Just after 7 p.m. on May 5, 1995, thousands of Mayfest attendees were bombarded by baseball-sized hailstones in Trinity Park. At the festival alone, 60 people were injured from the storm.
The hail grew to softball-sized as the storm moved east through Fort Worth, crashing down on homes and vehicles. Flooding was also a concern that night as 16 people died and over 400 people across North Texas suffered injuries.
In total, the storms caused $2 billion in damages in Tarrant and Dallas counties, according to the National Weather Service. The event remains one of the costliest hailstorms in U.S. history.
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