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Hail and tornado reports for May 6, 2008

175 hail reports in 11 states on May 6, 2008. The largest stones measured 4.5 in (softball) near Olton, TX. 3 tornado reports on this day. 61 damaging thunderstorm wind reports on this day.

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Colorado 1 hail report

Time	Hail size	Where
15:06 MDT	0.75 in penny	Sheridan Lake, Kiowa

Iowa 34 hail reports

Time	Hail size	Where
01:00 CDT	1 in quarter	Anthon, Woodbury
15:37 CDT	1 in quarter	Hawarden, Sioux near the center of Hawarden
15:40 CDT	0.75 in penny	Ruble, Plymouth 10 mi from Le Mars
15:45 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Brunsville, Plymouth 5 mi from Le Mars
16:17 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Remsen, Plymouth 10 mi from Le Mars
16:25 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Marcus, Cherokee 14 mi from Cherokee
16:35 CDT	0.75 in penny	Cleghorn, Cherokee 9 mi from Cherokee
16:45 CDT	0.75 in penny	Cherokee, Cherokee near the center of Cherokee
16:47 CDT	0.75 in penny	Estherville, Emmet near the center of Estherville
16:48 CDT	1 in quarter	Kingsley, Plymouth 15 mi from Le Mars
16:50 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Meriden, Cherokee 5 mi from Cherokee
16:52 CDT	0.75 in penny	Gruver, Emmet 7 mi from Estherville
16:55 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Pierson, Woodbury
16:55 CDT	0.75 in penny	Kingsley, Plymouth
16:58 CDT	0.75 in penny	Armstrong, Emmet
17:01 CDT	1 in quarter	Ruthven, Palo Alto 10 mi from Emmetsburg
17:10 CDT	0.75 in penny	Sioux Center, Sioux near the center of Sioux
17:17 CDT	0.75 in penny	Lotts Creek, Kossuth 12 mi from Algona
17:23 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Pierson, Woodbury
17:35 CDT	0.75 in penny	Correctionville, Woodbury
18:01 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Correctionville, Woodbury
18:10 CDT	1 in quarter	Sac City, Sac
18:15 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Battle Creek, Ida
18:17 CDT	1 in quarter	Sac City, Sac
18:19 CDT	1 in quarter	Sac City, Sac
18:20 CDT	0.75 in penny	Sac City, Sac
18:24 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Jolley, Calhoun
18:35 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Sherwood, Calhoun
18:45 CDT	1 in quarter	Sac City, Sac
18:54 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Somers, Calhoun 15 mi from Fort Dodge
19:51 CDT	0.75 in penny	Jewell, Hamilton 7 mi from Story City
20:08 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Sutherland, O'Brien 15 mi from Cherokee
20:29 CDT	1 in quarter	Boone, Boone near the center of Boone
21:00 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Rembrandt, Buena Vista 14 mi from Storm Lake

Kansas 36 hail reports

Time	Hail size	Where
14:25 MDT	0.75 in penny	Kendall, Hamilton
15:40 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Lake Mc Kinney, Kearny
15:51 CDT	0.75 in penny	Lake Mc Kinney, Kearny
16:05 CDT	1 in quarter	Lake Mc Kinney, Kearny
16:19 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Deerfield, Kearny
16:50 CDT	1 in quarter	Friend, Finney
17:00 CDT	1 in quarter	Tennis, Finney 15 mi from Garden City
17:45 CDT	0.75 in penny	Alamota, Lane
17:50 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Eminence, Finney
18:15 CDT	0.75 in penny	Bazine, Ness
18:17 CDT	1 in quarter	Mc Donald, Rawlins
18:20 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Kalvesta, Finney
18:20 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Mc Donald, Rawlins
18:20 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Atwood, Rawlins
18:25 CDT	1 in quarter	St Francis, Cheyenne
18:40 CDT	0.75 in penny	Rush Center, Rush
18:44 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Bird City, Cheyenne
18:44 CDT	1.25 in half dollar	Bird City, Cheyenne
19:00 CDT	0.75 in penny	Otis, Rush 15 mi from Hoisington
19:15 CDT	1 in quarter	Jetmore, Hodgeman
19:24 CDT	0.75 in penny	Jetmore, Hodgeman
19:25 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Great Bend, Barton 2 mi from Great Bend
19:35 CDT	0.75 in penny	Deerfield, Kearny 14 mi from Garden City
19:36 CDT	0.75 in penny	Ness City, Ness
19:40 CDT	0.75 in penny	Hudson, Stafford
19:45 CDT	1 in quarter	Deerfield, Kearny 14 mi from Garden City
19:45 CDT	0.75 in penny	Deerfield, Kearny 14 mi from Garden City
19:50 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Holcomb, Finney 7 mi from Garden City
20:05 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Garden City, Finney near the center of Garden City
20:20 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Jetmore Muni Airport, Hodgeman
20:20 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Jetmore Muni Airport, Hodgeman
20:20 CDT	0.75 in penny	Atwood, Rawlins
22:16 CDT	1 in quarter	Georgia, Kingman 5 mi from Kingman
22:25 CDT	0.75 in penny	Cheney, Sedgwick 11 mi from Goddard
22:47 CDT	0.75 in penny	Milton, Sumner 15 mi from Clearwater
23:37 CDT	0.75 in penny	Scott State Park, Scott 11 mi from Scott City

Minnesota 7 hail reports

Time	Hail size	Where
11:45 CDT	0.75 in penny	Milroy, Redwood 14 mi from Marshall
11:54 CDT	0.75 in penny	Milroy, Redwood
14:59 CDT	0.75 in penny	Garvin, Lyon
15:24 CDT	0.75 in penny	Walnut Grove, Redwood
17:45 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Lewiston, Winona 11 mi from Saint Charles
19:48 CDT	0.75 in penny	Manley, Rock 8 mi from Brandon
19:55 CDT	0.75 in penny	Dover, Olmsted 3 mi from Saint Charles

Montana 1 hail report

Time	Hail size	Where
15:18 MDT	0.88 in nickel	Weldon, Mccone

Nebraska 49 hail reports

Time	Hail size	Where
14:47 CDT	0.75 in penny	Crofton, Knox 11 mi from Yankton
15:13 CDT	0.75 in penny	Sutherland, Lincoln
15:18 MDT	1 in quarter	Grant, Perkins
15:30 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Wood Lake, Cherry
15:35 MDT	1 in quarter	Madrid, Perkins
15:49 CDT	0.75 in penny	Sutherland, Lincoln
15:55 CDT	1 in quarter	Ainsworth, Brown
15:55 CDT	0.75 in penny	Sutherland, Lincoln
16:10 CDT	0.75 in penny	Hurleys Airport, Dixon
16:11 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Hurleys Airport, Dixon
16:19 CDT	0.75 in penny	North Platte, Lincoln 5 mi from North Platte
16:29 CDT	1 in quarter	North Platte, Lincoln 5 mi from North Platte
16:33 CDT	1 in quarter	Maxwell, Lincoln
16:35 CDT	0.75 in penny	Bird Field North, Lincoln 7 mi from North Platte
16:35 CDT	1 in quarter	Rose, Rock
17:00 CDT	2.5 in tennis ball	Rose, Rock
17:05 CDT	1 in quarter	Swan Lake, Holt
17:10 CDT	4.25 in	Rose, Rock
17:10 CDT	1.5 in ping pong ball	Wallace, Lincoln
17:15 CDT	1.25 in half dollar	Swan Lake, Holt
17:20 CDT	1 in quarter	Long Pine, Brown
17:30 CDT	0.75 in penny	Sargent, Custer
17:34 CDT	0.75 in penny	Rose, Rock
17:50 CDT	0.75 in penny	Gothenburg, Dawson 5 mi from Gothenburg
17:54 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Burwell, Garfield
17:55 CDT	0.75 in penny	Oconto, Custer 10 mi from Gothenburg
17:55 CDT	0.75 in penny	Gothenburg, Dawson near the center of Gothenburg
18:00 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Almeria, Loup
18:00 CDT	1 in quarter	Brady, Lincoln 5 mi from Gothenburg
18:05 CDT	0.75 in penny	Bartlett, Wheeler
18:05 CDT	0.75 in penny	Burwell, Garfield
18:27 CDT	0.75 in penny	Wellfleet, Lincoln
18:35 CDT	0.75 in penny	Hamlet, Hayes
18:50 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Akron, Boone
19:00 CDT	0.75 in penny	Hayes Center, Hayes
19:02 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Trenton, Hitchcock
19:08 CDT	0.75 in penny	Cozad, Dawson 1 mi from Cozad
19:10 CDT	1 in quarter	Culbertson, Hitchcock 14 mi from McCook
19:17 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Curtis, Frontier
19:25 CDT	0.75 in penny	Stockville, Frontier
19:25 CDT	0.75 in penny	Lexington, Dawson 5 mi from Lexington
19:32 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Eustis, Frontier 14 mi from Cozad
19:55 CDT	0.75 in penny	Winnebago, Thurston 14 mi from Sergeant Bluff
20:08 CDT	1 in quarter	Holbrook, Furnas
20:36 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Beaver City, Furnas
20:47 CDT	0.75 in penny	Hastings, Adams near the center of Hastings
21:18 CDT	1 in quarter	Roseland, Adams
21:40 CDT	0.75 in penny	Lawrence, Nuckolls
21:48 CDT	0.75 in penny	Davenport, Thayer

New Mexico 4 hail reports

Time	Hail size	Where
18:09 MDT	1.75 in golf ball	Maljamar, Lea
18:30 MDT	1.75 in golf ball	Whites City, Eddy
19:18 MDT	1.75 in golf ball	Hobbs Ind Airport, Lea 4 mi from Hobbs
19:30 MDT	0.88 in nickel	Mc Donald, Lea 6 mi from Lovington

North Dakota 1 hail report

Time	Hail size	Where
17:07 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Sheldon, Ransom

South Dakota 16 hail reports

Time	Hail size	Where
10:45 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Mission, Todd
10:50 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Mission, Todd
11:40 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Winner, Tripp 13 mi from Winner
12:20 CDT	0.75 in penny	Carlock, Gregory
12:30 CDT	0.75 in penny	Herrick, Gregory
13:30 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Wagner, Charles Mix
13:50 CDT	0.75 in penny	Perkins, Bon Homme
14:10 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Utica, Yankton 11 mi from Yankton
14:12 CDT	0.75 in penny	Bon Homme Colony, Bon Homme 14 mi from Yankton
14:15 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Bon Homme Colony, Bon Homme
14:25 CDT	0.75 in penny	Yankton, Yankton 1 mi from Yankton
14:35 CDT	1 in quarter	Yankton, Yankton 1 mi from Yankton
15:10 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Hub City, Clay 11 mi from Vermillion
15:18 CDT	0.75 in penny	Vermillion, Clay near the center of Vermillion
16:29 CDT	0.75 in penny	Alsen, Union
16:37 CDT	0.75 in penny	Mc Cook Lake, Union 3 mi from North Sioux City

Texas 25 hail reports

Time	Hail size	Where
06:39 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Weatherford Airport, Parker 3 mi from Willow Park
16:57 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Seminole, Gaines 14 mi from Seminole
16:57 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Grandfalls, Ward
17:34 CDT	1.5 in ping pong ball	Seminole Airport, Gaines 14 mi from Seminole
17:40 CDT	0.75 in penny	Enochs, Bailey
17:40 CDT	4.25 in	Imperial Res, Pecos
17:45 CDT	1.25 in half dollar	Seminole, Gaines 3 mi from Seagraves
17:49 CDT	1 in quarter	Woodrow, Lubbock 8 mi from Lubbock
17:49 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Crane, Crane 1 mi from Crane
18:00 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Loop, Gaines 9 mi from Seagraves
18:15 CDT	1.25 in half dollar	Brownfield, Terry near the center of Brownfield
18:20 CDT	2.75 in baseball	Lubbock, Lubbock 3 mi from Lubbock
18:22 CDT	2 in hen egg	Burris, Lubbock 6 mi from Lubbock
18:30 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Crane, Crane near the center of Crane
18:39 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Ropesville, Hockley 10 mi from Wolfforth
18:40 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Fieldton, Lamb 15 mi from Littlefield
18:52 CDT	1.5 in ping pong ball	Reese Vlg, Lubbock 6 mi from Shallowater
19:19 CDT	0.75 in penny	Levelland, Hockley near the center of Levelland
19:37 CDT	1.25 in half dollar	Halfway, Hale 14 mi from Plainview
19:47 CDT	1 in quarter	Kalgary, Crosby
20:00 CDT	1.75 in golf ball	Spur, Dickens
20:02 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Olton, Lamb
20:02 CDT	4.5 in softball	Olton, Lamb
21:08 CDT	1 in quarter	Guthrie, King
21:48 CDT	0.75 in penny	Memphis, Hall

Wisconsin 1 hail report

Time	Hail size	Where
20:49 CDT	0.88 in nickel	Folsom, Vernon 8 mi from Viroqua

Times are local time at each report's location.

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