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Tennessee storm reports for May 3, 2021

NOAA recorded 4 hail reports, 32 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in Tennessee on May 3, 2021.

in Tennessee
50
Storm reports
Near 36.53, -85.36, TN
1.0 in
Largest hail
Near 36.25, -88.76, TN
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, near 36.41, -89.16, TN
14
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

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

Hail4, most at 1 AM

Wind32, most at 3 AM

Tornado14, most at 6 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:42 AMEF0About 56 miles from Nashville, TN0.83 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:23 AMEF1Near 36.41, -89.16, TN2.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:35 AMEF0About 42 miles from Clarksville, TN3.14 mi long, 80 yd wide
5:54 AMEF0About 15 miles from Nashville, TN4.91 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:56 AMEF0About 27 miles from Nashville, TN1.76 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:01 AMEF0About 20 miles from Nashville, TN2.21 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:02 AMEF0About 28 miles from Nashville, TN9.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:03 AMEF0About 12 miles from Nashville, TN6.38 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:10 AMEF0About 22 miles from Nashville, TN0.71 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:21 AMEF0About 18 miles from Nashville, TN3.89 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:31 AMEF0About 24 miles from Nashville, TN6.87 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:38 AMEF0About 31 miles from Nashville, TN5.05 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:54 AMEF0About 40 miles from Nashville, TN3.27 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:56 AMEF0About 48 miles from Nashville, TN1.93 mi long, 25 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Clarksville, TNNone60 mph0
Nashville, TNNone60 mph2

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