Center Severe Weather

Losses, 2024 dollars

$1.1 billion

Losses at the time

$853 million

Deaths

0

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

• Hail in Wisconsin, May 8, 20140.75 in hail · 1 eventA few thunderstorms developed as relatively warm and moist air moved north into southern WI ahead of a cold front over Minnesota. One thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail.
• Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 8, 201452 kt wind · 1 eventA line of marginal thunderstorms moved through eastern Kansas, however one of these storms produced a 60 mph wind gust near Parker.
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 8, 2014$10,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 eventThunderstorms organized into a bowing line segment as they approached the Mississippi River. Some minor wind damage was reported along the line segment. The storms occurred well in advance of a cold front over the central Plains.
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 8, 201450 kt wind · 1 eventA bowing line of thunderstorms was accompanied by strong winds up to 58 mph. The storms occurred well in advance of a cold front over the central Plains. The storms were fueled by a strong southerly wind flow of moist and unstable air.
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 8, 201453 kt wind · 1 eventThunderstorms lifting across the region produced at least an isolated gust of severe winds.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 9, 20141 in hail · 1 eventStrong to severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front as it moved into eastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 9th. The strongest storm produced large hail.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 9, 20141.5 in hail · 10 eventsA strong upper level trough moved out of the Texas Hill Country...towards the region during the late morning, afternoon and evening hours of May 9th.
• Lightning Strike in Texas, May 9, 20141 death · 1 eventA strong upper level trough moved out of the Texas Hill Country...towards the region during the late morning, afternoon and evening hours of May 9th.
• Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 9, 2014$19,000 · 56 kt wind · 7 eventsA cold front triggered a few severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 9, 20141.25 in hail · 4 eventsA strong cold front moved through the region triggering showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms produced damaging winds and large hail.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 9, 2014$540,000 · 1 in hail · 8 eventsThunderstorms, including supercells and bowing structures, developed and spread east and northeast during the afternoon and evening. The storms developed along a cold front extending from northern Indiana southwest across central Illinois into southeast Missouri.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 9, 2014$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 eventsThunderstorms, including a few strong to severe storms, developed and spread east and northeast during the afternoon and evening. The storms developed along a cold front extending from northern Indiana southwest across central Illinois into southeast Missouri.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 9, 20141 in hail · 2 eventsScattered to numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon within an unseasonably warm and unstable air mass. Isolated severe weather was reported in the Charlotte metro area.
• Hail in Illinois, May 9, 20140.88 in hail · 1 eventA strong cold front moved through the region triggering showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms produced damaging winds and large hail.
• Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 9, 2014$1,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 eventScattered to numerous thunderstorms developed over the Upstate during the afternoon within an unseasonably warm and unstable air mass. An isolated downburst was reported in Union County.
• Damaging Winds in New York, May 9, 2014$65,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 eventsThunderstorms accompanied the passage of a cold front across the Niagara Frontier. Isolated thunderstorms became severe with winds downing trees and power lines in Lewiston and Cowlesville.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 9, 2014$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsAn isolated severe thunderstorm developed along a weak cold front Saturday evening, producing wind damage in parts of northwest Ohio. A few strong thunderstorms developed further east, dropping sub-severe hail.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 9, 2014$60 million · 1.5 in hail · 9 eventsA major macroburst with winds over 100 mph at times caused extensive damage in the Evansville area. Thunderstorms intensified and evolved into a bowing structure that spread east across southwest Indiana.
• Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 20141 in hail · 1 eventA weak upper level disturbance combined with an unstable airmass to produce scattered thunderstorms across Northeast Arkansas during the afternoon hours of May 9, 2014. One storm turned severe with a report of large hail in Lawrence County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 9, 20141 in hail · 7 eventsA slow moving frontal boundary was draped across portions of northern Indiana. Cloud cover through much of the day limited instability until late afternoon when around 1000 j/kg of CAPE was available and shear profiles were adequate.
• Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 9, 201452 kt wind · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm wind at around 3:45 pm MDT on the west side of Idaho Falls near the intersection of Olympia St. and Washburn Ave. caused a large tree branch to be snapped off of a tree.
• Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 20142 in hail · 4 eventsA strong upper level trough moved out of the Texas Hill Country...towards the region during the late morning, afternoon and evening hours of May 9th.
• Hail in Texas, May 9, 20141.25 in hail · 8 eventsScattered storms along and east of Interstate 35 produced hail up to the size of half dollars.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 9, 2014$125,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 eventsStrong instability developed over South Texas during the afternoon hours on May 9th as an upper level disturbance over northeast Mexico approached the area. Scattered thunderstorms developed over the Brush Country early in the afternoon.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 9, 201455 kt wind · 1 eventA severe storm developed over southern Indiana during the afternoon of May 9th. It produced a wind gust measured at 63 mph in Perry County during the early evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 9, 2014$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 eventsA strong upper level trough moved out of the Texas Hill Country...towards the region during the late morning, afternoon and evening hours of May 9th.
• Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Mississippi, May 9, 20142 eventsVery moist and unstable air surged northward over southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi ahead of a cold front moving through the Great Plains. Thunderstorms developed in this moist airmass, producing very heavy rainfall, which caused flash flooding.
• Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 9, 201455 kt wind · 1 eventA slow moving frontal boundary was draped across portions of northwestern Ohio. Strong thunderstorms moved out of Allen County in Indiana into portions of northwest Ohio and did produce isolated wind damage.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, May 9, 2014$18,000 · 52 kt wind · 14 eventsA weak upper level disturbance approached South Texas and provided just enough mid-level drying and cooling to destabilize the atmosphere during the hottest part of the day.
• Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 20140.75 in hail · 1 eventLow pressure lingered over Arkansas, producing scattered thunderstorms on the 9th.
• Hail in Texas, May 9, 20141 in hail · 1 eventA line of strong afternoon thunderstorms moved northeast across the northern forecast area with a few of these storms achieving severe thresholds.
• Flash Flooding in Louisiana, May 9, 20142 eventsVery moist and unstable air surged northward over southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi ahead of a cold front moving through the Great Plains. Thunderstorms developed in this moist airmass, producing very heavy rainfall, which caused flash flooding.
• Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 10, 20141 eventLocalized heavy rain fell over a two hour period in Butler County. Rainfall amounts estimated by radar ranging from 2 to 4 inches brought flash flooding near Woodbury.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 10, 2014$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 eventsSome strong and marginally severe thunderstorms developed south of a stationary frontal boundary draped from south central Illinois northeast to Pennsylvania. Marginal instability and weak wind shear limited the intensity of the storms.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 10 to 12, 2014$30 million · EF3 · 32 eventsMultiple thunderstorms formed along and southeast of a line from Red Cloud to York on this Sunday afternoon. However, most of the severe weather was produced by a single supercell.
• Hail in Virginia, May 10, 20141 in hail · 2 eventsMoisture moved into the the region as a upper level trough moved across the Great Lakes. Destabilization occurred as cloud cover led to many breaks of sunshine across the Mid Atlantic. Showers and thunderstorms formed near and west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 10, 2014$13,000 · 1.5 in hail · 12 eventsIsolated to widely-scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front making its way across the Appalachian chain during the evening of May 10th.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 10, 2014$4,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 eventsMoisture moved into the the region as a upper level trough moved across the Great Lakes. Destabilization occurred as cloud cover led to many breaks of sunshine across the Mid Atlantic. Showers and thunderstorms formed near and west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 10, 20141 in hail · 8 eventsNumerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon within an unstable air mass across the Upstate, mainly east of the I-385 corridor. A few of the storms produced marginally severe hail and downburst winds.
• Tornado in Idaho, May 10, 2014EF0 · 1 eventA brief tornado touched down 6 miles northwest of Monteview.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 10, 2014$2,000 · 58 kt wind · 10 eventsA lee side trough and adequate surface heating triggered scattered strong to severe thunderstorms into portions of northern to central New Jersey during the afternoon of the 10th.
• Hail in Indiana, May 10, 20141.25 in hail · 4 eventsA broken line of thunderstorms developed along a stationary front that lay west to east across southern Indiana.
• Hail in Indiana, May 10, 20141 in hail · 1 eventSome strong and marginally severe thunderstorms developed south of a stationary frontal boundary draped from south central Illinois northeast to Pennsylvania. Marginal instability and weak wind shear limited the intensity of the storms.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 10 to 12, 2014$21,000 · 1 in hail · 12 eventsNumerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon within an unstable air mass across the western Piedmont. A few of the storms produced marginally severe hail and downburst winds.
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 10, 2014$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA disturbance moving east across the region produced thunderstorms during the afternoon. Isolated severe weather was possible with damaging winds being the primary threat.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 10 to 11, 2014$10,000 · EF2 · 62 eventsDuring the day on Saturday, May 10 several supercell thunderstorms formed across western and northern Missouri.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 10, 2014$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsIsolated to widely-scattered severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front making its way across the Appalachian chain during the evening of May 10th.
• Hail in Missouri, May 10, 20140.88 in hail · 1 eventIsolated strong thunderstorms developed south of a stationary frontal boundary draped from south central Illinois northeast to Pennsylvania. Marginal instability and weak wind shear limited the intensity of the storms.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 10 to 12, 2014$88,000 · EF1 · 3 eventsAn isolated severe storm produced a brief tornado across Geneva county on May 10th with additional wind damage occurring on May 12th due to straight line winds.
• Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 10, 201452 kt wind · 1 eventA warm front lingered just north of the region while a cold front approached the region from the west during the day. This resulted in a severe thunderstorm that caused wind damage in Middlesex County.
• Tornado and Flood in Kansas, May 10, 2014$201,000 · EF0 · 41 eventsIsolated supercell thunderstorms moved across portions of South Central Kansas on the evening of May 10th, 2014. The thunderstorms developed in an unstable atmosphere ahead of a dry line and surface trough as it moved along the Kansas Turnpike.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 10, 20142.75 in hail · 42 eventsOn the afternoon of May 10 a very unstable air mass and shear was in place as thunderstorms developed along a surface trough moving through eastern KS. The storms split and the left movers became dominate.
• Hail in Iowa, May 10, 2014$10,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsA weak trough of low pressure moved into the state during the afternoon of the 10th. The atmosphere became slightly unstable with 500 to 1000 J/kg of CAPE available.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 10, 2014$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure produced damaging winds across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
• Damaging Wind in New Jersey, May 10, 201452 kt wind · 1 eventA warm front lingered just north of the region while a cold front approached the region from the west during the day. This resulted in a severe thunderstorm that produced wind damage in Bergen County.
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 10, 201450 kt wind · 1 eventA mid level shortwave combined with a moist and moderately unstable air mass to produce isolated showers and thunderstorms. One of these storms resulted in a few downed trees.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 10, 20142 in hail · 8 eventsThis day featured a severe weather outbreak across northwest Missouri, but the storms that brought softball sized hail and strong tornadoes across northwest and central Missouri originated in far northeast Kansas.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 10, 20140.75 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Marshall, MN on the afternoon of May 10th.
• Flash Flood in New York, May 10, 20141 eventA warm front lingered just north of the region while a cold front approached the region from the west during the day. This resulted in scattered showers and thunderstorms which produced heavy rain and flash flooding in Queens.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 10, 20140.75 in hail · 1 eventA broken line of thunderstorms developed across eastern South Dakota ahead of a cold front and weak low pressure near Aberdeen. These storms moved northeast into west central Minnesota and produced penny size hail near Dawson.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 10 to 11, 20141.5 in hail · 18 eventsComplex of storms developed and moved east across the region. Numerous reports of large hail as well as some damaging winds with the storms.
• Hail in Kansas, May 10, 20141 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm produced just one severe weather report during the evening north of Medicine Lodge.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 10, 20141.25 in hail · 6 eventsComplex of storms developed and moved east across the region. Numerous reports of large hail as well as some damaging winds with the storms.
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 11, 2014$40,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventAn advancing warm front triggered scattered thunderstorms across parts of central and southeast Illinois during the early morning hours of May 11th. One of the cells produced wind gusts of around 60mph and minor wind damage in Crawford County.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 11, 2014$250,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 eventsNumerous thunderstorms developed across North Central Kansas on this Sunday afternoon and evening. The first storm formed over Osborne county around 3:30 p.m. CDT. Other storms quickly developed and joined it, with most of the region experiencing thunderstorms.
• Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 11, 201452 kt wind · 2 eventsScattered thunderstorms, a few severe, developed along a warm front that lifted into far southeast Nebraska by the morning hours of May 11th. Temperatures south of the front were in the lower 70s with dew point temperatures in the 60s while 50s prevailed to the north.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Iowa, May 11 to 12, 2014$2.1 million · EF2 · 31 eventsLow pressure over Kansas moved northeast during the afternoon of the 11th into the morning of the 12th. By dawn on the 12th, the low was over northeast Kansas. A cold frontal boundary extended northeast from the low into northwest Iowa.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2014$304,000 · 2.75 in hail · 20 eventsA warm front lifted north into Iowa during the day on the 11th. Strong warm air advection took place along with strong moisture transport into Iowa. Thunderstorms formed by mid-day and continued into the afternoon.
• Flash Flooding in Utah, May 11, 20143 eventsA slow moving storm system moved though the eastern Great Basin to the Rockies on May 11th. Deep moisture resulted in heavy rainfall in the southeast Utah valleys and snowfall in the mountains. The heavy rainfall caused flooding in several favored areas.
• Hail in Indiana, May 11, 20141.75 in hail · 6 eventsOn May 11th, organized convection across southern Indiana during the early morning hours left a boundary that by late morning stretched from Frankfort westward across Louisville toward Perry County, Indiana.
• Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 11, 2014$500 · 1 eventDiurnal thunderstorms developed in the afternoon and evening hours under the influence of the western periphery of subtropical high pressure over the Atlantic. A few of the thunderstorms became strong and produced gusty winds.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 11, 201452 kt wind · 7 eventsA passing short wave trough combined with a lingering surface trough and sea breezes produced strong to severe storms during the afternoon and evening.
• Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 11, 2014$175,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventA line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a northward advancing warm front during the afternoon of May 11th. Some of these storms produced winds strong enough to blow down a farm building near Potosi (Grant County).
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 11, 2014EF1 · 73 eventsA strong jet streak moved out across the plains and helped lift a very unstable airmass in place. Storms were along the dry line and also discrete cells ahead of the dry line.
• Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2014EF0 · 22 eventsWarm and humid conditions were found across Eastern Iowa, Western Illinois, and Northeast Missouri May 11th, Mother's Day, as a warm front lifted into the area. Thunderstorms developed along the front in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois during the mid to late afternoon.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, May 11, 2014$353,000 · 1.25 in hail · 23 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon producing severe hail and damaging winds. The storms eventually congealed into a line of thunderstorms that produced heavy rain and flooding.
• Hail in Texas, May 11, 20141.75 in hail · 7 eventsTwo rounds of convection occurred during the afternoon and overnight hours of the 11th. This convection was sparked by the combination of a dryline situated across the central Texas Panhandle and a shortwave trough ejecting northeastward from New Mexico.
• Hail in Illinois, May 11, 20141.75 in hail · 8 eventsWarm and humid conditions were found across eastern Iowa, western Illinois, and northeast Missouri May 11th, Mother's Day, as a warm front lifted into the area. Thunderstorms developed along the front in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois during the mid to late afternoon.
• Hail in Illinois, May 11, 20141 in hail · 1 eventClusters of thunderstorms developed within a region of increasing south winds ahead of a low pressure system over the Plains states. Some of these storms produced hail and heavy rain.
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 11, 201461 kt wind · 1 eventWarm and humid conditions were found across eastern Iowa, western Illinois, and northeast Missouri May 11th, Mother's Day, as a warm front lifted into the area. Thunderstorms developed along the front in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois during the mid to late afternoon.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 11, 20141.25 in hail · 3 eventsA brief round of convection occurred during the afternoon hours of the 11th. This convection was sparked by the combination of a dryline situated across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle and a shortwave trough ejecting northeastward from New Mexico.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, May 11, 2014$3,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms moved east along and just north of a warm front that was situated near the WI and IL border.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 11, 2014$9,000 · 1.25 in hail · 23 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms developed on the afternoon and evening of the 11th as a warm front lifted north across the region. A remnant outflow boundary extending west to east near Interstate 70 was a catalyst in thunderstorm coverage and intensity.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, May 11, 2014$313,000 · 2.75 in hail · 19 eventsA warm front lifting northward through central Illinois triggered strong to severe thunderstorms across the area during the late afternoon and evening of May 11th.
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 11, 201450 kt wind · 2 eventsA passing short wave trough combined with a lingering surface trough and sea breezes produced strong to severe storms during the afternoon and evening.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 11, 2014$226,000 · 1.75 in hail · 14 eventsThunderstorms developed across the region as a disturbance moved across the area. Some of these storms became severe with damaging winds and large hail being the primary threats. Heavy rainfall also occurred in a few locations with localized flooding.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, May 11 to 15, 20141 injured · $2.4 million · EF3 · 39 eventsOne long-tracked supercell thunderstorm, and several other shorter-lived storms spawned tornadoes across eastern Nebraska during the late afternoon and evening hours of May 11th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 11, 2014EF0 · 46 eventsA nice sized outbreak of severe weather occurred across the counties in South Central Kansas. The primary hazards were hail and wind, however, a few very weak tornadoes also occurred. Several reports of hail up to the size of three inches in diameter was noted at one location.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2014$3.0 million · EF1 · 9 eventsThunderstorms in the late afternoon and early evening of May 11th produced large hail and damaging winds in northwest Iowa, as well as two tornadoes which caused damage. The severe weather occurred in Cherokee, O'Brien, and Sioux Counties.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Indiana, May 11 to 12, 2014$65,000 · 68 kt wind · 12 eventsA line of severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds across far northwestern Indiana. Training thunderstorms then resulted in flash flooding across portions of the area.
• Hail in Ohio, May 11, 20141.75 in hail · 2 eventsA warm front lifted north across the Upper Ohio Valley causing showers and thunderstorms to develop. A couple of the thunderstorms became severe.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 11, 201455 kt wind · 1 eventA long lived complex of thunderstorms moved out of Illinois into western Indiana. The storms began to weaken as they entered the area, but not before causing some tree damage in La Porte County.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 11, 2014$45,000 · EF0 · 7 eventsThunderstorms produced damaging winds and a tornado in Union County of extreme southeast South Dakota during the early evening of May 11th.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 11, 20142.75 in hail · 4 eventsSupercell thunderstorms that developed along the intersection of a warm front and dry-line/cold front in eastern Nebraska moved into western Iowa during the evening of May 11th. These storms spawned tornadoes in Nebraska, but in western Iowa they mainly dropped large hail.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 11, 20141 in hail · 1 eventA cold front and dryline became positioned across far southwestern Kansas during the afternoon hours. Several severe storms developed in this vicinity and move east and southeast, eventually reaching northwestern Oklahoma.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 11, 2014$1,000 · 1 in hail · 2 eventsA line of thunderstorm activity blossomed across the eastern Texas Panhandle during the late evening hours of the 11th as an upper level disturbance lifted out across the Great Plains from near the four corners region.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 12, 20141 in hail · 3 eventsDuring the early morning hours of May 12th widespread thunderstorms moved across the area. A few of these storms became severe for a brief period. The storms were able to produce quarter sized hail and caused some tree damage.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 12, 20141 in hail · 4 eventsDuring the very early morning hours on May 12 a decaying line of storms moved through the Kansas City metro area. A very isolated area of enhanced wind produced some damage just east of Leawood, Kansas, in far western Jackson County Missouri.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2014$51,000 · 2.5 in hail · 40 eventsA warm front had stalled over southern Wisconsin with repeated rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. There was some flash flooding in southeast Wisconsin.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 12, 20141.75 in hail · 13 eventsA cold front triggered a few severe thunderstorms that resulted in large hail and isolated wind damage reports.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 12, 2014$205,000 · 2 in hail · 29 eventsA large MCS developed along a cold front and moved across the entire region. Storms within in the MCS produced small hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 12, 2014$4,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventA decaying meso-scale convective system moved across the Mid Atlantic in the afternoon and thunderstorms developed on the southern edge of the system across Southern Maryland and Central Virginia.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 12, 201456 kt wind · 2 eventsThe low pressure from the previous night moved north through western Iowa during the morning of the 12th. A cold front extending south from the low moved east across Iowa during the afternoon. The atmosphere became unstable ahead of the front with surface dewpoints in the 60s.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, May 12, 201450 kt wind · 4 eventsA warm front produced one severe thunderstorm, along with Flash Flooding and a couple reports of dime size Hail.
• Hail in Missouri, May 12, 20141 in hail · 9 eventsA broken line of strong to isolated severe thunderstorms moved across the Missouri Ozarks and produced mainly sub-severe hail.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 12 to 13, 2014$61 million · EF0 · 24 eventsOn the evening of May 12th a warm front tracking north over Lake Erie, reversed itself and moved back inland over northern Ohio. An organized convective complex with embedded supercells developed over north-central Ohio.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, May 12 to 13, 20142 in hail · 17 eventsScattered thunderstorms lifted across northern Illinois during the afternoon and evening hours producing large hail. A squall line moved across the region later in the evening producing strong winds, hail, and heavy rain that resulted in flooding.
• Hail in North Carolina, May 12, 20140.75 in hail · 1 eventIsolated thunderstorms developed over the high terrain of western North Carolina during the afternoon. One strong storm produced small hail across eastern Avery County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 12, 2014$1,000 · 1.25 in hail · 11 eventsA cold front pushed eastward across Eastern Iowa during the afternoon of May 12 sparking some showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms were severe, producing large hail and damaging winds.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 12, 2014$10,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 eventsA decaying meso-scale convective system moved across the Mid Atlantic in the afternoon and thunderstorms developed on the southern edge of the system across Southern Maryland.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 12, 2014$40,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that moved into eastern Oklahoma during the early afternoon hours of the 12th. This activity resulted in isolated wind damage and flash flooding.
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 12, 2014$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 eventStrong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that moved into eastern Oklahoma during the early afternoon hours of the 12th. This activity moved into northwestern Arkansas in the late afternoon, and resulted in isolated wind damage.
• Hail in Missouri, May 12, 20140.75 in hail · 1 eventA strong cold front was moving through the region triggering showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 12, 20141 in hail · 3 eventsA cold front pushed eastward across eastern Iowa during the afternoon of May 12 sparking some showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms were severe, producing large hail and damaging winds.
• Flash Flood and Flood in Louisiana, May 12 to 16, 20142 eventsHeavy rain in slow moving thunderstorms produced flooding in Leesville and along Bayou Anacoco.
• Hail in Ohio, May 12, 20141 in hail · 2 eventsA mesoscale convective system moved southward across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania late in the evening on the 12th. Wind damage was reported with the line in Beaver county, PA before the system weakened.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 12, 20140.75 in hail · 1 eventA strong cold front across Northern Texas and Southern Oklahoma during the afternoon hours of May 12th came through the region during the evening and overnight hours.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 12 to 13, 20141 in hail · 6 eventsThe combination of rich Gulf moisture, an upper level low pressure system, and a strong, slow moving Pacific cold front came together to produce a line of showers and thunderstorms that moved across South Central Texas on the evening of May 12 and the early morning of May 13.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 12, 2014$40,000 · 55 kt wind · 11 eventsA strong cold front across Northern Texas and Southern Oklahoma during the afternoon hours of May 12th came through the region during the evening and overnight hours.
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 12, 2014$30,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsAn approaching cold front interacted with a very warm and humid airmass to trigger scattered strong thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the evening of May 12th. A few of the cells produced minor wind damage in both Pekin and East Peoria in Tazewell County.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 12, 2014$9,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 eventsA mesoscale convective system moved southward across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania late in the evening on the 12th. Wind damage was reported with the line in Beaver county, PA before the system weakened.
• Flash Flooding in Texas, May 12 to 13, 2014$5,000 · 2 eventsThunderstorm clusters developed ahead of a slow-moving cold frontal boundary.
• Flash Flooding in New York, May 13, 2014$6.9 million · 10 eventsA stalled warm front was the focus for heavy showers and embedded thunderstorms which trained across the western Southern tier. Rainfall amounts of one to three inches in just a few hours resulted in flash flooding across the region. Roads and culverts were washed out.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 13, 201455 kt wind · 1 eventA cold front moved through the region during the afternoon and evening hours. Abundant sunshine allowed for the unstable conditions. However a poorly sheared environment limited the overall threat. Isolated wind damage reports were noted.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 13, 2014$234,000 · 65 kt wind · 23 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front on the afternoon of May 13, 2014. Storms raced east across most of Southeast Lower Michigan, causing a broad area of damage.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 20141 in hail · 4 eventsThe atmosphere became moderately unstable with a moist southerly flow in the low levels directed around a ridge positioned over the Southern Atlantic states. Wind shear was quite weak and led to mostly small hail and isolated wind damage across Eastern Tennessee.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 13, 2014$250 · 1.75 in hail · 3 eventsA cold front moved into the Mid-Atlantic from Delaware and showers and thunderstorms formed on the warm side where temperatures were near 90 and humid conditions led to heavy rain in activity.
• Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 13, 20142 eventsA cold front moved into the Mid-Atlantic from Delaware and showers and thunderstorms formed on the warm side where temperatures were near 90 and humid conditions led to heavy rain in activity.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 13, 201450 kt wind · 6 eventsIsolated strong to severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines in Knox, Leslie, Perry, and Pike counties during the late afternoon and early evening hours of May 13th.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 13, 2014$1,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 eventsA cold front moved into the Mid-Atlantic from Delaware and showers and thunderstorms formed on the warm side where temperatures were near 90 and humid conditions led to heavy rain in activity.
• Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 13, 201460 kt wind · 1 eventA cold front moved through the region during the afternoon and evening hours. Abundant sunshine allowed for the unstable conditions. However a poorly sheared environment limited the overall threat. Isolated wind damage reports were noted.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13, 2014$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm occurred in northwest Ohio during the early evening of May 13th as a cold front moved into the area from the west.
• Hail in Tennessee, May 13, 20141 in hail · 1 eventA slow moving cold front pushed into an increasingly unstable airmass across West Tennessee to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon of May 13, 2014. A severe storm produced large hail over Haywood County.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, May 13 to 14, 2014$105,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 eventsRecord heat over the mountainous counties helped form convection in a moist environment during the early afternoon. Cells were slow moving. New clusters of convection continued to form during the late afternoon into the evening hours on the periphery of earlier convection.
• Hail in Kentucky, May 13, 2014$15,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 eventClusters of thunderstorms occurred along a cold front that extended from southeast Indiana across western Kentucky and western Tennessee. Isolated storms produced hail and heavy rain.
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 13, 2014$30,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms developed within a warm and humid airmass during the afternoon on May 13th. Several became strong, and one produced a wet microburst that damaged a structure in LaRue County.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 13, 2014$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms developed within a warm and humid airmass during the afternoon on May 13th. Several became strong, and one produced a wet microburst that damaged a structure in Dubois County.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 13, 2014$1,000 · 1 in hail · 4 eventsIsolated pulse-severe thunderstorms produced large hail and localized damaging winds near Altoona and Johnstown during the evening hours.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, May 13, 2014$290,000 · 1.5 in hail · 12 eventsA cold front crossing the region during the evening hours was accompanied by showers and thunderstorms. The thunderstorms produced damaging winds that downed trees and wires in Shortsville, Clifton Springs, Newark, Phelps, Lyons, and Oswego.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 13, 2014$85,000 · 65 kt wind · 4 eventsA strong cold frontal boundary pushed across central Indiana during the afternoon and evening hours on the 13th of May. This helped a band of showers and thunderstorms develop across the southwest portion of central Indiana.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 13, 2014$7,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsA broken line of thunderstorms moved across the area during the late afternoon and evening. Some of these storms were capable of producing damaging winds.
• Hail in Pennsylvania, May 13, 20141 in hail · 1 eventA few strong thunderstorms developed late in the evening on the 13th. With limited shear...most storms did not maintain themselves to severe levels but one inch hail was reported in Westmoreland county, PA.
• Hail in New York, May 13, 20141 in hail · 1 eventCentral New York was well into warm, moist and unstable air as a warm front was located across the northern half of the state. This led to the development of a severe thunderstorm during the evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13 to 14, 2014$10,000 · 2 in hail · 10 eventsThunderstorms moved across the area during the late afternoon and evening. Some of these storms were capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 13, 2014$6,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 eventsThe combination of a cold front, along with an upper level disturbance, caused a few strong storms to push northeast across parts of the region. A couple isolated instances of severe weather occurred with this activity.
• Flash Flooding in New York, May 13 to 14, 2014$11 million · 13 eventsSeveral clusters of thunderstorms repeatedly moved along a warm front in the vicinity of the Finger Lakes region. Radar rainfall estimates indicated a narrow band of 4 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the central portion of Yates and Seneca counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13 to 14, 2014$168,000 · 1.75 in hail · 47 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary draped across the Upper Ohio Valley. Many of the stronger thunderstorm became severe and a lot of hail reports were received. Some of the hail was as large as golf balls.
• Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 14, 20143 eventsA deep slow moving upper level trough located over the Lower Mississippi Valley led to the development of low pressure, which moved from western Tennessee to just west of Louisville May 14th.
• Tornado and Lightning Strike in Florida, May 14 to 15, 2014$25,000 · EF1 · 14 eventsA pre-frontal squall in and mesolow tracked across southeast Georgia and northeast Florida in several waters of convection through the day. High instability was present, with upper level forcing in place ahead of a long wave trough.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 14, 2014$50,000 · EF0 · 9 eventsA deep slow moving upper level trough located over the Lower Mississippi Valley led to the development of low pressure, which moved from western Tennessee to just west of Louisville on May 14th.
• Flash Flood in Florida, May 14, 20141 eventHeavy rain caused flooding across portions of the western Florida panhandle.
• Flash Flood in Mississippi, May 14, 20141 eventA cold front moving into a very moist airmass triggered thunderstorms across southern Mississippi during the late morning hours of the 14th. Some of the storms produced very heavy rain and at least one report of flash flooding.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 14, 2014$17,000 · 1.5 in hail · 7 eventsA series of isolated to scattered storms impacted much of Middle Tennessee in the late morning and continuing through the afternoon hours. A line of storms then approached from the west during the late afternoon and into the evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 14, 2014$250 · 1 in hail · 8 eventsStrong southerly flow and a surface low riding along a stalled cold front over Ohio, provided for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening on May 14th.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, May 14, 2014$3,000 · 2 in hail · 16 eventsStrong southerly flow and a surface low riding along a stalled cold front over Ohio, provided for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening on May 14th.
• Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 14, 2014$1.2 million · EF3 · 37 eventsNumerous thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a slow moving cold front during the afternoon and evening. These storms were capable of producing damaging winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 14, 2014$30,000 · 3 in hail · 22 eventsStrong southerly flow and a surface low riding along a stalled cold front over Ohio, provided for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening on May 14th.
• Hail in Florida, May 14, 20141 in hail · 1 eventSoutheast steering flow focused an afternoon thunderstorm activity inland. A lone pulse severe storm was reported near On Top of the World.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 14, 2014EF0 · 4 eventsWidespread showers and thunderstorms moved northward across Central Alabama Wednesday afternoon, May 14. This activity developed just ahead of an approaching cold front. The atmosphere was quite tropical with precipitable water values over 1.50 inches.
• Flash Flooding in Alabama, May 14, 2014$100,000 · 8 eventsA storm system brought very heavy rain to the area and produced flooding.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 14, 2014$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsNumerous thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a slow moving cold front during the afternoon and evening. These storms were capable of producing damaging winds.
• Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Florida, May 14, 20142 deaths · $2,000 · 3 eventsSub-severe thunderstorms formed across the peninsula during the early afternoon hours. They produced numerous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes across the area, with two separate lightning fatalities reported. Additionally, thunderstorm wind damage was reported to a carport.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Georgia, May 14 to 15, 2014$175,000 · EF1 · 21 eventsA vigorous spring system pushed across the Southeast on the 14th and 15th, with a cold front extending from the Ohio Valley into the southeast states.
• Tornado in Nebraska, May 14, 2014EF0 · 1 eventA thunderstorm spawned a brief landspout tornado in southwest Box Butte County.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 14, 2014$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsIsolated thunderstorms developed in a warm, moist, unstable airmass. In Busti, a thunderstorm intensified producing damaging winds. Trees were downed on Cowing Road. One of the trees fell onto a house. In Cheektowaga, a thunderstorm produced three-quarter-inch hail.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 14, 2014$180,000 · EF2 · 4 eventsThunderstorms increased in coverage and intensity ahead of a shortwave trough and associated surface low approaching the region from the southwest. Breaks in the clouds allowed sunshine to heat and destabilize the atmosphere.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 14 to 15, 2014$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 eventsA cluster of strong to severe storms moved from south to north across the Florida Big Bend on the 14th, bringing occasional wind damage in the form of downed trees.
• Hail in Ohio, May 14, 20141 in hail · 2 eventsA strong front was nearly stationary from northeast Ohio to southwest Ohio during the daylight hours on the 14th. Clusters of thunderstorms formed ahead of the main cloud shield during the afternoon over southeast Ohio.
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 14, 201450 kt wind · 1 eventNumerous to widespread showers and some thunderstorms developed during the evening across Northeast Georgia ahead of a strong cold front. One small cluster of heavy showers and embedded thunderstorms produced isolated wind damage across Habersham County.
• Flash Flood in Georgia, May 14 to 15, 20141 eventPersistent heavy rainfall across Brooks county led to flash flooding with road closures.
• Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 15, 2014$1,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 eventsA line of showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front across Upstate South Carolina during the early morning hours. Gusty winds occurred in association with the line, with isolated severe weather reported.
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 15, 201450 kt wind · 1 eventWidespread areas of precipitation with embedded thunderstorms developed in advance of a cold front.
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 15, 2014$10,000 · EF0 · 2 eventsA line of showers and thunderstorms moved into the North Carolina Piedmont during the morning ahead of a strong cold front.
• Flash Flood in South Carolina, May 15, 20141 eventLocally heavy rains of 1 to 2 inches produced some flash flooding on the south side of Columbia around the fairgrounds and further south.
• Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 15, 201450 kt wind · 2 eventsWidespread areas of precipitation with embedded thunderstorms developed in advance of a approaching cold front.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, May 15, 2014$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 eventsA large upper level low pressure system passed east across the northern Great Plains, drawing deep moisture along the Appalachian Chain from the Gulf of Mexico.
• Hail in Missouri, May 15, 20140.88 in hail · 3 eventsA shortwave moved through the region triggering showers and thunderstorms. There were numerous reports of hail.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 15, 2014$6,000 · 52 kt wind · 10 eventsA cold front stretched from the Ohio Valley to Florida and the Mid Atlantic was experiencing warm and humid conditions making it favorable for thunderstorm development.
• Tornado in Florida, May 15, 2014EF0 · 1 eventA cold front moved across South Florida during the afternoon producing scattered showers and thunderstorms.
• Hail in Missouri, May 15, 20140.88 in hail · 2 eventsAn isolated strong thunderstorms produced sub-severe hail.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 15, 2014$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 eventsA trough of low pressure aloft moved across Arkansas on the 15th. The cold air aloft associated with the trough caused the atmosphere to destabilize during the afternoon. The result was hail-producing thunderstorms from the afternoon into the evening.
• Damaging Wind in Florida, May 15, 201463 kt wind · 2 eventsA funnel cloud was observed with a line of strong thunderstorms near Scottsmoor in Brevard County. Less than an hour later, a thunderstorm within the line became severe and produced wind gusts over 70 mph at Playalinda Beach, along the Volusia and Brevard County line.
• Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 15, 2014$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsIsolated severe thunderstorms produced some wind damage in the eastern Midlands and upper Pee Dee taking down some trees and powerlines.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 15, 20141 in hail · 3 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front that moved into western Arkansas during the early afternoon hours of the 15th. The strongest storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, May 15 to 16, 2014$261,000 · EF1 · 11 eventsScattered convection impacted central North Carolina as a deep upper level trough and associated strong surface cold front approached and crossed the area.
• Hail in Illinois, May 15, 20140.75 in hail · 1 eventA shortwave moved through the region triggering showers and thunderstorms. There were numerous reports of hail.
• Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 15, 2014$250 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventA cold front stretched from the Ohio Valley to Florida and the Mid Atlantic was experiencing warm and humid conditions making it favorable for thunderstorm development.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 15, 2014$8,000 · EF0 · 3 eventsThunderstorms over the northern Virginia and Maryland Piedmont expanded northward into the ridge-valley region in south-central Pennsylvania during the evening. These storms were located within a conveyor of strong/moist southerly deep-layer flow.

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