Storm reports for May 3, 2022

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 3, 2022
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 42 hail reports, 135 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 12 states on May 3, 2022.

in 12 states; 179
Storm reports: About 27 miles from Columbus, OH; 2.5 in
Largest hail: About 42 miles from Columbia, SC; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 53 miles from Toledo, OH; 2
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; 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
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
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, 2022 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail42, most at 2 PM

Wind135, most at 5 PM

Tornado2, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:31 PM	EF0	About 51 miles from Toledo, OH	7.07 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:36 PM	EF1	About 53 miles from Toledo, OH	0.43 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:04 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Columbus, OH
2:06 PM	1.75 in	About 26 miles from Columbus, OH
2:08 PM	1.5 in	About 22 miles from Columbus, OH
2:12 PM	2.5 in	About 27 miles from Columbus, OH
2:14 PM	2.0 in	About 24 miles from Columbus, OH
2:15 PM	1.5 in	About 25 miles from Columbus, OH
2:16 PM	1.75 in	About 22 miles from Columbus, OH
2:25 PM	0.75 in	About 7 miles from Tallahassee, FL
2:30 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Columbus, OH
2:31 PM	0.75 in	About 7 miles from Tallahassee, FL
2:40 PM	1.75 in	About 35 miles from Columbus, OH
2:40 PM	1.75 in	About 38 miles from Columbus, OH

Show all 42 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:48 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Roanoke, VA
3:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.97, -81.04, VA
3:01 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Columbus, OH
3:02 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Tallahassee, FL
3:02 PM	1.75 in	About 53 miles from Columbus, OH
3:05 PM	2.0 in	About 57 miles from Columbus, OH
3:06 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Columbus, OH
3:15 PM	0.88 in	About 34 miles from Nashville, TN
3:19 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Lynchburg, VA
3:20 PM	1.25 in	About 51 miles from Augusta, GA
3:25 PM	1.25 in	About 23 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:30 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Columbia, SC
3:58 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Durham, NC
3:58 PM	1.0 in	About 36 miles from Charlotte, NC
4:03 PM	0.88 in	About 28 miles from Roanoke, VA
4:15 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
5:01 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Augusta, GA
5:14 PM	0.88 in	Near 31.51, -82.91, GA
5:15 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Columbus, OH
5:18 PM	1.5 in	About 52 miles from Toledo, OH
5:20 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Hilton Head Island, SC
5:20 PM	0.88 in	About 12 miles from Lynchburg, VA
5:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.39, -82.96, GA
7:22 PM	0.88 in	About 41 miles from Roanoke, VA
9:29 PM	0.88 in	About 42 miles from Birmingham, AL
9:40 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Birmingham, AL
9:48 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Birmingham, AL
10:22 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.32, -85.75, AL
10:29 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.35, -85.72, AL
10:46 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.33, -85.56, AL

Time	Gust	Where
1:26 PM	60 mph	About 42 miles from Louisville, KY
1:37 PM	59 mph	About 6 miles from Louisville, KY
1:58 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Cincinnati, OH
1:59 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Columbus, OH
1:59 PM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Columbus, OH
2:17 PM	70 mph	About 11 miles from Columbia, SC
2:33 PM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Savannah, GA
2:39 PM	52 mph	About 32 miles from Columbus, OH
2:39 PM	52 mph	About 33 miles from Columbus, OH
2:46 PM	52 mph	About 33 miles from Dayton, OH
2:57 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Columbia, SC
3:02 PM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Columbus, OH

Show all 135 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:03 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Columbia, SC
3:05 PM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Columbus, OH
3:07 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Columbus, OH
3:07 PM	64 mph	About 23 miles from Columbia, SC
3:12 PM	63 mph	About 30 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
3:14 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Raleigh, NC
3:15 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Lynchburg, VA
3:15 PM	69 mph	About 34 miles from Dayton, OH
3:15 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:15 PM	69 mph	About 37 miles from Dayton, OH
3:18 PM	63 mph	About 31 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
3:28 PM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Louisville, KY
3:29 PM	61 mph	About 49 miles from Louisville, KY
3:30 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Canton, OH
3:30 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Columbia, SC
3:36 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Columbus, OH
3:36 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Dayton, OH
3:44 PM	64 mph	About 37 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
3:50 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Canton, OH
3:50 PM	69 mph	About 45 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
3:50 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Columbia, SC
3:53 PM	69 mph	About 44 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
3:55 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
3:56 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Canton, OH
3:57 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Columbus, OH
4:00 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Columbus, OH
4:02 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Lynchburg, VA
4:05 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Columbus, OH
4:07 PM	60 mph	About 43 miles from Columbia, SC
4:10 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:10 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Lynchburg, VA
4:10 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:11 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Columbus, OH
4:20 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:25 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Columbia, SC
4:28 PM	64 mph	About 40 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:30 PM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:31 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Columbus, OH
4:34 PM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Lexington, KY
4:35 PM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:41 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Columbus, OH
4:43 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Columbia, SC
4:45 PM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:45 PM	58 mph	Near 36.88, -78.28, VA
4:45 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Columbus, OH
4:46 PM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Toledo, OH
4:47 PM	60 mph	About 43 miles from Toledo, OH
4:50 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:50 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:50 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Columbus, OH
4:50 PM	60 mph	About 2 miles from Lexington, KY
4:52 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:52 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:53 PM	60 mph	About 46 miles from Columbia, SC
4:55 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:55 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Columbus, OH
4:55 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Columbus, OH
4:57 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
4:59 PM	49 mph	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:02 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:05 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:05 PM	55 mph	About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:05 PM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Columbia, SC
5:05 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:05 PM	58 mph	Near 30.60, -83.25, FL
5:05 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:09 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:09 PM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Columbus, OH
5:11 PM	81 mph	About 42 miles from Columbia, SC
5:12 PM	52 mph	Near 39.29, -81.54, WV
5:13 PM	58 mph	About 47 miles from Columbus, OH
5:13 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Hilton Head Island, SC
5:14 PM	55 mph	About 29 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:15 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:15 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:17 PM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:18 PM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Toledo, OH
5:18 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:19 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Columbia, SC
5:20 PM	58 mph	Near 39.40, -81.45, WV
5:21 PM	59 mph	About 28 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:24 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Hilton Head Island, SC
5:25 PM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Columbia, SC
5:31 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:34 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:34 PM	63 mph	About 45 miles from Lynchburg, VA
5:34 PM	64 mph	About 49 miles from Columbia, SC
5:35 PM	70 mph	About 52 miles from Toledo, OH
5:40 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:40 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Fayetteville, NC
5:40 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:40 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:40 PM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:45 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:52 PM	59 mph	About 28 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:52 PM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:53 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:56 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
5:58 PM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
6:04 PM	63 mph	About 40 miles from Cleveland, OH
6:04 PM	63 mph	About 39 miles from Cleveland, OH
6:07 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Richmond, VA
6:26 PM	58 mph	Near 31.35, -83.27, GA
6:48 PM	52 mph	Near 39.38, -80.24, WV
6:49 PM	52 mph	Near 39.29, -80.25, WV
7:00 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
7:02 PM	58 mph	Near 39.46, -79.94, WV
7:02 PM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
7:05 PM	58 mph	Near 39.34, -80.02, WV
7:05 PM	52 mph	Near 39.16, -80.35, WV
7:06 PM	52 mph	Near 39.27, -80.13, WV
7:37 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Roanoke, VA
8:08 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Lexington, KY
8:35 PM	58 mph	Near 39.10, -79.15, WV
8:45 PM	58 mph	About 47 miles from Lexington, KY
8:50 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Hagerstown, MD
8:50 PM	58 mph	Near 39.05, -79.04, WV
9:00 PM	63 mph	About 58 miles from Hagerstown, MD
9:53 PM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Lynchburg, VA
10:06 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Lynchburg, VA
12:10 AM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Atlanta, GA
12:10 AM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Atlanta, GA

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Ohio	59	17	40	2
Pennsylvania	28	0	28	0
South Carolina	21	4	17	0
West Virginia	17	0	17	0
Virginia	16	7	9	0
Alabama	10	6	4	0
Georgia	7	3	4	0
Kentucky	7	0	7	0
North Carolina	6	1	5	0
Florida	4	3	1	0
Indiana	3	0	3	0
Tennessee	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Roanoke, VA	1.0 in	None
Tallahassee, FL	1.0 in	None
Lynchburg, VA	0.88 in	58 mph
Columbia, SC	None	70 mph
Columbus, OH	None	58 mph
Lexington, KY	None	60 mph
Louisville, KY	None	59 mph
Pittsburgh, PA	None	58 mph

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