Storm reports for May 23, 2017

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On May 23, 2017, 27 hail, 56 damaging-wind and 12 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in McMullen 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 (27)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $9.2 million in property damage, $1.7 million in crop damage and 3 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (96 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Crisp County, GA (near Arabi) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000 · 2 injuries
  “A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 110 MPH and a maximum path width of 150 yards began just south of Highway 41 and Landfill Road.”
• Sampson County, NC (near Autryville) · Tornado EF1 · $1.5 million · 1 injury
  “At approximately 4:38 PM EDT, a tornado touched down just west of |highway 24 on the west side of Autryville, where it produced tree |damage as well as destroying one mobile home and taking the roof off |of another near Mills Street and East Clinton Street.”
• Bee County, TX (near Normanna) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $5 million
  “NWS Storm Survey team concluded a macroburst of straight line winds impacted Bee County. The greatest concentration of damage occurred from 10 miles northwest of Beeville to Beeville to Skidmore to east of Papalote.”
• Austin County, TX (near Sealy) · Thunderstorm wind 100 mph · $1 million
  “Severe thunderstorms moved rapidly across the Sealy area, and a very intense and wet microburst produced significant wind damage to trees, structures and utility poles. Wind gusts may have exceeded 80 to 100 mph.”
• Wilcox County, GA (near Double Run) · Tornado EF1 · $500,000
  “A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 MPH and a maximum path width of 50 yards began in a pecan orchard south of Bowen Road and east of Worley Road where it quickly intensified with wind speeds of 100 mph.”
• San Patricio County, TX (near St Paul) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $250,000
  “NWS Storm Survey team concluded the straight line winds continued out of Bee County into San Patricio County. The wind damage occurred along a line from 2 miles north of St. Paul to north of Sinton to 3 miles east of Taft. Wind speeds were estimated to be between 60 and 70 mph.”

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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