Storm reports for May 8, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 8, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 9 wind reports and 1 tornado report in 3 states on May 8, 2020.

in 3 states; 15
Storm reports: In McAllen, TX; 1.75 in
Largest hail: Near 32.18, -92.07, LA; 64 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 38 miles from Lafayette, LA; 1
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 8, 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

Hail5, most at 2 PM

Wind9, most at 7 AM

Tornado1, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:35 PM	EF1	About 38 miles from Lafayette, LA	0.63 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:16 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:00 PM	1.0 in	About 53 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:55 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Lake Charles, LA
10:39 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from McAllen, TX
10:40 PM	1.75 in	In McAllen, TX

Time	Gust	Where
7:20 AM	64 mph	Near 32.18, -92.07, LA
7:57 AM	58 mph	Near 32.16, -91.57, LA
8:55 AM	58 mph	Near 31.57, -91.34, MS
2:40 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lake Charles, LA
3:45 PM	63 mph	About 5 miles from Lake Charles, LA
3:49 PM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Lake Charles, LA
4:03 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:53 PM	63 mph	About 36 miles from Edinburg, TX
10:28 PM	63 mph	About 12 miles from McAllen, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Louisiana	10	3	6	1
Texas	4	2	2	0
Mississippi	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
Edinburg, TX	1.75 in	None
McAllen, TX	1.75 in	63 mph
Lake Charles, LA	None	63 mph

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