Storm reports for May 8, 2019

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On May 8, 2019, 16 hail, 54 damaging-wind and 18 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Jackson County, OK.

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 (16)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.4 million in property damage, $3,000 in crop damage and 9 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (93 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Jefferson County, AR (near Pine Bluff) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000 · 9 injuries
  “Damage was noted to a few apartment buildings, with damage to brick facing and roofs. Trees and utility poles were blown down.”
• Jackson Parish, LA (near Weston) · Tornado EF1 · $1 million
  “An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 110 mph that was embedded within a squall line touched down on Poda Road where several trees were snapped. The tornado continued east, crossing Dewberry Road and Northstar Lane where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted.”
• De Soto Parish, LA (near Kickapoo) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 110 mph touched down along Highway 171 just south of the Stonewall city limits where it snapped numerous large hardwood trees and some power poles between Red Bluff Road and Dixie Swim Club Road.”
• Richland Parish, LA (near Crew Lake) · Tornado EF1 · $180,000
  “A weak tornado touched down in a wooded area off Horace Moore Road and tracked northeast through the town of Start, generally along the bayou, and then dissipated a few miles northeast of Start.”
• Harrison County, TX (near Marshall Northeast) · Tornado EF1 · $125,000
  “An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds around 105 mph developed within a squall line of thunderstorms that produced sporadic straight line wind damage mainly to trees across Northern Harrison County.”
• Lincoln Parish, LA (near Barnet Spgs) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “This is a continuation of the Jackson Parish EF-1 tornado. This tornado, with maximum estimated winds near 110 mph, crossed over into extreme Southeast Lincoln Parish along Highway 167 and destroyed a single wide mobile home on Winborn Farm Road.”

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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