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Storm reports for May 4, 2021

NOAA recorded 26 hail reports, 473 wind reports and 18 tornado reports in 17 states on May 4, 2021.

in 17 states
517
Storm reports
About 11 miles from San Marcos, TX
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 43 miles from Richmond, VA
89 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 21 miles from Jackson, MS
18
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 May 4, 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

Hail26, most at 7 AM

Wind473, most at 3 PM

Tornado18, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:20 AMEF0About 43 miles from Nashville, TN1.04 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:43 AMEF0About 56 miles from Nashville, TN4.81 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:07 AMEF0Near 35.97, -85.49, TN1.11 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:01 AMEF1About 21 miles from Jackson, MS9.7 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:44 AMEF0About 27 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.55 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:21 PMEF0About 56 miles from Atlanta, GA4.7 mi long, 350 yd wide
1:13 PMEF0Near 32.35, -91.92, LA8.55 mi long, 700 yd wide
1:51 PMEF1Near 41.31, -78.52, PA0.6 mi long, 125 yd wide
1:59 PMEF1About 53 miles from Jackson, MS17.73 mi long, 600 yd wide
2:22 PMEF0About 30 miles from Jackson, MS9.21 mi long, 250 yd wide
2:24 PMEF1About 21 miles from Jackson, MS30.7 mi long, 880 yd wide
3:06 PMEF1About 40 miles from Jackson, MS14.97 mi long, 1050 yd wide
Show all 18 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:23 PMEF1About 23 miles from Columbia, SC3.9 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:43 PMEF1Near 32.46, -88.96, MS5.54 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:08 PMEF1Near 32.41, -88.52, MS3.47 mi long, 450 yd wide
5:19 PMEF0About 39 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL24.84 mi long, 620 yd wide
6:17 PMEF1About 13 miles from Montgomery, AL10.63 mi long, 330 yd wide
6:46 PMEF0About 19 miles from Montgomery, AL2.17 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Virginia12541210
Alabama913844
Mississippi876756
Georgia610601
Louisiana411382
South Carolina401381
Tennessee230203
North Carolina182160
Texas10910
Maryland6060
Arkansas4040
District of Columbia3030
Florida3030
Kentucky2020
Delaware1010
Pennsylvania1001
West Virginia1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
San Marcos, TX1.75 inNone0
Greensboro, NC1.0 inNone0
Austin, TX0.88 inNone0
Lynchburg, VA0.88 in63 mph0
New Braunfels, TX0.88 inNone0
Shreveport, LA0.88 inNone0
Atlanta, GANone52 mph0
Augusta, GANone63 mph0
Birmingham, ALNone58 mph0
Columbia, SCNone69 mph0
Durham, NCNone58 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone58 mph0
Huntsville, ALNone58 mph0
Jackson, MSNone69 mph0
Montgomery, ALNone58 mph1
Richmond, VANone60 mph0
Roanoke, VANone69 mph0
Washington, DCNone58 mph0

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