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Storm reports for May 1, 2010

NOAA recorded 39 hail reports, 52 wind reports and 30 tornado reports in 13 states on May 1, 2010.

in 13 states
121
Storm reports
About 17 miles from Memphis, TN
1.75 in
Largest hail
Near 33.74, -92.03, AR
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 49 miles from Memphis, TN
30
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 1, 2010 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

On May 1, 2010, Nashville International Airport measured 6.32 inches of rain, the first part of a two-day total of 13.57 inches.1 Flooding that began in Davidson County on the morning of May 1 and lasted until May 4 damaged many homes, businesses and roads.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $1.5 billion in property damage and 10 deaths from that flood in Davidson County.2 In West Tennessee, more than 10 to 15 inches of rain pushed the North Fork Forked Deer River to record levels and flooded many homes and businesses near Trenton and Milan. The database lists $500 million in damage in Gibson County.3

After midnight, an EF3 tornado near Ashland, Mississippi, destroyed 11 homes and mobile homes and killed 2 people.4 An EF2 on a 25-mile path through northern Selmer, Purdy and Good Hope in McNairy County, Tennessee, destroyed 22 homes, did major damage to 59 more and injured at least 10 people. The database lists $7.3 million in damage.5 Tornadoes also killed one person in Pocahontas, Tennessee, and one in Abbeville, Mississippi.6,7

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Nashville: May 2010 Flood
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 226199, flood, Davidson County, Tennessee
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 229422, flood, Gibson County, Tennessee
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 237666, tornado, Benton County, Mississippi
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 237796, tornado, McNairy County, Tennessee
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 237687, tornado, Hardeman County, Tennessee
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 237801, tornado, Lafayette County, Mississippi

Reports by hour

Hail39, most at 4 PM

Wind52, most at 7 PM

Tornado30, most at 1 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:34 PMEF1Near 34.58, -89.00, MS10.34 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:23 PMEF0About 51 miles from Huntsville, AL3.11 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:41 PMEF1Near 33.31, -92.39, AR2.82 mi long, 35 yd wide
7:27 PMEF1Near 33.77, -92.03, AR0.46 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:29 PMEF0About 44 miles from Shreveport, LA0.91 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:55 PMEF1Near 35.19, -91.08, AR8.66 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:36 PMEF1About 46 miles from Memphis, TN6.21 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:47 PMEF0Near 33.86, -93.39, AR1.68 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:58 PMEF0About 51 miles from Memphis, TN0.03 mi long, 25 yd wide
10:00 PMEF0Near 36.87, -90.58, MO0.47 mi long, 175 yd wide
10:47 PMEF1About 15 miles from Memphis, TN0.61 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:05 AMEF2Near 36.52, -89.06, KY12.46 mi long, 600 yd wide
Show all 30 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
1:10 AMEF0About 17 miles from Memphis, TN1.08 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:42 AMEF1About 60 miles from Memphis, TN0.11 mi long, 30 yd wide
1:47 AMEF0Near 36.76, -88.53, KY2.35 mi long, 40 yd wide
2:14 AMEF0Near 35.77, -88.99, TN0.02 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:20 AMEF2Near 35.81, -88.91, TN3.04 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:48 AMEF3About 49 miles from Memphis, TN29.58 mi long, 880 yd wide
2:49 AMEF2About 37 miles from Clarksville, TN9.54 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:04 AMEF0About 40 miles from Clarksville, TN0.53 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:20 AMEF0Near 35.08, -88.74, TN0.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:24 AMEF2Near 35.12, -88.69, TN25.74 mi long, 880 yd wide
3:27 AMEF2About 50 miles from Memphis, TN1.43 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:13 AMEF0Near 35.50, -88.28, TN5.7 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:45 AMEF1Near 35.70, -87.85, TN6.93 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:00 AMEF2About 57 miles from Clarksville, TN9.15 mi long, 600 yd wide
5:17 AMEF2About 45 miles from Nashville, TN3.89 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:07 AMEF1About 8 miles from Nashville, TN3.64 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:17 AMEF1About 13 miles from Nashville, TN5.05 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:45 AMEF1About 36 miles from Nashville, TN2.73 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Tennessee3632013
Arkansas2910136
Kentucky15744
Mississippi13265
Texas9441
Missouri7601
Alabama5230
Illinois2200
Kansas1100
Minnesota1010
Oklahoma1100
Virginia1010
West Virginia1100

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Clarksville, TN1.0 inNone0
Little Rock, AR0.88 in58 mph0
Memphis, TNNone58 mph1
Nashville, TNNone69 mph2

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.