Mississippi storm reports for May 2, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Mississippi, May 2, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 9 wind reports and 17 tornado reports in Mississippi on May 2, 2021.

in Mississippi; 26
Storm reports: About 35 miles from Jackson, MS; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, near 33.25, -90.04, MS; 17
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

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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 2, 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

Wind9, most at 7 PM

Tornado17, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:46 PM	EF1	About 36 miles from Jackson, MS	30.15 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:53 PM	EF1	About 48 miles from Jackson, MS	10.63 mi long, 450 yd wide
5:55 PM	EF1	About 60 miles from Jackson, MS	14.03 mi long, 650 yd wide
6:31 PM	EF2	Near 33.25, -90.04, MS	5.95 mi long, 510 yd wide
6:44 PM	EF0	About 40 miles from Jackson, MS	8.15 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:20 PM	EF1	About 55 miles from Jackson, MS	4.15 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:22 PM	EF1	About 16 miles from Jackson, MS	6.88 mi long, 1000 yd wide
7:41 PM	EF1	About 39 miles from Jackson, MS	3.37 mi long, 250 yd wide
7:42 PM	EF1	Near 33.17, -89.73, MS	7.46 mi long, 110 yd wide
8:08 PM	EF0	Near 33.76, -89.47, MS	1.29 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:17 PM	EF0	About 49 miles from Jackson, MS	2.94 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:23 PM	EF0	Near 33.42, -89.42, MS	2.07 mi long, 60 yd wide

Show all 17 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:30 PM	EF1	Near 33.84, -89.32, MS	2.07 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:15 PM	EF0	Near 34.06, -89.02, MS	7.45 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:40 PM	EF1	Near 34.18, -88.84, MS	4.5 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:53 PM	EF1	Near 34.23, -88.75, MS	12.66 mi long, 400 yd wide
10:22 PM	EF0	Near 34.37, -88.56, MS	1.99 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
5:52 PM	90 mph	About 35 miles from Jackson, MS
5:55 PM	63 mph	About 59 miles from Jackson, MS
6:32 PM	63 mph	About 42 miles from Jackson, MS
7:03 PM	58 mph	Near 33.49, -89.91, MS
7:46 PM	58 mph	Near 33.65, -89.61, MS
7:48 PM	58 mph	Near 33.73, -89.51, MS
8:02 PM	69 mph	About 7 miles from Jackson, MS
8:14 PM	58 mph	Near 33.40, -89.44, MS
8:18 PM	63 mph	Near 33.39, -89.47, MS

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Jackson, MS	None	69 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.