Central Severe Weather

Losses, 2024 dollars

$2.2 billion

Losses at the time

$2.1 billion

Deaths

1

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.

• Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 4, 2023EF0 · 2 eventsAn isolated storm produced large hail and a brief tornado.
• Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 4, 202351 kt wind · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm moved over Lander and brought strong wind gusts. The strongest wind gust reported was 59 mph at the Lander airport.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 4 to 8, 20232 deaths · $1.1 million · 2.25 in hail · 40 eventsA lingering upper trough provided several days of thunderstorm activity across the region, with a dryline providing focus for development each day from Thursday May 4 through Monday May 8. Several of these storms were severe with damaging winds and large hail.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 4, 20231 in hail · 1 eventAs a cold front approached western Nebraska on the afternoon of May 4th, thunderstorms developed in portions of north central Nebraska and the western Nebraska Sandhills.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, May 4, 202370 kt wind · 6 eventsA flat upper level ridge was anchored over the Four State Region during the afternoon through the early morning hours of May 4th-5th, which maintained very warm and dry conditions over the area.
• Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 5, 2023$1,000 · 1 eventHeavy rain in a slow moving storm produced isolated flashed flooding near Opelousas.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 5, 2023$4.8 million · 1 in hail · 39 eventsSevere storms occurred this day.
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 5, 2023$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventA MCS originated in northern Louisiana during the late morning of May 5th along a warm front in response to a modestly unstable atmosphere. The MCS quickly matured and propagated along the warm front through southern Mississippi.
• Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 5, 2023$17 million · EF1 · 30 eventsLarge hail, damaging wind gusts, and an isolated tornado occurred over portions of south central Nebraska, mainly west of Highway 281, during the afternoon through late evening hours.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 5, 2023$90,000 · 3.25 in hail · 36 eventsThunderstorms developed along a dryline and moved through the northeastern part of South Central Texas. These storms formed in a strongly unstable airmass producing large hail, damaging wind gusts, and some localized flash flooding.
• Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 5, 202351 kt wind · 1 eventScattered strong to severe thunderstorms brought areas of hail and strong winds to portions of the western Nebraska Panhandle during the afternoon hours on 5/5.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 5, 2023$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 16 eventsThunderstorms developed along a stationary front during the late afternoon hours of May 5th. This activity intensified into the evening hours along a line from Ogallala to Imperial and east into Custer County.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, May 5, 202351 kt wind · 2 eventsLate evening thunderstorms produced some wind damage.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 6 to 8, 2023$40,000 · EF0 · 9 eventsUpper disturbances moved across the region and interacted with a very moist air mass to produce scattered to numerous thunderstorms. Some storms became severe.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 6 to 10, 20231 injured · $56,000 · EF1 · 3 eventsA series of upper disturbances pushed across South Louisiana producing daily scattered thunderstorms. A few storms became severe during the period of the 6th through the 10th. A tornado also developed in Acadia Parish causing damage near Morse.
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 6, 20231 injured · $56,000 · 56 kt wind · 21 eventsAn MCS developed overnight in southeast Texas and propagated eastward across south Louisiana during the morning of May 6th.
• Hail in Missouri, May 6, 20232 in hail · 2 eventsA low level trough moved through the region triggering storms. Some of the storms produced large hail.
• Hail in Illinois, May 6, 20231 in hail · 1 eventA low level trough moved through the region triggering storms. Some of the storms produced large hail.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 6 to 8, 2023EF2 · 46 eventsOn the afternoon of May 6 strong thunderstorms formed in far northwest Missouri. Through the afternoon these storms strengthened as they moved east across northern Missouri, ultimately turning into robust supercells that started diving southeast toward Highway 36.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 6, 20233.25 in hail · 45 eventsThe combination of a well defined surface dryline, weak upper level disturbances, and strong to extreme instability, resulted in scattered afternoon and evening severe thunderstorms across portions of the Big Country and Heartland areas.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 6, 20231.5 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe over portions of northern Haakon County, producing hail to ping pong ball size west of Milesville.
• Tornadoes in South Dakota, May 6, 2023EF0 · 2 eventsA few compact thunderstorms developed along a warm front in eastern South Dakota. These low topped supercells tracked from just south of the Watertown area, towards Milbank and then on into western Minnesota between 430 and 630pm CDT before weakening.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 6, 2023$15,000 · EF0 · 7 eventsDuring the afternoon of May 06 a weak frontal boundary was draped across western Minnesota. Afternoon clearing allowed a few hundred Joules of MLCAPE to develop, and storm relative helicity increased along and north of the boundary.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 6, 20233 in hail · 8 eventsTwo areas of isolated thunderstorms developed over the northern panhandle and northeastern Colorado during the early afternoon hours of May 6th.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 6, 20231.25 in hail · 3 eventsA storm system progressed through the Central Plains during the afternoon of May 6th, producing large hail across parts of Iowa as it lifted northeast.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 6, 2023$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 eventsA low-amplitude shortwave trough, embedded within broad southwesterly flow aloft, moved across the Southern Plains on the 6th. Strong instability and sufficient wind shear lead to numerous severe thunderstorms across western-north Texas.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 6 to 7, 2023$2.3 million · 2.5 in hail · 15 eventsLong-track, elevated supercell brings swath of large hail to portions of south central Nebraska during the evening of May 6th with additional elevated storms and large hail over far northern portions of the area late overnight.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 6, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsA thunderstorm became severe as it passed over northern Tripp County. The storm produced hail around quarter size.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 6, 20231.75 in hail · 12 eventsA low-amplitude shortwave trough, embedded within broad southwesterly flow aloft, moved across the Southern Plains. Strong instability and sufficient wind shear lead to numerous severe thunderstorms across southwest Oklahoma. Large hail and damaging wind occurred.
• Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 6 to 7, 2023EF1 · 35 eventsSeveral severe thunderstorms developed across much of eastern Iowa on the evening of May 6, 2023. Storms mainly produced hail up to golf ball size.
• Hail in Missouri, May 6 to 7, 20231.25 in hail · 3 eventsSeveral severe thunderstorms developed across much of eastern Iowa and northeast Missouri, into portions of northwest Illinois on the evening of May 6, 2023. Storms mainly produced hail up to half dollar size (1.25 inches) in northeast Missouri.
• Tornado in South Dakota, May 6, 2023EF0 · 1 eventA boundary moving across southern Meade County produced a brief landspout tornado northeast of Ellsworth Air Force Base.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 6 to 7, 20231.5 in hail · 3 eventsEastern Nebraska was in a Marginal Risk for severe weather as instability increased due to strong moisture advection ahead of a Colorado low.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 6 to 7, 2023$150,000 · 3 in hail · 12 eventsDuring the late evening and early overnight hours of May 6th a few severe storms moved into Indiana producing large to significant sized hail.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 6, 20230.75 in hail · 1 eventElevated thunderstorms developed north of a warm front during the evening hours across southeastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin and tracked east through central Wisconsin during the late evening hours.
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 6, 2023$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 4 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms developed across northern Texas and south central Oklahoma during the evening of the 6th. These storms moved east and northeast into eastern Oklahoma during the late evening hours. The strongest storms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, May 6 to 7, 2023$6,000 · 1 in hail · 18 eventsA warm front lifting northward into central Illinois triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms during the late evening of May 6th into the early morning of May 7th.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 7, 20231 in hail · 4 eventsThunderstorms formed along a slow moving frontal boundary during the late evening hours of May 6th. As the front tracked into the eastern Sandhills, storms developed along a line from Dunning to Ewing. As they tracked southeast, they intensified and became severe.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 7, 20232 injured · EF1 · 8 eventsDuring the early morning hours of May 7th, a cluster of strong and occasionally severe thunderstorms over central Illinois gradually grew upscale into a bowing line of storms as it moved southeast into central and southern Indiana toward dawn.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 7, 2023EF0 · 14 eventsDuring the late morning and afternoon hours on May 7th, an occasionally broken line of strong-to-severe thunderstorms moved from north to south across central Kentucky.
• Hail in Indiana, May 7, 20230.75 in hail · 1 eventAn area of showers and thunderstorms occurred across southwest Indiana during the mid-morning hours. The storms formed in a low-level southwest wind flow of warmer and more humid air. Instability in the mid levels of the atmosphere was quite strong, favoring hail up to dime-size.
• Hail in Illinois, May 7, 20231.75 in hail · 5 eventsIsolated strong to severe thunderstorms occurred across southern Illinois during the mid-morning hours. These storms produced a few large hail reports, as big as golf balls. The storms formed in a low-level southwest wind flow of warmer and more humid air.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 7, 2023$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsA mesoscale convective complex dropped south into northern Kentucky during the morning hours of Sunday, May 7th, with the strongest storms located along the leading edge. The system was moving into more stable air, and continued to weaken as it dropped south.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 7, 2023$5,000 · 2.25 in hail · 10 eventsScattered strong to severe thunderstorm cells developed over the Pennyrile region (east of Kentucky Lake) during the afternoon. These storms produced large hail.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 7, 20232.75 in hail · 11 eventsAs an MCV moved through southeastern MO, it combined with an old outflow boundary. They were the focusing mechanism for storm development. Severe storms developed over portions of southwestern, south central and west central Illinois.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 7, 2023$120,000 · 2.75 in hail · 64 eventsConvection began in early afternoon in eastern Iowa along a subtle boundary across the state. This was fueled by high CAPE exceeding 3000 J/kg with deep layer shear sufficient to support large hail growth.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 7, 2023$8,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsA line of severe thunderstorms moved northeast across southern Illinois, producing sporadic pockets of tree damage and isolated large hail. A warm and humid air mass was present in the afternoon, with temperatures in the lower to mid 80's and dew points nearing 70.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, May 7, 2023$4,000 · 3.25 in hail · 67 eventsAn outflow boundary from convection that occurred during the early morning served as the focusing mechanism for additional severe thunderstorm development during the afternoon and evening of May 7th.
• Hail in Tennessee, May 7, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsAn outflow boundary from a dissipating mesoscale convective system over southwest Kentucky moved into northwest Tennessee during the afternoon hours on May 7, 2023.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 7, 2023$1,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms formed near a stalled out frontal boundary, located in the central Sandhills midday May 7th. Storms initially fired over Hooker County. As they tracked east, they became severe over Blaine County during the mid afternoon hours. Hail up to quarter size was reported.
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 7, 2023$100,000 · 1 in hail · 7 eventsA complex of thunderstorms dived southward into Middle Tennessee during the evening hours of May 7, 2023, strengthening as they did so. Several reports of hail were received as this system tracked through the area with the largest hail found near Vanleer.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 7, 20231 in hail · 9 eventsTwo mesoscale convective systems produced large hail and damaging winds across East Tennessee.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 7, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsDuring the afternoon to early evening hours, scattered storms developed over Northeast Colorado and continued east across extreme Southwest Nebraska. These storms produced up to quarter sized hail in Dundy County along with 59 mph in the city of McCook, Nebraska.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 7, 20232.75 in hail · 64 eventsSeveral rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted the area on Sunday May 7, 2023. Two areas of storms were present during the mid to late afternoon, one entering the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City metros and another around the Burlington and Fort Madison metros.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, May 7 to 8, 20233.25 in hail · 39 eventsThe combination of a well defined surface dryline, weak upper level disturbances, and strong to extreme instability, resulted in scattered afternoon and evening severe thunderstorms across portions of the Big Country and Concho Valley.
• Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 7, 20232.5 in hail · 24 eventsSeveral rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted the area on Sunday May 7, 2023. Two areas of storms were present during the mid to late afternoon, one entering the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City metros and another around the Burlington and Fort Madison metros.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 7, 2023$125,000 · EF0 · 4 eventsA broken line of heavy rain showers and thunderstorms developed across western North Carolina during the late afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced severe weather, the most notable of which produced wind damage and a rare brief tornado in the southern mountains.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 7, 20232 in hail · 16 eventsDuring the afternoon to early evening hours, scattered storms developed over Northeast Colorado and continued east across Northwest Kansas.
• Hail in Missouri, May 7, 20231 in hail · 1 eventAn isolated severe thunderstorm developed near the Mississippi River and then moved northeast. Large hail was reported in the storm. A warm and humid air mass was present in the afternoon, with temperatures in the mid 80's and dew points near 70.
• Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 7, 202352 kt wind · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe northwest of Rockypoint, producing wind gusts to 60 mph.
• Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 7 to 10, 202350 kt wind · 4 eventsA ridge of high pressure over the middle of the country provided days of dry weather, and monthly rainfall deficits exceeded two inches at Little Rock (Pulaski County).
• Hail in Wyoming, May 7, 20231.75 in hail · 1 eventA line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed across northern Crook County and tracked eastward into South Dakota. Hail to golf ball size and gusty winds accompanied these storms.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 7, 20231.75 in hail · 10 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed on the northeast side of Rapid City and tracked east-northeast across portions of the west central South Dakota plains. The storm produced hail to golf ball size along its path.
• Tornadoes and Flood in Illinois, May 7, 20231.75 in hail · 20 eventsOn the evening of May 7th, a line of thunderstorms produced severe winds, severe hail, heavy rain, and even two landspouts across parts of the southern and southwestern Chicago metro.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 7, 2023$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 eventsA subtle/low-amplitude trough helped to trigger scattered strong to severe storms across western-north Texas/far southwest Oklahoma on the 7th. A few reports of damaging wind and large hail were noted.
• Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 7, 202355 kt wind · 1 eventA broken line of heavy rain showers and thunderstorms developed across western North Carolina during the late afternoon and evening and moved southeast into upstate South Carolina by mid-evening. One severe thunderstorm produced a swath of wind damage in Spartanburg County.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 7, 20231 in hail · 4 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over the Belle Fourche area and tracked east across far southern Butte County, producing hail to at least quarter size.
• Hail in Indiana, May 7, 20231.75 in hail · 2 eventsOn the evening of May 7th, a line of thunderstorms produced heavy rain, strong winds, and severe hail across portions of northwest Indiana. Swaths of 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain fell across parts of Newton, Jasper, and Benton Counties as well as extreme southwestern Lake County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 7, 20232 in hail · 17 eventsA line of thunderstorms produced severe weather, mainly across northern Kansas during the evening of 5/7.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 7, 20232.5 in hail · 25 eventsAn Enhanced Risk was issued for severe weather on May 7. A shortwave moving across the area interacted with a couple of surface boundaries in the area initiating severe weather. There were numerous hail and wind reports across the area.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 7, 2023$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 eventsMiddle to upper level winds were out of the west to southwest, and an upper level disturbance moved over the region from Colorado by the early evening hours.
• Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 7, 20232.25 in hail · 17 eventsAn Enhanced Risk was issued for severe weather on May 7. A shortwave moving across the area interacted with a couple of surface boundaries in the area initiating severe weather. There was video of a weak tornado that didn't produce any damage.
• Hail in Mississippi, May 7, 20231.75 in hail · 2 eventsA weakening upper ridge combined with weak warm advection and a moderately unstable airmass resulted in scattered thunderstorms across northeast Mississippi during the evening hours of May 7, 2023. A storm over Lee County became severe with large hail.
• Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7 to 8, 202352 kt wind · 2 eventsOn the evening/night of May 7th, a squall line moved from NW Missouri into central MO, leading to a couple of wind reports.
• Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 7, 2023$150,000 · 63 kt wind · 5 eventsMiddle to upper level winds were out of the west to southwest, and an upper level disturbance moved over the region from Colorado by the early evening hours.
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 8, 202350 kt wind · 1 eventAn upper level trough moved southeast through the region, triggering showers and storms. Some of the storms became severe and produced damaging winds.
• Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 8, 20231 injured · 1 eventA broken line of showers and thunderstorms moved eastward across southwest Indiana. The storms were associated with a warm front that extended from Missouri eastward to the middle Ohio Valley. A lightning strike resulted in one injury.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 8, 20231.75 in hail · 8 eventsThunderstorms developed in a weakly capped, conditionally unstable airmass along an old outflow boundary. Some of these storms produced large hail and localized flash flooding.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 8 to 9, 2023$3.5 million · 2.75 in hail · 47 eventsStorms developed over the central Plains near the Kansas and Nebraska border during the afternoon of the 7th and moved southeastward across central and south central Missouri from the pre-dawn hours to the early morning of the 8th.
• Tornado in Indiana, May 8, 20231 eventIsolated thunderstorms across far northern central Indiana included one rotating supercell whose persistent nature contributed to a landspout tornado spawning. The tornado was displaced to the south of the cell's mesocyclone, which is atypical for supercell tornadoes.
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 8, 202356 kt wind · 1 eventA weak mesoscale convective vortex (MCV), leftover from showers and thunderstorms that developed during the afternoon and evening across North Texas on May 7th, drifted east into Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and Northwest Louisiana during the late morning and afternoon…
• Hail in Missouri, May 8, 20231.5 in hail · 2 eventsIn the late afternoon of May 8th, severe storms dropped half dollar and ping pong ball hail in Bates County.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 8, 20231.75 in hail · 4 eventsA weak cold front passed through, with around 1500 to 2000 J/kg of SBCAPE ahead of it. Deep layer shear was 30 to 40 kts. An isolated supercell developed in western Wisconsin and produced 1 to 1.75 inch hail in Pierce County.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 8, 20231 death · 1 injured · $300 · 1.25 in hail · 6 eventsA cluster of severe thunderstorms moved across the area and produced hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 8, 20232.5 in hail · 8 eventsA strong cold front moved south through the region with plenty of instability, high mid-level lapse rates and strong 0 to 6km bulk shear. Given this environment, a number of storms became severe with widespread reports of large hail, some in excess of 2 inches in diameter.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 8, 2023$50,000 · 1 in hail · 4 eventsA weak mesoscale convective vortex (MCV), leftover from showers and thunderstorms that developed during the afternoon and evening across North Texas on May 7th, drifted east into Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and Northwest Louisiana during the late morning and afternoon…
• Damaging Wind in Utah, May 8, 202350 kt wind · 1 eventA storm system moved through Utah, resulting in sporadic incidences of strong winds.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 8, 20231 in hail · 1 eventThe tail end of large scale forcing associated with an upper-level low moving across North Dakota brushed through far eastern South Dakota, southwest Minnesota, and northwest Iowa just after diurnal heating maximum.
• Hail in Kansas, May 8, 20231.25 in hail · 2 eventsA storm produced half dollar hail in Linn County, KS on the late afternoon of May 8th.
• Hail in Iowa, May 8, 20231.5 in hail · 1 eventThe tail end of large scale forcing associated with an upper-level low moving across North Dakota brushed through far eastern South Dakota, southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa just after diurnal heating maximum.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 8, 2023$19,000 · 1 in hail · 1 eventThe tail end of large scale forcing associated with an upper-level low moving across North Dakota brushed through far eastern South Dakota, southwest Minnesota, and northwest Iowa just after diurnal heating maximum.
• Hail in Iowa, May 8, 20231 in hail · 3 eventsA weak convergent zone across northwest Iowa became to focus for storm develop on the evening of May 8th. Despite modest CAPE, a few storms grew to produce quarter sized hail.
• Hail in Texas, May 8, 20232 in hail · 5 eventsA weak mesoscale convective vortex (MCV), leftover from showers and thunderstorms that developed during the afternoon and evening across North Texas on May 7th, drifted east into Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and Northwest Louisiana during the late morning and afternoon…
• Hail in Minnesota, May 8, 20230.88 in hail · 1 eventA weak cold front passed through, with around 1500 to 2000 J/kg of SBCAPE ahead of it. Deep layer shear was 30 to 40 kts. Several storms developed, and a few produce sub-severe hail in Minnesota. The largest hail stone was nickel size hail in Watonwan county.
• Hail in Iowa, May 8, 20231 in hail · 1 eventLow top, brief storms developed in western Iowa which produced some hail reports. One report met severe criteria in Monona County.
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8, 202356 kt wind · 2 eventsA weak mesoscale convective vortex (MCV), leftover from showers and thunderstorms that developed during the afternoon and evening across North Texas on May 7th, drifted east into Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and Northwest Louisiana during the late morning and afternoon…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 8, 2023$138,000 · 1 in hail · 14 eventsAn organized line of severe thunderstorms produced widespread wind damage across several counties in southeast Missouri.
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 8, 2023$20,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 eventsAn organized line of severe thunderstorms clipped the southern tip of Illinois during the evening. The line of storms crossed the Mississippi River from southeast Missouri.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 8, 2023$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsIsolated showers and thunderstorms developed across the region as a low pressure system moved through the Ohio Valley.
• Hail in Kentucky, May 8 to 9, 20231.75 in hail · 4 eventsDuring the late evening hours on May 8th, clusters of showers and thunderstorms developed across the Ohio River valley in the vicinity of a quasi-stationary front.
• Hail in Tennessee, May 8, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsA mesoscale convective system developed over southern Missouri during the evening hours of May 8, 2003. This system and its associated cold pool tracked into the northern part of the Mid-South where the airmass and shear profile supported a few severe storms with large hail.
• Hail in Arkansas, May 8 to 9, 20231 in hail · 2 eventsA mesoscale convective system developed over southern Missouri during the evening hours of May 8, 2003. This system and its associated cold pool tracked into the northern part of the Mid-South where the airmass and shear profile supported a few severe storms with large hail.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, May 9, 2023$1.6 million · 77 kt wind · 9 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms in northern Mexico began to bow out south of Hidalgo County and the Rio Grande River and headed for the southern half of Cameron County.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, May 9, 20231 in hail · 3 eventsA low pressure system and frontal boundary were slowly sinking southward into the Commonwealth during the overnight hours from May 8th through May 9th. A line of storms had dropped southward of the frontal boundary, creating an outflow boundary pushing southeast.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 9, 20230.88 in hail · 1 eventA few weak thunderstorms developed during the evening of the 8th due to daytime heating. Most of the storms remained well below severe limits, but one storm did produce nickel-sized hail in Carlton County during the early morning hours.
• Hail in Indiana, May 9, 20232.75 in hail · 4 eventsDuring the early morning hours on May 9th, a cluster of showers and thunderstorms developed along the Ohio River in the vicinity of a quasi-stationary front.
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 9, 2023$2.0 million · 52 kt wind · 1 eventScattered thunderstorms once again impacted Middle Tennessee on May 9, 2023. These thunderstorms were generally non-severe, however, one did produce a microburst in Lebanon.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 9, 202350 kt wind · 3 eventsA broken line of thunderstorms in the early morning hours produced a couple incidents of severe damaging winds in and around the Knoxville metro area.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 9, 20232.5 in hail · 16 eventsThis was the first of three day active severe weather days. The day started out with hail up to tennis ball size falling. The largest hail was reported near Rexford. Wind gusts up to 65 MPH were reported, with the strongest wind gust occurring in Norton.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 9, 20234 in hail · 44 eventsNumerous thunderstorms moved through portions of southwest Kansas.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 9, 20230.88 in hail · 2 eventsStrong thunderstorms moved across far Southwest Nebraska during the morning hours. Hail up to nickel size was reported with these storms at Benkelman.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 9, 20231.25 in hail · 34 eventsA line of thunderstorms moved southeast across much of north central and east central Kansas during the day on May 9th. There were numerous reports of large hail and sporadic wind damage reports along with a few wind gusts in excess of 70 mph.
• Hail and High Wind in Nebraska, May 9, 20231.25 in hail · 6 eventsComplex of thunderstorms brings large hail and damaging wind gusts at rather odd time of day to portions of south central Nebraska on May 9th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 9, 2023$1.4 million · 2.5 in hail · 15 eventsComplex of thunderstorms brings large hail and damaging wind gusts at rather odd time of day to portions of north central Kansas on May 9th.
• Flash Flooding in Texas, May 9 to 10, 2023$200,000 · 3 eventsA storm system moved into the area on the morning of the May 9, producing widespread heavy rain and some flash flooding through the morning of May 10.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 9, 2023$4,000 · 2 in hail · 39 eventsA mesoscale convective system developed across north central Kansas during the morning hours of May 9th, 2023.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, May 9, 202350 kt wind · 8 eventsAn outflow boundary from a decaying MCS triggered isolated strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours on May 9th. Due to the slow movement of the storms, some localized flooding also occurred.
• Flash Flooding in Louisiana, May 9, 2023$17,000 · 12 eventsA more typical summertime pattern was in place on May 9th as scattered showers and thunderstorms started to develop during the late morning.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 9, 20231 injured · 1.5 in hail · 5 eventsScattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms moved across parts of north and central Georgia. A few of these storms became severe, producing hail up to 1 inch (quarter-sized) and brief strong wind gusts.
• Tornado in Minnesota, May 9, 2023EF0 · 1 eventWith steep near surface lapse rates and a diffuse boundary across southwest Minnesota, a quick spin-up developed during the updraft phase of a thunderstorm which resulted in a brief landspout.
• Flash Flooding in Texas, May 9 to 10, 2023$10,000 · 3 eventsThunderstorms trained over the eastern parts of San Patricio County during the afternoon on the 9th and over Aransas and eastern Calhoun Counties on the morning of the 10th. The storms produced very heavy rainfall with amounts between 3 to 5 inches.
• Damaging Wind in Texas, May 9, 2023$2,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 eventA thunderstorm developed along an old outflow boundary and produced damaging wind gusts.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 9, 2023$597,000 · 2 in hail · 32 eventsSevere storms developed over far southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas during the early morning of the 9th as a low level jet interacted with a stalled front along the northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma border.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 9, 2023$90,000 · 1 in hail · 9 eventsTwo rounds of severe thunderstorms moved across the northern and central Coastal Plain and the northeast Piedmont of North Carolina during the afternoon and evening hours on May 9th. The storms produced both large hail and wind damage across about a half dozen counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 9, 20232 in hail · 32 eventsA cold front sagged into Eastern NC during the afternoon hours. An unstable atmosphere with strong shear in place ahead of the front primed the region for severe thunderstorm development.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 9, 20231.25 in hail · 2 eventsA mid-level disturbance interacted with a stationary frontal boundary, generating afternoon showers and thunderstorms across Western MN. A strong thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in eastern Lac Qui Parle County and half dollar sized hail in southwestern Pope County.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 9, 20232.25 in hail · 12 eventsMultiple strong to severe thunderstorms developed near a cold front during the late afternoon and evening across Greenville and vicinity. Some of the storms produced swaths of large to very large hail along with some isolated damaging wind gusts.
• Hail in Wyoming, May 9, 20231 in hail · 5 eventsScattered strong to locally severe thunderstorms developed across far southeast Wyoming during the early evening hours on 5/9.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 9, 2023$3,000 · 1 in hail · 4 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms along a frontal boundary produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of south central Virginia.
• Hail in South Carolina, May 9, 2023$600 · 0.7 in hail · 3 eventsDiurnal heating, convergence along surface boundaries, and an unstable atmosphere contributed to scattered late afternoon and evening thunderstorms. A few produced small hail.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 9, 2023$50,000 · 56 kt wind · 4 eventsBroad lee troughing and a closed upper-low over the Texas Gulf coast aided in the development of scattered thunderstorms near and adjacent to the west Texas high terrain. A few severe reports resulted from this activity.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 9, 20231.5 in hail · 4 eventsOn the late afternoon of May 9th, a squall line brought damaging winds and one report of ping pong ball sized hail to far eastern Kansas.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 9, 2023$10,000 · 53 kt wind · 3 eventsSevere storms developed over southeast Kansas during the early morning of the 9th as a low level jet interacted with a stalled front along the northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma border.
• Hail in North Dakota, May 9, 2023$1.5 million · 1.75 in hail · 6 eventsThunderstorms initially developed along a warm front over southwestern North Dakota during the late afternoon and early evening hours. One storm strengthened and became a supercell near the border of Mercer and Morton counties.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, May 9 to 10, 20231.25 in hail · 7 eventsA line of severe thunderstorms swept across the western Nebraska Panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening hours on 5/9, primarily producing damaging straight line winds.
• Tornado in Montana, May 9, 2023$2,000 · EF0 · 1 eventA modestly unstable environment led to the development of thunderstorms across western Montana. Conditions were favorable for the formation of cold air funnels and landspouts.

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NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.