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Tennessee storm reports for April 8, 2021

NOAA recorded 6 hail reports, 2 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Tennessee on April 8, 2021.

in Tennessee
12
Storm reports
About 33 miles from Knoxville, TN
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 44 miles from Knoxville, TN
60 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 36 miles from Knoxville, TN
4
Tornado reports
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

Hail6, most at 4 PM

Wind2, most at 4 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.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:15 PMEF0Near 35.97, -85.20, TN5.8 mi long, 125 yd wide
5:07 PMEF0About 37 miles from Knoxville, TN2.63 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:12 PMEF2About 36 miles from Knoxville, TN1.31 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:15 PMEF2About 36 miles from Knoxville, TN1.84 mi long, 200 yd wide

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