Storm reports for April 8, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 8, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 63 hail reports, 14 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in 9 states on April 8, 2021.

in 9 states; 81
Storm reports: About 5 miles from College Station, TX; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 14 miles from Waco, TX; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 36 miles from Knoxville, TN; 4
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

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

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

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 April 8, 2021 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

Hail63, most at 6 PM

Wind14, most at 7 PM

Tornado4, 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
3:15 PM	EF0	Near 35.97, -85.20, TN	5.8 mi long, 125 yd wide
5:07 PM	EF0	About 37 miles from Knoxville, TN	2.63 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:12 PM	EF2	About 36 miles from Knoxville, TN	1.31 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:15 PM	EF2	About 36 miles from Knoxville, TN	1.84 mi long, 200 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:11 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.97, -85.18, TN
3:16 PM	1.0 in	About 53 miles from Lexington, KY
4:21 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Lexington, KY
4:40 PM	1.25 in	About 44 miles from Knoxville, TN
4:45 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Knoxville, TN
4:51 PM	2.0 in	Near 31.92, -98.17, TX
4:54 PM	1.75 in	Near 31.92, -98.16, TX
5:00 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Knoxville, TN
5:02 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.93, -84.60, KY
5:46 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Waco, TX
6:01 PM	0.75 in	About 25 miles from Waco, TX
6:13 PM	0.88 in	About 36 miles from Arlington, TX

Show all 63 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:15 PM	1.75 in	About 33 miles from Knoxville, TN
6:25 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Waco, TX
6:30 PM	0.75 in	Near 37.08, -84.05, KY
6:33 PM	0.88 in	Near 37.12, -83.97, KY
6:35 PM	1.5 in	About 40 miles from Knoxville, TN
6:45 PM	0.88 in	Near 37.56, -83.52, KY
6:53 PM	1.25 in	Near 37.23, -83.78, KY
6:54 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Waco, TX
6:55 PM	2.0 in	About 11 miles from Waco, TX
6:57 PM	0.75 in	About 28 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
6:58 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Waco, TX
6:59 PM	0.75 in	Near 37.57, -83.41, KY
7:00 PM	0.88 in	Near 37.60, -83.42, KY
7:00 PM	1.25 in	About 48 miles from Knoxville, TN
7:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.27, -83.65, KY
7:05 PM	1.75 in	About 14 miles from Waco, TX
7:10 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Knoxville, TN
7:25 PM	0.88 in	About 58 miles from Knoxville, TN
7:25 PM	1.5 in	About 15 miles from Temple, TX
7:26 PM	1.25 in	About 12 miles from Temple, TX
7:34 PM	1.5 in	About 11 miles from Temple, TX
7:37 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.42, -83.37, KY
7:37 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Waco, TX
7:41 PM	0.88 in	About 56 miles from Huntington, WV
7:55 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Lynchburg, VA
8:03 PM	2.0 in	About 17 miles from Temple, TX
8:05 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Lynchburg, VA
8:22 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Lynchburg, VA
8:22 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Lynchburg, VA
8:39 PM	1.0 in	About 36 miles from Roanoke, VA
8:41 PM	0.75 in	Near 34.54, -83.52, GA
8:45 PM	1.25 in	About 27 miles from College Station, TX
8:50 PM	1.25 in	About 14 miles from College Station, TX
9:06 PM	0.88 in	About 57 miles from Greenville, SC
9:10 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from College Station, TX
9:11 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from College Station, TX
9:13 PM	1.5 in	About 4 miles from College Station, TX
9:14 PM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from College Station, TX
9:15 PM	2.75 in	About 5 miles from College Station, TX
9:18 PM	1.5 in	About 4 miles from College Station, TX
9:19 PM	1.25 in	About 4 miles from College Station, TX
9:21 PM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from College Station, TX
9:22 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Greenville, SC
9:24 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from College Station, TX
9:27 PM	2.75 in	In College Station, TX
9:59 PM	1.25 in	About 43 miles from Tyler, TX
10:12 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.95, -83.65, KY
10:55 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Mesquite, TX
2:53 AM	1.75 in	About 31 miles from Gulfport, MS
4:15 AM	1.0 in	Near 29.89, -85.07, FL
6:45 AM	1.5 in	Near 30.47, -85.42, FL

Time	Gust	Where
4:30 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Knoxville, TN
5:53 PM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Knoxville, TN
6:00 PM	58 mph	Near 44.93, -85.37, MI
6:30 PM	58 mph	Near 45.19, -85.15, MI
7:05 PM	81 mph	About 14 miles from Waco, TX
7:22 PM	64 mph	About 12 miles from Temple, TX
7:25 PM	64 mph	About 12 miles from Temple, TX
7:25 PM	64 mph	About 9 miles from Temple, TX
7:42 PM	72 mph	About 19 miles from Temple, TX
7:44 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Roanoke, VA
8:05 PM	64 mph	About 24 miles from Temple, TX
9:09 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from College Station, TX
2:54 AM	60 mph	Near 31.88, -87.74, AL
2:54 AM	60 mph	Near 31.92, -87.73, AL

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	37	30	7	0
Kentucky	16	16	0	0
Tennessee	12	6	2	4
Virginia	6	5	1	0
Georgia	3	3	0	0
Alabama	2	0	2	0
Florida	2	2	0	0
Michigan	2	0	2	0
Mississippi	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
College Station, TX	2.75 in	60 mph
Waco, TX	2.0 in	81 mph
Temple, TX	1.5 in	64 mph
Lynchburg, VA	1.0 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.