Storm reports for May 27, 2014

Baseball-size hail, 2.75 inches across, fell on the east-central part of Alice, Texas, at about 6:20 p.m. CDT on May 27, 2014.¹ Minutes later an EF1 tornado crossed the southeast side of the city for 2.3 miles, damaging shingles and lifting roof decks off several homes, destroying a metal building and a portable building, and blowing out siding on several metal buildings.² NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $1.6 million in property damage from the tornado and $500,000 from the hail.^2,1 A second EF1 tornado partly damaged the roofs of a few homes in Premont at about 7:45 p.m. CDT.³

In Vermont, golf ball-size hail fell in Proctor and along Route 7 from Pittsford to Center Rutland from about 4:35 to 4:55 p.m. EDT, damaging roofs, siding and many vehicles, including at car dealerships.^4,5 In Connecticut, a National Weather Service survey found straight-line winds estimated up to 100 mph along a 7-mile swath of southern Litchfield County around 7 p.m. EDT, damaging trees and homes in New Milford.⁶ One person in New Milford died after downed wires fell on a vehicle.⁷ Earlier, at about 7:35 a.m. CDT, wind gusts estimated at 65 knots (75 mph) sent debris flying at a construction site near La Porte, Texas, injuring 15 people.⁸