Georgia storm reports for May 3, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Georgia, May 3, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 16 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Georgia on May 3, 2021.

in Georgia; 25
Storm reports: About 39 miles from Atlanta, GA; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 22 miles from Augusta, GA; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 22 miles from Atlanta, GA; 6
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 3, 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

Hail3, most at 11 AM

Wind16, most at 12 PM

Tornado6, most at 9 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:00 AM	EF1	About 22 miles from Atlanta, GA	1.45 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:22 AM	EF1	About 12 miles from Atlanta, GA	5.73 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:39 AM	EF0	About 43 miles from Atlanta, GA	1.4 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:54 AM	EF1	Near 34.07, -83.31, GA	5.53 mi long, 250 yd wide
12:29 PM	EF0	Near 33.95, -83.28, GA	1.87 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:41 PM	EF1	About 58 miles from Greenville, SC	0.13 mi long, 25 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
9:22 AM	52 mph	About 19 miles from Atlanta, GA
9:37 AM	52 mph	About 26 miles from Atlanta, GA
10:15 AM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Atlanta, GA
10:55 AM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Atlanta, GA
11:15 AM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Atlanta, GA
12:27 PM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Atlanta, GA
12:30 PM	58 mph	Near 33.95, -83.28, GA
12:37 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Atlanta, GA
1:19 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Atlanta, GA
1:45 PM	58 mph	Near 33.03, -83.32, GA
2:30 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Augusta, GA
2:37 PM	58 mph	About 47 miles from Columbus, GA

Show all 16 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:31 PM	58 mph	Near 32.48, -83.72, GA
4:05 PM	69 mph	About 23 miles from Augusta, GA
4:10 PM	75 mph	About 22 miles from Augusta, GA
6:15 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Atlanta, GA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Atlanta, GA	None	None	1

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

Time	Size	Where
11:58 AM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Atlanta, GA
3:10 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Augusta, GA
4:08 PM	0.88 in	About 21 miles from Augusta, GA