Storm reports for May 2, 2019

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 2, 2019
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 26 hail reports, 28 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in 11 states on May 2, 2019.

in 11 states; 68
Storm reports: Near 29.56, -100.98, TX; 2.75 in
Largest hail: Near 35.26, -91.19, AR; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 31 miles from Shreveport, LA; 14
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 2, 2019 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.

Reports by hour

Hail26, most at 1 PM

Wind28, most at 2 PM

Tornado14, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:08 AM	EF1	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA	0.22 mi long, 330 yd wide
12:37 PM	EF1	About 6 miles from Little Rock, AR	1.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:14 PM	EF0	About 11 miles from Little Rock, AR	5.06 mi long, 500 yd wide
1:26 PM	EF0	About 15 miles from Little Rock, AR	3.7 mi long, 80 yd wide
1:33 PM	EF0	About 22 miles from Little Rock, AR	1.02 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:35 PM	EF0	About 19 miles from Little Rock, AR	0.66 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:20 PM	EF0	About 48 miles from Little Rock, AR	4.49 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:40 PM	EF0	Near 35.80, -91.08, AR	0.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:29 PM	EF0	Near 36.25, -90.46, AR	0.21 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:02 PM	EF0	About 60 miles from Memphis, TN	0.19 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:11 PM	EF0	Near 36.13, -89.63, MO	2.76 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:20 PM	EF0	Near 36.24, -89.43, TN	0.21 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:43 PM	EF0	Near 36.34, -89.33, TN	0.14 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:20 PM	Not rated	Near 29.79, -101.09, TX	0.4 mi long, 10 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:22 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.16, -98.60, TX
1:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.86, -98.83, TX
1:39 PM	0.88 in	About 47 miles from Abilene, TX
1:42 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.12, -98.55, TX
1:45 PM	0.75 in	About 33 miles from Cincinnati, OH
1:47 PM	0.88 in	About 6 miles from Roanoke, VA
2:45 PM	0.75 in	About 39 miles from Columbus, OH
4:21 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Lynchburg, VA
5:06 PM	0.75 in	Near 30.71, -101.79, TX
5:17 PM	1.0 in	Near 30.69, -101.81, TX
5:20 PM	1.5 in	Near 30.69, -101.83, TX
5:32 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Lynchburg, VA

Show all 26 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:57 PM	1.75 in	Near 30.69, -101.83, TX
6:10 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.25, -89.49, TN
6:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.35, -89.42, TN
7:00 PM	0.75 in	About 34 miles from Clarksville, TN
7:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 30.50, -102.43, TX
7:05 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Evansville, IN
8:02 PM	1.0 in	Near 29.41, -103.35, TX
8:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 30.05, -102.12, TX
8:10 PM	0.88 in	Near 36.58, -88.93, KY
8:25 PM	0.88 in	Near 36.60, -88.87, KY
9:45 PM	0.75 in	Near 37.05, -88.44, KY
10:18 PM	0.75 in	Near 36.99, -88.35, KY
10:24 PM	2.0 in	Near 29.56, -101.03, TX
10:25 PM	2.75 in	Near 29.56, -100.98, TX

Time	Gust	Where
1:13 PM	52 mph	About 11 miles from Cincinnati, OH
1:33 PM	70 mph	About 23 miles from Little Rock, AR
1:33 PM	70 mph	About 23 miles from Little Rock, AR
1:40 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Roanoke, VA
2:05 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Washington, DC
2:22 PM	70 mph	About 14 miles from Washington, DC
2:24 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Washington, DC
2:29 PM	70 mph	About 13 miles from Washington, DC
2:38 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Washington, DC
2:40 PM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Washington, DC
3:15 PM	75 mph	Near 35.26, -91.19, AR
3:19 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Washington, DC

Show all 28 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:30 PM	70 mph	About 23 miles from Baltimore, MD
3:40 PM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Chattanooga, TN
3:56 PM	52 mph	About 31 miles from Huntington, WV
4:07 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Nashville, TN
4:09 PM	59 mph	Near 36.90, -84.16, KY
4:18 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Nashville, TN
4:45 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Waco, TX
4:54 PM	58 mph	Near 37.56, -83.41, KY
5:08 PM	75 mph	About 33 miles from Huntington, WV
6:25 PM	58 mph	Near 36.05, -90.30, MO
6:40 PM	58 mph	Near 36.27, -89.48, TN
6:57 PM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Evansville, IN
7:46 PM	58 mph	About 47 miles from Evansville, IN
9:24 PM	75 mph	About 51 miles from Longview, TX
9:43 PM	60 mph	Near 38.79, -75.61, DE
6:45 AM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Laredo, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	17	13	3	1
Arkansas	12	0	3	9
Kentucky	12	7	5	0
Tennessee	8	2	4	2
Maryland	6	0	6	0
Virginia	6	3	3	0
Missouri	2	0	1	1
Ohio	2	1	1	0
Delaware	1	0	1	0
Louisiana	1	0	0	1
West Virginia	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lynchburg, VA	1.0 in	None	0
Roanoke, VA	0.88 in	None	0
Cincinnati, OH	None	52 mph	0
Little Rock, AR	None	None	2
Washington, DC	None	70 mph	0

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