Storm reports for May 5, 2016

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On May 5, 2016, 12 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.25″ (half dollar size) in Sutter County, CA.

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 (12)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $510,000 in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (17 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• New Hanover County, NC (near Baymeade) · Tornado EF1 · $500,000 · 1 injury
  “A survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded at EF-1 tornado with winds up to 95 mph injured one and caused extensive damage, intermittently touching down as it moved through several communities.”
• Tooele County, UT (near Grantsville) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph · $10,000
  “A 62 mph wind gust was recorded in Grantsville, and a semitruck was blown over on Interstate 80.”
• Tooele County, UT (near (Dpg)Michael Aaf Dug) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph
  “The Simpson Springs sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a maximum wind gust of 69 mph.”
• Box Elder County, UT (near Lakeside) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph
  “The sensor on Gunnison Island recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph.”
• Churchill County, NV (near Fallon) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “A line of thunderstorms approximately 15 to 30 miles west of Fallon produced outflow winds as high as 49 mph gusting to 60 mph at the Naval Air Station in Fallon. Visibility was reduced to between 1 and 2 miles as the wind kicked up large amounts of dust.”
• Sutter County, CA (near Yuba City) · Hail 1.25″
  “There was hail as large as 1.25 inches reported by the public.”

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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