Storm reports for May 3, 2017

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On May 3, 2017, 98 hail, 46 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Vermilion Parish, LA.

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 (98)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.1 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (146 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Panola County, TX (near Clayton) · Tornado EF1 · $500,000
  “An EF1 tornado touched down just north of the intersection of CR 152 and CR 153. The tornado uprooted and snapped several trees while it paralleled CR 152 as it moved east southeast towards Clayton.”
• Vermilion Parish, LA (near Pecan Is) · Hail 2.75″ · $250,000
  “Pictures posted to social media and reports from law enforcement and emergency management indicated wind driven golf ball to baseball size hail stripping trees and damaging homes. Several homes had roof damage, siding missing, and broken windows in Pecan Island.”
• Acadia Parish, LA (near Richard) · Thunderstorm wind 115 mph · $100,000
  “Pictures on social media indicated a metal truss high voltage transmission line blown down near Noah Daigle Road.”
• Angelina County, TX (near Lufkin) · Tornado EF0 · $100,000
  “An EF0 tornado first touched down at the intersection of Church Street and Grant Avenue and began to move east southeast through southeast Lufkin. During this stretch, several large trees were uprooted , knocking over power poles and taking down power lines.”
• Rusk County, TX (near Henderson) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $50,000
  “Numerous trees were downed across much of Rusk County from damaging straight line wind gusts. One large tree fell on a home on the 3600 Block of FM 3310 south of Henderson.”
• Acadia Parish, LA (near Lyons Pt) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “A few roofs partially blown off of homes in Lyons Point.”

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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