Storm reports for May 5, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 5, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 40 hail reports, 16 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 9 states on May 5, 2020.

in 9 states; 59
Storm reports: About 48 miles from Columbia, SC; 3.0 in
Largest hail: About 40 miles from Columbia, SC; 105 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 39 miles from Columbia, SC; 3
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

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
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 5, 2020 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

Hail40, most at 7 PM

Wind16, most at 6 PM

Tornado3, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:32 PM	EF1	About 44 miles from Charlotte, NC	4.57 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:46 PM	EF2	About 39 miles from Columbia, SC	13.98 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:45 PM	EF1	About 25 miles from Lake Charles, LA	13.56 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:25 PM	1.75 in	About 26 miles from Greenville, SC
3:42 PM	1.5 in	About 21 miles from Greenville, SC
3:52 PM	0.75 in	About 15 miles from Greenville, SC
4:28 PM	0.75 in	About 9 miles from Greenville, SC
4:34 PM	0.75 in	About 5 miles from Spartanburg, SC
4:43 PM	1.25 in	About 5 miles from Spartanburg, SC
4:57 PM	1.25 in	Near 43.10, -98.43, SD
5:12 PM	1.5 in	About 29 miles from Spartanburg, SC
5:33 PM	0.75 in	About 11 miles from Greenville, SC
5:34 PM	1.75 in	About 39 miles from Charlotte, NC
5:39 PM	1.5 in	About 11 miles from Greenville, SC
5:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.40, -95.42, TX

Show all 40 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:54 PM	1.25 in	About 8 miles from Spartanburg, SC
5:56 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Atlanta, GA
5:57 PM	1.5 in	About 39 miles from Charlotte, NC
6:18 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Spartanburg, SC
6:18 PM	0.75 in	About 29 miles from Greenville, SC
6:50 PM	2.5 in	About 41 miles from Columbia, SC
6:50 PM	2.0 in	About 42 miles from Columbia, SC
7:00 PM	1.25 in	About 46 miles from Columbia, SC
7:02 PM	3.0 in	About 48 miles from Columbia, SC
7:04 PM	2.25 in	About 50 miles from Columbia, SC
7:10 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.52, -97.91, NE
7:10 PM	2.0 in	About 51 miles from Columbia, SC
7:12 PM	3.0 in	About 52 miles from Columbia, SC
7:25 PM	0.88 in	About 3 miles from Pasadena, TX
7:25 PM	0.75 in	About 40 miles from Columbia, SC
7:30 PM	2.5 in	Near 34.31, -79.86, SC
7:31 PM	1.75 in	About 42 miles from Columbia, SC
7:40 PM	1.75 in	Near 34.35, -79.76, SC
7:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.41, -79.85, SC
8:09 PM	1.25 in	About 53 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC
8:12 PM	1.5 in	About 52 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC
9:00 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC
9:48 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:48 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Lake Charles, LA
10:10 PM	1.75 in	About 10 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:33 PM	1.25 in	About 4 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:04 PM	1.0 in	In Lafayette, LA
11:20 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA

Time	Gust	Where
1:37 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Springfield, MO
5:35 PM	58 mph	Near 34.70, -83.79, GA
5:41 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Atlanta, GA
5:50 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Columbia, SC
6:00 PM	58 mph	Near 34.61, -83.39, GA
6:01 PM	81 mph	About 38 miles from Columbia, SC
6:17 PM	75 mph	About 40 miles from Columbia, SC
6:22 PM	105 mph	About 40 miles from Columbia, SC
6:25 PM	75 mph	About 39 miles from Columbia, SC
6:27 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Greenville, SC
7:30 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Greenville, SC
7:55 PM	69 mph	About 42 miles from Spartanburg, SC

Show all 16 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
9:14 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:27 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:48 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Lake Charles, LA
10:39 PM	70 mph	Near 37.79, -89.30, IL

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
South Carolina	37	27	8	2
Louisiana	10	6	3	1
Georgia	4	1	3	0
North Carolina	2	2	0	0
Texas	2	2	0	0
Illinois	1	0	1	0
Missouri	1	0	1	0
Nebraska	1	1	0	0
South Dakota	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Lafayette, LA	1.75 in	None
Greenville, SC	1.5 in	None
Spartanburg, SC	1.25 in	None
League City, TX	0.88 in	None
Pasadena, TX	0.88 in	None

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