Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports on May 8, 2007

Hail Report Description: On the west side of DFW Airport.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Hail lasted for two minutes on the south side of town.

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Hail Report Description: Reported on the south side of Snyder.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

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Hail Report Description: Large hail was mostly penny size with a few golf ball size stones.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

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Hail Report Description: Hail reported at the I-20, Monkhouse Dr exit.

Hail Report Description: Hail reported at the intersection of Youree Dr. and East 70th street.

Hail Report Description: Hail lasted for nearly three minutes at the intersection of Youree Dr. and Bert Kouns.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Golfball to apple sized hail fell at Cottonwood Campground in Big Bend National Park.

Hail Report Description: Golfball sized hail fell at Terlingua High School.

Hail Report Description: Hail reported along Hwy 59.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Penny sized hail was reported at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 1239 and Texas Highway 349.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

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Hail Report Description: The third severe thunderstorm of the night dropped a great amount of quarter to half dollar size hail on far east El Paso. Unfortunately several car dealerships are located in this area and experienced damage to new vehicles. Hail sales were advertised for weeks to follow.

Hail Report Description: |The Childress Fire Department reported nickel size hail in the western portions of the city.

Hail Report Description: Horizon City got hit a second time overnight with large hail, this time ping pong ball size.

Hail Report Description: Nickel-size hail fell for five minutes.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

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Wind Report Description: Large tree limbs and power lines blown down.

Wind Report Description: An 8-inch diameter tree limbs was snapped. Other tree limbs were downed as well due to the high wind. Monetary damages were estimated.

Wind Report Description: Shingles were blown off a house and some tree limbs were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.

Wind Report Description: Power lines were blown down.

Wind Report Description: Tree limbs 2-3 inches in diameter blowing off trees.

Wind Report Description: An off duty National Weather Service employee estimated 60 mph wind gusts. There was damage reported nearby to storage buildings and a local hotel lost part of it's roof.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: A telephone pole was knocked down due to outflow winds along Highway 70. Numerous tree limbs were also broken from Thatcher to Safford to San Jose on Highway 70.

Wind Report Description: A 62 mph wind gust was reported from the Reagon and Glasscock County line. No damage was reported.

Wind Report Description: A 62 mph wind gust was reported from the Reagon and Glasscock County line. No damage was reported.

Wind Report Description: Multiple reports of estimated wind speeds of 60 mph on Texas Highway 349. No damage was reported.

Wind Report Description: Many trees were downed. A roof was blown off a home in town near the intersection of Hwy 146 and Marsalis Rd.

Wind Report Description: A tree with a twelve inch trunk was blown to a 45 degree angle. In addition, a fifteen to twenty foot section of cinder block fence was blown over in a neighbor's yard.

Wind Report Description: The Dawson County emergency manager reported 60 mph winds in Lamesa. No damage was reported.

Wind Report Description: Strongs winds blew large limbs off a well established tree. No other damage was reported.

Wind Report Description: Sixty-two mph winds were measured by the West Texas Mesonet. Numerous tree limbs were downed across Seminole.

Wind Report Description: A 40 foot tall and three foot wide Elm tree was blown over. No other damage was reported.

Tornado Report Description: A brief tornado caused mainly minor damage north northwest of Piedmont. Most of the damage was confined to an area along and near Duboise Road. A car was pushed into another car, denting the fender. Homes suffered shingle damage. One brick home was shifted on its foundation. Another car was rotated 90 degrees by the wind. Monetary damages were estimated.

Tornado Report Description: A short narrow damage path from a tornado was observed between Gregory Road and Cimarron Road, and just south of Northwest Expressway. A few trees were downed, a tin shed was destroyed, and two roofs were damaged.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado developed and moved north through parts of El Reno. The first damage occurred in a complex of industrial/commercial buildings is located on the southwest corner of I-40 and Hwy 81. One building suffered minor roof damage with the roofing peeled away. Another metal building had partial peeling of the side paneling, a large garage door blown in and the business���s dumpster was rolled 100 ft to the west. An outbuilding supply business had its several garage doors blown in and a display outbuilding collapsed and was moved. Some trees in the area were damaged and the damage varied over a wide range. Trees closer to the interstate had large branches and trunks snapped, while trees closer to Hwy 81 were either tipped or limbs up to 6��� were snapped. Farther to the west, a building that was under construction had some building material blown to the north northeast towards the area of apparent touchdown. Two businesses just south southwest of the touchdown point also had damage to their garage doors.||Directly across I-40 from the touchdown point was a car dealership. The main building at the dealership had minimal damage and most vehicles in the lot had no damage. One light pole was knocked over and a large sign for the dealership was damaged. A double wide mobile home, which was used as an office at the dealership, was knocked over on its side. Several cars towards the extreme northwest corner of the lot exhibited damage though the original locations of the vehicles are in question. Billboards around the lot were either destroyed or folded over. Farther to the northwest a farm house with outbuildings sustained damage. Most damage appeared to be suffered by the outbuildings. The damage appeared minor with roof and side panels peeled, though one of the buildings sustained some damage to its structure. The tornado then entered into an industrial area. A building west of the farm house sustained damage to its office area and a section of side paneling was peeled. Roofing from the Oklahoma Gas and Electric building, which was across the street, also impacted the northeast corner of the building with enough force to cause a significant dent in the panel. A flag pole at this building was also bent about 50 degrees. The building seemed to have sustained the most damage in the area. It appeared most of the roof was gone, a tree was snapped in two and the power lines were snapped in two. Further, the roof of the small office area appeared to have been partially lifted. A pole near the building also appears to have bent a bit. Other buildings near the building had other damage to siding and roofs.||Along Hwy 81, north of Oklahoma Gas and Electric, several buildings in the industrial/commercial area sustained damage. A convenience store had its windows blown out, a garage door blown out, and a portion of the roof was removed. Metal framed buildings to the west of this area failed at the ends of the buildings but the center portions of the framing remained intact. One structure in particular lost most of its roof and it is believed that this roof actually scraped along and removed the roof to a small strip mall. A metal building to the north of this strip mall had a garage door blown in and two panels were pushed in towards the bottom of the panel on its south side. On the north side the building had 3 garage doors blown in and the northeast corner sustained side panel damage. Across Hwy 81, a snow cone hut was spun about 270 degrees and a metal lining peeled off. Two metal light poles near the hut were damaged; one was bent and another was snapped off its base. To the north of this area a building sustained damage to its roof. People were present inside the building when it was struck but no one was injured. Three power poles, one towards the highway and two near the building were snapped. A storage shed on the north side of the building's parking lot had a garage door blown in; also, plastic skylights were blown out to locations unknown. Power poles just to the north along a side road were blown over and one was snapped. West of this location was a farm supply store which had grain bins blown over and some into a nearby pond. North of the store was a cluster of trees which had a variety of damage. The final damage points were along Choctaw Rd. At the corner of Choctaw and Elm, a metal building had its roof rotated on top it and a power pole near it was snapped. The neighborhood west of Choctaw Rd had some tree and power pole damage. Also the neighborhood northeast of Hwy 81 and Elm sustained probable microburst damage. Monetary damages were estimated.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado formed near EW112 Road just east of Reformatory Road. Trees were knocked over or snapped on two properties. The most significant damage occurred near the intersection of EW111 Road and Reformatory Road where a wood and metal garage was essentially destroyed and a barn sustained some damage to a wall panel, however a car inside the garage suffered minimal damage. A grain bin was blown to the north, and power poles were pushed from upright in this area. Trees were damaged from this location to about 1 mile north-northwest. Monetary damages were estimated.|

Tornado Report Description: Damage was first observed to dairy facility 2.7 miles southwest of Minco where the western portion of the south wall was pushed in which in turn pushed the roof and the northern wall of the building to the north. To the northwest, a farm sustained roof damage to the house, and damage to three metal storage buildings and two barns. Fences and trees were also damaged along the path. Monetary damages were estimated.

Tornado Report Description: An Oklahoma City television storm chaser observed a brief tornado from a supercell thunderstorm west of Lake Ellsworth. No damage was reported from this tornado.

Tornado Report Description: A storm chaser group reported a tornado northwest of Throckmorton from the same supercell that produced a tornado in northern Shakelford County. The tornado was visible for just a short time before becoming rain wrapped. The tornado remained over open range land.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado developed from a thunderstorm on the northern end of a squall line. This tornado developed about five miles to the south of Haskell and then moved to the north northwest for about four and half miles. The tornado did strike a residence about 3 miles to the southwest of Haskell and damaged the roof. The glass in the home was blown out. A tractor was overturned and a cotton trailer rolled several times onto the road.

Tornado Report Description: A trained spotter reported and photgraphed a well developed cone tornado in rural northwest Shakelford County. The tornado remaind on the ground for several minutes over open range land.