West Virginia storm reports for May 3, 2021

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

NOAA recorded 5 wind reports and 1 tornado report in West Virginia on May 3, 2021.

in West Virginia; 6
Storm reports: About 23 miles from Hagerstown, MD; 63 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 24 miles from Hagerstown, MD; 1
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

Wind5, most at 5 PM

Tornado1, 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
5:27 PM	EF1	About 24 miles from Hagerstown, MD	1.81 mi long, 125 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Hagerstown, MD
5:14 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Hagerstown, MD
5:17 PM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Hagerstown, MD
5:30 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Hagerstown, MD
5:32 PM	63 mph	About 23 miles from Hagerstown, MD

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