Rockies/Central Tornadoes and Severe Weather

Losses, 2024 dollars

$1.5 billion

Losses at the time

$1.1 billion

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.

• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 19 to 20, 2016$420,000 · EF0 · 19 eventsLow pressure moving along a cold front draped over southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi developed a squall line of thunderstorms that moved through the area late on the night of the 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 19, 20161 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe across western Meade County, producing hail to quarter size and lots of small hail east of Sturgis.
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19, 201660 kt wind · 7 eventsLow pressure moving along a cold front draped over southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi developed a squall line of thunderstorms that moved through the area late on the night of the 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th.
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19 to 20, 2016$18,000 · 52 kt wind · 6 eventsA vigorous and well defined mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) moved across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama during the evening of May 19th and the early morning hours of May 20th.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 19 to 20, 2016$38,000 · 1 in hail · 3 eventsShowers and storms developed across portions of the area. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts and quarter sized hail.
• Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 19 to 27, 2016$34,000 · 60 kt wind · 12 eventsA vigorous and well defined mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) moved across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama during the evening of May 19th and the early morning hours of May 20th.
• Damaging Winds in Florida, May 20, 2016$6,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsA vigorous and well defined mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) moved across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama during the evening of May 19th and the early morning hours of May 20th.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 20, 2016$4,000 · EF0 · 15 eventsA strong upper level trough moved across a moist and unstable air mass. Strong to severe storms initiated along the sea breezes. Bulk shear increased to around 30 knots and strong upper level diffluence was in place.
• Hail in Wyoming, May 20, 20161.25 in hail · 2 eventsA thunderstorm produced large hail across Goshen and Niobrara counties.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in South Dakota, May 20 to 21, 2016$2,000 · 2 in hail · 13 eventsSlow moving thunderstorms regenerated over the Keystone and Mount Rushmore area for several hours. These storms produced large amounts of hail to two inches in diameter and three to four inches of rain in about three hours.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 20, 20160.88 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm produced hail to nickel size in Lead.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 20, 20161 in hail · 5 eventsLarge hail and severe winds were observed in southeastern Idaho.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 20, 20161.5 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe in the Hill City area and produced hail to ping pong ball size.
• Flash Flood in American Samoa, May 21, 20161 eventLocally heavy rainfalls have triggered flash flooding across American Samoa, a result of an active surface trough near the Samoan Islands. The Weather Service Office recorded 2.49 inches of rainfall.
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 21, 2016$1,000 · 2 eventsA deep upper-level trough across the region combined with a moderately unstable airmass and a surface cold front resulted in isolated severe thunderstorms across Central Georgia.
• Hail in North Carolina, May 21 to 22, 20161 in hail · 3 eventsA weak upper low tracked southeast out of the Ohio Valley into Virginia during the morning hours of May 21st, spurring numerous showers and storms across the foothills of Northwest North Carolina. One of these storms became severe, producing large hail.
• Tornado and Hail in Montana, May 21, 2016EF1 · 36 eventsA few severe thunderstorms impacted portions of the Billings Forecast Area during the early and mid afternoon hours of the 21st. Thunderstorms developed over the Beartooth/Absaroka Foothills and intensified as they moved off the foothills.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 21, 2016$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsA deepening upper level trough moved into Central NC during the afternoon resulting in weak destabilization and good deep layer shear. A few isolated thunderstorms moved into the Triad. One storm became severe, resulting in wind damage and flash flooding.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 21, 20162 in hail · 33 eventsThunderstorms developed in a favorable environment to intensity during the afternoon and evening hours of the 21st. They affected mainly the western portion of the Texas Panhandle. Some locations, including Dalhart and Hartley, received two or more hail storms.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, May 21, 20161.75 in hail · 23 eventsWarm, moist air from the southeast interacted with a low pressure system from the Pacific Northwest to generate multiple strong and severe thunderstorms which were focused mainly near the system's cold front as it passed through northeast Montana.
• Flash Flooding in Washington, May 21, 20162 eventsSlow moving showers and thunderstorms rotating around a large area of low pressure over the Pacific Northwest caused some flash flooding issues.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 21, 2016$283,000 · 2.5 in hail · 13 eventsThere was an upper level ridge over the region. A dryline was present along the higher terrain of West Texas along a surface trough with very moist conditions to the east of the dryline.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 21, 2016EF0 · 17 eventsLate in the afternoon through the evening a slow moving group of severe storms moved through part of Northwest Kansas underneath an upper level disturbance. This setup was favorable for the development of four weak, short-lived tornadoes in Wichita county.
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 21, 201650 kt wind · 1 eventA broken line of showers and thunderstorms developed along a cold front across the Piedmont during the afternoon and evening. One of the storms became briefly severe near Uptown Charlotte.
• Hail in Wyoming, May 21, 20161 in hail · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm produced severe hail across the Wyarno area.
• Hail in New Mexico, May 21, 20161.25 in hail · 8 eventsA sharp dryline sloshing westward along the New Mexico and Texas state line and strong winds aloft on the 21st provided the focus for strong to severe thunderstorms.
• Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 21, 201652 kt wind · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm clipped portions of west central Campbell County before weakening, producing wind gusts around 60 mph and small hail.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 21 to 22, 20161 in hail · 2 eventsA warm front slowly lifted north over the area during the 21st and 22nd. Numerous showers and storms moved across the area with isolated severe hail and flooding reported.
• Hail in Wyoming, May 21, 20162.75 in hail · 2 eventsAn upper-level disturbance moved across Wyoming on the afternoon and evening of May 21. This disturbance combined with a jet streak and wind shear to form a supercell thunderstorm on the plains east of the Bighorn Range in Johnson County.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 21, 20161.5 in hail · 3 eventsA supercell thunderstorm tracked eastward across southern Campbell County, producing large hail, strong wind gusts, and a brief funnel cloud from Pine Tree Junction to Wright.
• Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 21, 201652 kt wind · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm tracked into northwestern Campbell County and then weakened. Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported in Spotted Horse.
• Tornado and Hail in Washington, May 21, 2016$20,000 · EF0 · 2 eventsA fairly short-lived thunderstorm intensified quickly and spun up a brief EF0 tornado that quickly dissipated. Very heavy rain and some localized flash flooding occurred in downtown Kennewick with this storm.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 22, 2016EF1 · 34 eventsOne of the most significant severe weather events of the 2016 severe weather season occurred on the 22nd and brought large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes to mainly the eastern Texas Panhandle.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, May 22 to 23, 20161.75 in hail · 27 eventsAn upper level trough of low pressure approached a cold front which was draped across the Nebraska Panhandle on the afternoon of May 22nd. Thunderstorms initiated over the eastern Nebraska Panhandle.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 22, 20161.25 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm tracked northward across western Todd County, producing large hail across portions of the area.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 22, 2016$243,000 · EF3 · 29 eventsWest Texas was under the backside of a ridge with a dryline across the area which provided lift. Good instability, moisture convergence, and high convective available potential energy was present along and to the east of the dryline.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 22 to 23, 2016$5.2 million · EF2 · 18 eventsThe first in a multi-day event produced widespread large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding but the largest impacts were felt in the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Dakota, May 22 to 23, 2016$54,000 · EF2 · 13 eventsA cluster of severe thunderstorms tracked slowly northeastward from Nebraska across south central South Dakota during the late afternoon and evening. Large hail and strong wind gusts were reported across Todd and southern Tripp Counties.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 2016EF1 · 18 eventsDuring the afternoon thunderstorms became tornadic across Kearny county. One tornado in particular became a very large wedge within just a minute as it moved west and then eventually north and east. It had random movement for a time.
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 22, 2016EF0 · 6 eventsA few severe thunderstorms developed bringing large hail, damaging winds, along with an isolated tornado to parts of central and north central South Dakota. Significant damage occurred in Highmore from very strong winds.
• Hail in Texas, May 22, 20161.75 in hail · 1 eventA weakness in the upper level ridge allowed thunderstorms to form over the mountains of northern Mexico and move across into Texas. One of these storms produce large hail.
• Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 22, 2016EF0 · 6 eventsThunderstorms developed over east-central North Dakota into the James River Valley along a cold front and ahead of an upper level trough. A weak tornado developed in Stutsman County, and was on the ground for about a mile.
• Hail in North Carolina, May 22, 20161 in hail · 1 eventA disturbance traversing the base of an upper level trough dropping southward into Central North Carolina during the evening resulted in a couple isolated thunderstorms. One of the isolated storms became severe, producing large hail.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 20161.5 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms with hail up to half dollar size moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the early evening of the 22nd. More widespread severe weather occurred just to the south across the Texas Panhandle.
• Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 2016EF0 · 3 eventsDuring the evening a line of slowing moving storms produced a tornado near Lydia, KS. No damage was reported due to the tornado remaining over open country. The same line of storms also produced large hail up to half dollar size near Leoti.
• Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, May 22 to 23, 20161.5 in hail · 10 eventsThunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Gregory, Charles Mix, Aurora, and Brule Counties during the evening of May 22nd. The storms also produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding in the Platte area after midnight on May 23rd.
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 22, 201661 kt wind · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm produced strong winds over eastern Bennett County.
• Hail in South Carolina, May 22, 2016$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 eventCold air aloft associated with an upper low to our north spawned clusters of showers and a few thunderstorms that persisted well into the evening. One thunderstorm briefly pulsed to severe levels.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 22 to 23, 2016$98,000 · 76 kt wind · 12 eventsStorms formed along a dryline in the panhandles on the 22nd. These storms slowly made their way into western Oklahoma and western north Texas late that evening.
• Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 22, 201687 kt wind · 4 eventsThunderstorms formed across central and eastern North Dakota during the evening of May 22nd and organized into a line of storms by late evening across eastern North Dakota. Rainfall amounts between 0.75 and 2.00 inches occurred from Valley City northeastward to Pembina, ND.
• Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 22, 201691 kt wind · 2 eventsThunderstorms formed across central and eastern North Dakota during the evening of May 22nd and organized into a line of storms by late evening across eastern North Dakota. Rainfall amounts between 0.75 and 2.00 inches occurred from Valley City northeastward to Pembina, ND.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 22 to 23, 2016$5,000 · 2 in hail · 3 eventsStorms formed along a dryline in the panhandles on the 22nd. These storms slowly made their way into western Oklahoma and western north Texas late that evening.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 23 to 24, 2016$465,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 eventsA couple storms produced hail as large as golf balls, and flash flooding also occurred on this Monday. During the late afternoon and evening hours, a couple small, isolated thunderstorms developed over northern Phillips and Smith Counties.
• Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 23, 20162 eventsA few storms moved through Clay County Missouri and produced some flash flooding on the north side of the Kansas City Metro area.
• Flash Flood in Kansas, May 23, 20161 eventA few storms passed through eastern Kansas and produced some minor flash flooding.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 23, 2016$1.9 million · EF0 · 12 eventsSeveral storms produced severe hail on this Monday late in the afternoon and into the early evening. Between noon and 1 p.m. CST, scattered showers developed over Webster and Adams Counties. There were a few embedded rumbles of thunder.
• Hail in Pennsylvania, May 23, 20160.88 in hail · 2 eventsShortwaves rotating around an upper low provided support for the development of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon of the 23rd. The best instability and moisture remained east of Pittsburgh, where a few storms produced penny to nickle sized hail.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 23, 20163.11 in hail · 29 eventsTo be done.
• Hail in Maryland, May 23, 20160.88 in hail · 4 eventsCirculation around an offshore flow produced showers and thunderstorms during the late afternoon and early evening hours on the 23rd. Some of these thunderstorms produced gusty winds and pea-sized hail, with at least one report of nickel-sized hail in Caroline County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 23, 2016$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed between Redwood Falls and Willmar during the afternoon of Monday, May 23rd. A few of the storms became severe and dropped nickel to golf ball size hail from south of Willmar, to Buffalo. Even a large tree was blown down in Buffalo.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Iowa, May 23 to 24, 2016EF0 · 14 eventsThunderstorms produced large hail at several locations in northwest Iowa during the late afternoon and early evening of May 23rd. The storms also produce damaging winds at one location, flash flooding at another, and an isolated tornado.
• Hail in Maryland, May 23, 20161 in hail · 1 eventA closed upper level low over the region triggered afternoon thunderstorms. Increased low level moisture and plenty of daytime heating led to marginal instability and with a low freezing level, the storms produced small hail.
• Hail in Texas, May 23, 20162.75 in hail · 4 eventsAn upper level trough was over the western part of the country. A surface trough was across the region with a dryline across the Permian Basin. Southerly winds east of the dryline allowed for a continued transport of moisture into the area.
• Hail in Texas, May 23, 20161.75 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms formed along the dryline in West Texas and moved into the northwestern part of South Central Texas. One of these storms produced large hail.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 23, 2016$153,000 · EF3 · 10 eventsA second consecutive afternoon and evening of scattered thunderstorms developed along an active dryline. Thunderstorms initially developed across the eastern South Plains and quickly became severe under an extremely unstable atmosphere.
• Hail in Virginia, May 23, 20161 in hail · 2 eventsA closed upper level low over the region triggered afternoon thunderstorms. Increased low level moisture and plenty of daytime heating led to marginal instability and with a low freezing level, the storms produced small hail.
• Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 23, 20161 eventCirculation around an offshore flow produced showers and thunderstorms during the late afternoon and early evening hours on the 23rd. Some of these thunderstorms produced gusty winds, pea-sized hail, and heavy rain which resulted in roadway flooding in a few locations.
• Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 23, 201652 kt wind · 2 eventsA thunderstorm over the Iron River, Wisconsin area during the late afternoon of May 23rd had strong wind gusts which knocked down some trees.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 20160.88 in hail · 1 eventIsolated to scattered non-severe thunderstorms develop during the afternoon on May 23rd. Some small hail was reported with these thunderstorms.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 23 to 24, 2016$15,000 · EF0 · 8 eventsStorms formed along a dryline in the panhandles on the 23rd. These storms slowly made their way into western Oklahoma and western north Texas late that evening.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 20161 in hail · 1 eventA supercell thunderstorm moved northeast into Beaver County during the evening of the 23rd producing hail up to quarter size. This storm weakened as it entered Oklahoma, and had produced hail as large as tennis balls just south of the state line.
• Hail in Kansas, May 23, 20161.25 in hail · 2 eventsA few severe thunderstorms towards midnight (late 23rd into the 24th) produced some large hail.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 23, 2016$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 eventsDuring the late evening a group of strong to severe thunderstorms developed producing large hail up to golf ball size in Oakley and damaging winds southwest of Quinter.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 23 to 24, 20162 injured · EF3 · 64 eventsSevere thunderstorms erupted during the late afternoon ahead of a dry line. Numerous tornado producing supercell thunderstorms were observed.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 24, 2016$16,000 · 2 in hail · 3 eventsA group of strong to severe thunderstorms that developed late the previous evening continued to produce large hail up to hen egg size and heavy rainfall during the early morning hours. The largest hail size reported fell in Oakley.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 2016EF1 · 28 eventsA long-lived supercell thunderstorm produced widespread wind and hail damage, and several tornadoes as it tracked east/northeast across eastern Colorado. The first tornado was reported in northeastern Adams County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 201661 kt wind · 6 eventsA complex of thunderstorms pushed southeast out of Nebraska with mainly damaging wind gusts and a couple small hail reports. Later that evening, a secondary round of thunderstorms moved east across portions of the area with damaging wind gusts.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, May 24 to 25, 20161.75 in hail · 19 eventsA cluster of storms moved across portions of central and south central producing strong winds and hail.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Missouri, May 24 to 26, 2016$82,000 · 1.75 in hail · 31 eventsSeveral rounds of thunderstorms over a couple of days led to minor flooding and isolated severe weather.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 24, 2016$68,000 · EF1 · 4 eventsAn upper disturbance moving through an unstable air mass spawned thunderstorms which produced two tornadoes near Republic in western Marquette County on the afternoon of the 24th.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 20161 death · 2 injured · $175,000 · 2.75 in hail · 8 eventsDuring the afternoon of the 24th, a few strong storms formed along an outflow boundary in north central Oklahoma.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, May 24 to 26, 20161.75 in hail · 9 eventsStrong thunderstorms brought large hail and damaging winds to north and central Arkansas on 5/24 and 5/26/16.
• Hail in Florida, May 24, 20161 in hail · 4 eventsA frontal boundary stalled across South Florida, enhancing afternoon showers and storms along the east coast sea breeze. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed, with the strongest storms producing large amounts of hail across Southern Miami-Dade County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 24, 20161 death · $500 · 1.75 in hail · 18 eventsThe afternoon of Tuesday, May 24th, scattered thunderstorms produced two areas of large hail across southern and central Minnesota. The first developed near Willimar and moved slowly east-southeast before dissipating in the southwest suburbs of the Twin Cities.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, May 24, 20161 injured · $2.1 million · 1 in hail · 2 eventsA slow moving cold front pushed into portions of Northeast Arkansas during the late afternoon of May 24th. Thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass with little to no steering flow, allowing them to sit and train over the same area. The city of Jonesboro was hardest hit.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 2016$786,000 · EF1 · 18 eventsThunderstorms developed during the afternoon of May 24th along an outflow boundary from early morning storms that had settled across north central Oklahoma. The atmosphere over eastern Oklahoma had become very unstable by late afternoon as these storms moved into the area.
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 24, 201652 kt wind · 1 eventA few small thunderstorms developed in the mid afternoon hours in a moist air-mass. The strongest storm produced some damaging wind.
• Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 24, 20163.5 in hail · 6 eventsA dryline sharpened during the afternoon and significant moisture surged northwestward. This set the stage for supercell thunderstorms capable of very large hail.
• Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 24, 201652 kt wind · 1 eventA thunderstorm moved over parts of Iron County, Wisconsin during the late afternoon of May 24th and knocked down trees near the intersection of Highway 51 and Moose Lake Road.
• Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 24, 201652 kt wind · 3 eventsIsolated thunderstorms, in the vicinity of a weak stationary front, developed in north central Wisconsin and moved along the Wisconsin/Michigan border. The storms downed trees and power lines as they passed. Trees on power lines started fires at many locations in Florence County.
• Hail in Wyoming, May 24, 20161 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm produced large hail northeast of Lusk in southeast Wyoming.
• Hail in Kansas, May 24, 20161.75 in hail · 1 eventDuring the late afternoon a severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in southern Gove county.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 24, 20161.75 in hail · 1 eventSupercell thunderstorms that were LP in nature developed in an unstable and sheared environment ahead of a dryline during the afternoon of the 24th. These storms produced large hail up to golf ball size.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 24, 20161.25 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms developed over central Wyoming during the late afternoon of Tuesday, May 24, ahead of an upper-level low. The environment was favorable for gusty outflow wind as temperature-dew point spreads approached 40F.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 24, 20161.25 in hail · 5 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over eastern Fall River County and tracked eastward across Oglala Lakota County. The storm produced large hail and wind gusts to 70 mph across portions of southern Oglala Lakota County.
• Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 24, 201652 kt wind · 4 eventsA broken line of thunderstorms produced strong winds across from northwest of Alliance to north of Sidney in western Nebraska.
• Hail in Montana, May 24, 20161 in hail · 1 eventAn isolated thunderstorm produced severe hail just west of Crow Agency.
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 24, 201652 kt wind · 2 eventsA line of thunderstorms moved across Jackson County, producing wind gusts around 60 mph in the Belvidere area.
• Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 2016EF0 · 7 eventsDuring the late afternoon and early evening a severe thunderstorm moved into northern Yuma county from the west. This storm left a path of straight-line wind damage behind it and continued to produce straight-line wind damage as it moved into Yuma county.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 24, 20160.88 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm produced nickel-size hail over central Minnesota during the afternoon of May 24th.
• Hail in Wyoming, May 24, 20161.75 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe across southern Campbell County, producing large hail southwest of Savageton.
• Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 24, 2016$58,000 · EF0 · 14 eventsA warm frontal boundary was draped across southwestern Nebraska during the evening of May 24th. Thunderstorms initiated in northeastern Colorado and tracked east. As they approached the warm front, they became severe. Large hail and a tornado was reported in Chase County.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 24, 201653 kt wind · 2 eventsAn isolated thunderstorm produced nickel hail and severe winds in Jones and Lyman counties.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 24, 20161 in hail · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm that had produced very large hail in Yuma county Colorado moved through Hitchcock and Dundy counties. The largest hail reported was quarter size in Palisade.
• Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 24, 201652 kt wind · 1 eventIsolated to scattered thunderstorms developed in central and northern Kansas during the afternoon on the 24th. These thunderstorms developed into a small complex and moved into southeast Nebraska during the evening on the 24th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 25, 2016$225,000 · 1 in hail · 7 eventsOne storm produced severe hail during the early morning hours, then more storms produced severe hail and near-severe wind gusts in the evening on this Wednesday. Around midnight, a strong squall line was moving out of western Nebraska into central Nebraska.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 25, 201665 kt wind · 2 eventsThunderstorms developed during the afternoon of May 24th along an outflow boundary from early morning storms that had settled across north central Oklahoma.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, May 25 to 26, 2016$450,000 · 1.25 in hail · 34 eventsOn the afternoon of the 25th, a cold front progressed into portions of central and eastern Nebraska and eventually stalled out in eastern Nebraska.
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 25, 2016$15,000 · 56 kt wind · 4 eventsThunderstorms produced damaging winds in and near Sioux Falls, in southeast South Dakota, a little before daybreak on May 25th.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 25, 201656 kt wind · 2 eventsA complex of strong to severe thunderstorms developed over Central and Southern Oklahoma during the evening hour on May 24th, and shifted east into Eastern Oklahoma during the predawn hours on May 25th.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 20160.75 in hail · 1 eventOn the morning of May 25th, a widespread area of showers with a few embedded thunderstorms were located from Jamestown, ND, to Alexandria, MN. These showers and storms were moving slowly northward, supported by an upper level disturbance.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 25, 2016$18,000 · 1.25 in hail · 14 eventsThunderstorms developed during the afternoon of May 25th across the western and central sections of Wisconsin along a nearly stationary front. These storms produced large hail and some wind damage from Jackson County south into Crawford County.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 25, 20163 in hail · 5 eventsA thunderstorm quickly intensified over eastern Pennington County and tracked eastward. The storm produced very large hail as it moved across Haakon County, larger than baseball size in a few areas.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 25, 2016$2,000 · 1 in hail · 9 eventsThunderstorms developed across south central North Dakota into the James River Valley along a surface trough extending from a surface low in southeast North Dakota. The largest hail was one inch in diameter and fell in Sioux and Dickey counties.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 25, 20160.75 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm developed over the eastern slopes of the central Black Hills and moved eastward across the Rapid City area. The storm produced hail to penny size with wind gusts to 40 mph.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 2016$25,000 · EF0 · 6 eventsAn Isolated but severe thunderstorm developed along a frontal boundary in central Minnesota during the afternoon of Wednesday, May 25th, near Glenwood.
• Hail in Wyoming, May 25, 20161.5 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm produced large north of Cheyenne in southeast Wyoming.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 25, 20161.5 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm dropped large hail near Minong, Wisconsin.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, May 25, 20161 in hail · 3 eventsConvection along a slow moving cold front continued to track across the Midsouth, with the most intense storms forming in the mid and late afternoon hours of May 25th. A few storms were capable of severe hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.
• Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 25, 2016$1.5 million · 78 kt wind · 1 eventA line of thunderstorms that formed across southeast Minnesota, tracked to the north across west central Wisconsin during the afternoon of Wednesday, May 25th. The majority of thunderstorms were non-severe, producing occasional hail, gusty winds and heavy rainfall.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 25, 2016$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 eventsA shortwave trough and warm front brought numerous thunderstorms to southern |WI during the afternoon and evening hours. A few of these storms produced wind damage.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 25, 20162.75 in hail · 13 eventsA weak upper level low pressure trough and surface cold front brought some severe thunderstorms mainly to central South Dakota. Large hail up to baseball size along with wind gusts to 60 mph occurred with the storms.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 25, 2016$10,000 · 51 kt wind · 1 eventAn isolated severe thunderstorm produced wind damage in the Houghton Lake area.
• Flash Flood in Tennessee, May 25, 20161 eventConvection along a slow moving cold front continued to track across the Midsouth, with the most intense storms forming in the mid and late afternoon hours of May 25th. A few storms were capable of severe hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.
• Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 25, 201656 kt wind · 2 eventsA thunderstorm that produced large hail and wind damage in southwest Wisconsin moved northeast and merged with another storm that developed in the vicinity of a stationary front.
• Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 20161.75 in hail · 5 eventsAn upper level trough was over the western conus with a dryline across the Lower Trans Pecos. An upper level disturbance was moving toward the area and provided an additional source of lift. Instability, moisture, and wind shear were high across the Lower Trans Pecos.
• Hail in Arkansas, May 25, 20161 in hail · 1 eventShowers and storms developed across portions of southeast Arkansas thanks to a moist airmass and afternoon heating.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 25, 20168 injured · EF4 · 9 eventsOne supercell thunderstorm developed over Ottawa county around 5pm on May 25th. That storm went on to produce 4 documented tornadoes including a 26 mile long violent EF4 tornado that was on the ground for around 90 minutes.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 25, 201656 kt wind · 1 eventAn upper level disturbance moved across northeastern Illinois into northwestern Indiana. A plume of deeper moisture and limited instability was sufficient for a narrow line of showers and storms to form across northwestern Indiana.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 25, 2016$45,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 eventsThunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds at several locations in southeast South Dakota, mainly near the Missouri River, on the late afternoon and evening of May 25th. There was also lightning damage with 21 head of cattle killed at a metal feeder in McCook County.
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 25, 201652 kt wind · 1 eventIsolated showers and thunderstorms developed over portions of Southcentral Arkansas and Northcentral Louisiana during the late afternoon and early evening hours, as heating and instability interacted with a residual outflow boundary from a complex of showers and thunderstorms…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 25, 20161.5 in hail · 8 eventsA stationary front, which extended from southwestern into portions of central and north central Nebraska, served as the focal point for strong to severe thunderstorms during the evening hours of May 25th. Large hail and damaging winds were the main severe reports.
• Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 25, 201652 kt wind · 1 eventPower outage occurred from a thunderstorm extending from Chester north to Ashton.
• Hail in Kansas, May 25, 20161 in hail · 3 eventsDuring the evening strong to severe thunderstorms produced quarter size hail near St. Francis and nickel size hail north of Atwood later in the evening.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 25 to 26, 20161.75 in hail · 6 eventsIsolated to scattered thunderstorms developed along a wavy cold front that extended from eastern South Dakota into central Nebraska. Due to favorable instability and shear, a few of these thunderstorms were able to become severe as the moved east into northeast Nebraska.
• Hail in Montana, May 25, 20161 in hail · 3 eventsAn isolated thunderstorm produced severe hail just northeast of Billings.
• Hail in North Dakota, May 25, 20161 in hail · 2 eventsDuring the afternoon of May 25th, a line of thunderstorms formed over western North Dakota. This line continued to move east through the early evening, resulting in a few severe weather reports across south central ND.
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 25, 2016$20,000 · EF2 · 5 eventsAs an upper level low continued to move toward Oklahoma, a few storms formed over north central Oklahoma near a boundary on the evening of the 25th, producing severe winds and hail and a few tornadoes.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, May 25 to 26, 2016$500 · 3 in hail · 66 eventsA few late evening storms moved through northwest Missouri, bringing small hail and some isolated minor wind damage.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 25 to 26, 2016$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 eventsA complex of thunderstorms that developed across South Dakota and Nebraska Wednesday afternoon, May 25th, continued to redevelop and move into far southern Minnesota late Wednesday evening.
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 25, 2016$2,000 · 61 kt wind · 5 eventsThunderstorms produced damaging winds at a few locations in Dickinson and O'Brien Counties in northwest Iowa late in the evening of May 25th.
• Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 25, 201650 kt wind · 1 eventA thunderstorm produced a gust to 58 mpg at Jackson Airport just before midnight on May 25th.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 26, 20161 in hail · 1 eventDuring the afternoon of May 25th, a line of thunderstorms formed over western North Dakota. This line continued to move east through the early evening, resulting in a few severe weather reports across south central North Dakota.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 26 to 30, 2016EF2 · 59 eventsThe dryline interacting with an unstable airmass, producing severe thunderstorms on May 26-27. As the airmass remained unstable, a dissipating front and dryline continued to produce rounds of severe thunderstorms on May 28 and 29.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 26, 2016$63,000 · 55 kt wind · 5 eventsThunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of May 26th across northeast Iowa. These storms formed ahead of a cold front and produced strong winds across portions of Mitchell, Fayette and Clayton Counties.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 26, 2016$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsThunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of May 26th across southeast Minnesota. These storms formed ahead of a cold front and dropped hail across portions of Fillmore and Wabasha Counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 26, 20161.75 in hail · 17 eventsA cold front produced thunderstorms with some severe storms with damaging winds to over 70 MPH and some large hail up to the size of golf balls.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 26, 20161 in hail · 3 eventsIsolated storms developed across the area during the early morning hours of May 26th. Some of the storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 26, 2016$60,000 · 0.88 in hail · 2 eventsA stationary frontal boundary triggered scattered thunderstorms across central Illinois during the morning of May 26th. A few of the storms produced winds of around 60 mph and hail as large as nickels.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 26 to 27, 2016$355,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 eventsSeveral storms produced hail up to the size of golf balls on this Thursday. Storms began forming early, with the first storms forming just after 12 p.m. CST over Webster, Nuckolls, and Thayer Counties.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 26, 201656 kt wind · 2 eventsIsolated storms developed across the area during the early morning hours of May 26th. Some of the storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 26 to 27, 20162 injured · EF1 · 44 eventsAnother round of severe thunderstorms brought more pain and hardship to the area in the form of large hail, damaging winds, flooding rains and 3 more tornadoes.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, May 26, 2016$2,000 · 2.25 in hail · 37 eventsA significant severe weather event occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 26, when several severe storms, including a few supercells moved into far eastern Kansas. Large hail and strong winds were the extent of the severe weather.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, May 26, 2016$15,000 · 1 in hail · 4 eventsA southerly wind flow of very moist and unstable air fed a slow-moving thunderstorm complex. To the south of the complex, surface dew points were in the lower 70's and instability was quite high.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Missouri, May 26 to 28, 2016$93,000 · 1 in hail · 6 eventsA southerly wind flow of very moist and unstable air fed a slow-moving thunderstorm complex. To the south of the storm complex, surface dew points were in the lower 70's and instability was quite high.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 26 to 27, 20165 deaths · $19 million · EF2 · 21 eventsStrong upper level disturbances combined with above average moisture levels and favorable upper level wind patterns to produce a round of severe thunderstorms that eventually trained and produced excessive rainfall and flash flood during the afternoon hours of the 26th and on…
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, May 26, 2016$5,000 · 1.5 in hail · 14 eventsA long lived line of thunderstorms tracked from Missouri through Illinois and Kentucky before stalling out across south-central Kentucky during the late afternoon hours on May 26.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, May 26 to 30, 20161 death · EF0 · 80 eventsAnother round of late May storms produced very strong winds and damaging hail to central Kansas on both the 26th and 27th. Very large hail up to baseball size was noted along with a significant amount of flooding due to the heavy rains.
• Hail in Colorado, May 26, 20160.75 in hail · 1 eventA strong thunderstorm produced dime size hail.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, May 26 to 27, 2016$52,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 eventsA series of upper level disturbances produced multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 20164 in hail · 17 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed along a dry line and approaching cold front during the afternoon and evening.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 26, 20163 injured · $13,000 · 1 in hail · 25 eventsSevere storms produced hail up to the size of half dollars, and damaging severe winds in Kiowa County.
• Hail in Colorado, May 26, 20161 in hail · 5 eventsSevere thunderstorms produced large hail, up to quarter size.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26 to 27, 2016$33,000 · 1.75 in hail · 23 eventsStorms formed along the dryline in the panhandles and western Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours of the 26th before moving eastward through Oklahoma and western north Texas.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Nebraska, May 26, 20161 in hail · 9 eventsAs a stronger upper-level storm system moved into the high Plains during the day on the 26th, a warm front rapidly moved north from Kansas into southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa bringing warm and unstable air into the region.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, May 26, 2016$17,000 · 1 in hail · 9 eventsA southerly wind flow of very moist and unstable air fed a slow-moving thunderstorm complex. Surface dew points were in the lower 70's south of the complex. Instability was quite high to the south of the storm complex.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, May 26, 20161 in hail · 3 eventsAs a stronger upper-level storm system moved into the high Plains during the day on the 26th, a warm front rapidly moved north from Kansas into southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa bringing warm and unstable air into the region.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 26, 20160.88 in hail · 4 eventsA line of severe thunderstorms dropped south out of the Lower Ohio Valley and into the Midsouth on the afternoon of May 26th. A few storms were capable of damaging winds, small hail and flash flooding.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 26, 2016$2,000 · 1.25 in hail · 7 eventsAn upper low resided over the Arizona and New Mexico state line, and a dryline was present across the eastern Permian Basin and Lower Trans Pecos.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 26, 2016$26,000 · 56 kt wind · 6 eventsA line of slow moving showers and thunderstorms moved southward out of Kentucky during the afternoon and evening hours on May 26. A few reports of wind damage and flash flooding were received.
• Hail in Michigan, May 26, 20160.75 in hail · 1 eventA broken line of strong thunderstorms crossed northern lower Michigan, producing isolated strong wind gusts and hail.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 26, 2016$200 · 56 kt wind · 2 eventsA line of thunderstorms moved out of the Midwest and across the Ohio Valley into central and eastern Kentucky through the morning and afternoon hours.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 26, 20161.75 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm produced large hail in Box Butte County.
• Hail in Kansas, May 26, 20161 in hail · 1 eventHail up to the size of quarters occurred in Smith County on this Thursday afternoon. Many thunderstorms formed from central Kansas into northeast Kansas in the early- to mid-afternoon hours. Storms predominantly exhibited multicell storm mode. Around 2 p.m.
• Tornado in Missouri, May 26, 2016EF0 · 1 eventPart of a bigger event, there was a lone tornado that formed near Whiteman Air Force Base in Johnson County. This tornado appeared to have done no damage and dissipated shortly after formation.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 26, 201651 kt wind · 2 eventsA line of severe thunderstorms dropped south out of the Lower Ohio Valley and into the Midsouth on the afternoon of May 26th. A few storms were capable of damaging winds, small hail and flash flooding.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 26, 2016$101,000 · 2.75 in hail · 31 eventsDuring the late afternoon and through the evening scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed over Northwest Kansas ahead of an advancing line of intense straight-line winds from thunderstorms moving east out of Colorado.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 26, 20162 injured · $110,000 · EF0 · 11 eventsScattered strong to severe thunderstorms moved into East Central Colorado during the latter half of the afternoon. During the late afternoon a few of the storms produced a widespread swath of wind damage with wind speeds estimated up to 90 MPH.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 26 to 27, 20162 deaths · 2 in hail · 27 eventsAn upper level trough moved out of the southern Rockies and provided sufficient lift to form thunderstorms along a dryline in west Texas. These storms moved into South Central Texas and were further enhanced by an outflow boundary that moved out of north Texas.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 26, 20161.75 in hail · 8 eventsStorms formed along the dryline in the panhandles and western Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours of the 26th before moving eastward through Oklahoma and western north Texas.
• Hail in South Dakota, May 26, 20161 in hail · 8 eventsSeveral isolated thunderstorms brought nickel to quarter size hail to the region.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 20161.25 in hail · 1 eventOne severe thunderstorm developed during the evening and moved across portions of Beaver County bringing hail up to half dollar size.
• Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 26, 20161.25 in hail · 3 eventsMost of the severe thunderstorms on the 26th were east in Oklahoma where the higher moisture and greater instability was located.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 26, 20161 in hail · 3 eventsIsolated thunderstorms developed across far southwestern Nebraska in the vicinity of a stalled out frontal boundary during the early evening hours of May 26th. The storms produced some large hail over Frontier and strong winds over Frontier and southern Lincoln counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 26, 201661 kt wind · 4 eventsStorms developed along a warm front and moved through the region. Some of the storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
• Flash Flood in Colorado, May 27, 2016$20,000 · 1 eventHeavy snowmelt on the Grand Mesa during the spring runoff season resulted in the West Salt Creek pond to overflow the debris dam and release a large amount of water down the existing landslide on the north side of the Grand Mesa.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 27 to 31, 2016$184,000 · EF0 · 10 eventsA short wave moved into the area along the base of a larger trough. This brought a line of storms from north of Houston into deep Southeast Texas that slowly moved through. Flash flooding occurred in Tyler county that lead an earthen dam to break north of Woodville.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, May 27 to 28, 2016$8.2 million · 1 in hail · 6 eventsIsolated flash flooding occurred on this Friday afternoon and evening, along with some marginally severe hail in a couple spots. Between 3 and 5 p.m.
• Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 27, 20161 eventAn area of slow moving thunderstorms produced flash flooding across portions of Northeast Arkansas during the early afternoon hours of May 27th.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27, 201665 kt wind · 6 eventsThe second complex of showers and embedded thunderstorms in two days moved across East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and North Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours on May 27th, bringing about widespread rains to the region.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 27, 2016$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventAn isolated severe thunderstorm caused very minor damage near Rockford during the afternoon hours of May 27th, where trained spotters reported that a couple of trees were blown down four to five miles east of Rockford. No other severe weather was reported.
• Tornadoes in Minnesota, May 27, 2016EF0 · 4 eventsMorning sunshine and moisture from recent rainfall combined to produce afternoon instability along the Red River Valley. In addition, a frontal boundary set up from the Lake of the Woods down into the southern Red River Valley.
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 27, 201665 kt wind · 4 eventsThe second complex of showers and embedded thunderstorms in two days moved across East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and North Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours on May 27th, bringing about widespread rains to the region.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 27, 20162.25 in hail · 25 eventsAs an strong upper level low moved across the area on the evening of the 27th, storms formed along a front and dryline extending north-south through central Oklahoma.
• Tornadoes in Colorado, May 27, 20163 eventsThree landspout tornados occurred around Towner across open fields and caused no damage.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Missouri, May 27 to 28, 20161 in hail · 6 eventsOn the evening of May 27 a few scattered storms moved through the area, bringing some marginally severe hail and wind gusts. There was also some isolated flooding with these heavy rain producers.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, May 27, 2016EF0 · 6 eventsDuring the afternoon thunderstorms developed along a warm front over Greeley and Wichita counties. These storms slowly moved westward along the nearly stationary front. With an upper level disturbance overhead, the setup was favorable for the development of landspout tornadoes.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 27, 20160.75 in hail · 1 eventA strong thunderstorm produced penny size hail near Haigler during the mid afternoon.
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 27, 201655 kt wind · 1 eventIsolated to scattered thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois, producing brief gusty winds.
• Flash Flood in Virginia, May 27, 20161 eventA warm and humid day led to showers and thunderstorms developing along the higher terrain west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Thunderstorms that developed were slow moving and that led to heavy rain over far northern Virginia.
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 27 to 28, 2016$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 eventsAn upper trough moved across Texas and Louisiana during the 27th and 28th. Multiple shortwaves rounded the base of the larger trough with a couple of rounds of storms occurring across South Louisiana during this event. A couple reports of damage was received.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 27, 2016EF0 · 7 eventsUnderneath a cold upper level low moving across an unstable atmosphere, there were numerous thunderstorms. A few became severe and a few produced weak tornadoes.
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 27, 2016$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventWidely scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on May 27. One report of wind damage was received.
• Tornado in Wisconsin, May 27, 2016$100,000 · EF1 · 1 eventA shortwave trough and warm front resulted in numerous thunderstorms over southern WI during the afternoon and early evening. One EF-1 tornado occurred in Fond du lac County.
• Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 27, 20162 eventsSaturated soils from the previous days' rainfall led to flash-flooding across north-central Kansas as a complex of thunderstorms moved through during the afternoon and evening.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, May 27 to 28, 2016$50,000 · 0.88 in hail · 2 eventsA thunderstorm complex developed over southeastern Lincoln County on the evening of May 27th. Movement of the thunderstorm complex was slow, so heavy rain resulted, leading to flash flooding over southeastern portions of Lincoln County.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 27, 2016$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 eventsThe southwest end of a mesoscale convective system moved across the Victoria Crossroads during the early evening hours of the 27th. The storms produced golf ball sized hail and damaging wind gusts in Goliad County.

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