Storm reports for May 13, 2020

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On May 13, 2020, 33 hail, 11 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Ector County, TX. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 1,517 square miles containing about 7,800 homes.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (33)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded 45 hail, wind or tornado events across the US on this storm day, with no damage estimate, injury or death entered. Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Tom Green County, TX (near Mereta) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “The public reported a steel frame structure and porta potties knocked down at the intersection of FM 380 and North 4th Road near Mereta.”
• Hockley County, TX (near Whitharral) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “A trained weather spotter estimated a wind gust to 70 mph north of Whitharral along US Highway 385.”
• Garza County, TX (near Graham Chapel) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Graham measured severe wind gusts from 1910 CST through 1920 CST. The peak wind gust measured was 70 mph.”
• Hartley County, TX (near (Dht)Dalhart Muni Ar) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph
  “This gust was measured at Dalhart Municipal Airport, located 3 miles northwest of Dalhart.”
• Pottawatomie County, KS (near Blaine) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Small hail also observed. Time estimated based on radar.”
• Lynn County, TX (near Grassland) · Hail 1.50″
  “A report was received of ping ping ball size hail about ten miles east of Tahoka along US Highway 380.”

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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