Storm reports for May 28, 2019

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On May 28, 2019, 296 hail, 120 damaging-wind and 15 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Northumberland County, PA.

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 (296)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $26.9 million in property damage, $1,000 in crop damage and 18 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (436 events in 18 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Douglas County, KS (near Globe) · Tornado EF2 · 12 injuries
  “NWS employees surveyed the track and found damage beginning around 2 miles southeast of Overbrook that continued northeast into Douglas county. The sporadic damage path continued to just east southeast of Lone Star Lake in Douglas County where it merged with a larger circulation that eventually…”
• Douglas County, KS (near Lone Star) · Tornado EF3 · 4 injuries
  “This tornado appears to have formed just east of Lone Star Lake around 605 pm CDT where it absorbed a smaller circulation and associated tornado as it intensified and move northeast across Douglas county including areas just south and southeast of the city of Lawrence.”
• Wyoming County, PA (near West Falls) · Tornado EF0 · $20,000 · 1 injury
  “A convergent pattern, consistent with a tornado, was evident in a tall grass field where the tornado first appeared to touch down near Pine Hill Road in Falls Township. Several small hardwood trees were snapped on the other side of the road.”
• New Castle County, DE (near Claymont) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 1 injury
  “A tree fell onto a tent at a church festival. The tree struck and injured a musician playing inside the tent at the time. Time estimated from radar.”
• Leavenworth County, KS (near Linwood) · Tornado EF4 · $26 million
  “This tornado is a continuation of the tornado that formed in Douglas County and crossed the Kansas River into Leavenworth County. As the tornado crossed the Kansas River it became very strong and wide. It produced EF-3 damage to residences along the Kansas River.”
• Rooks County, KS (near Codell) · Hail 3.00″ · $300,000
  “The hailstone 3 inches in diameter was by far the exception, the majority of the hail ranged from pea to quarter size.”

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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