covered the ground at the junction of State Route 69 and 169. Snow plows were called out to clear the hail off of the roads.”
• Collingsworth County, TX (near Dodson) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph
  “Severe winds brought down tree limbs and downed power poles in Dodson. Some roof damage was reported.”
• Garza County, TX (near Graham Chapel) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station.”

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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