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Storm reports for May 7, 2024

NOAA recorded 156 hail reports, 112 wind reports and 37 tornado reports in 15 states on May 7, 2024.

in 15 states
305
Storm reports
About 21 miles from Kalamazoo, MI
4.0 in
Largest hail
About 35 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 25 miles from Kalamazoo, MI
37
Tornado reports
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
  • 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 7, 2024 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.

What happened

An EF2 tornado touched down in southern Kalamazoo County, Michigan, at about 5:55 p.m. EDT on May 7, 2024, and tracked about 11 miles east-northeast through Portage.1 More than 500 homes were damaged, 305 of them in Portage, and 23 were destroyed. Two mobile home parks were badly damaged and a number of businesses had significant damage.1 Twelve people were injured, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $50 million in property damage.1 A second EF2, with winds up to 130 mph, ran from Centreville in St. Joseph County into Branch County, tearing roofs and walls from several homes.2 Hail up to 4 inches across fell near Leonidas and Union City in southern Michigan around 6:10 p.m. EDT.3,4

In northeast Indiana, 3-inch hail damaged cars, windows, siding and roofs in Kendallville and Corunna between about 6:55 and 7:05 p.m. EDT.5,6

Around 12:30 a.m. CDT on May 8, an EF2 tornado with winds up to 120 mph crossed the Lake Hamilton area in Garland County, Arkansas.7 It damaged siding, doors, windows and roofs on homes and on commercial and industrial buildings, and a couple of large lakefront condominium buildings lost large parts of their roof structures.7

Reports by hour

Hail156, most at 3 PM

Wind112, most at 8 PM

Tornado37, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:05 PMEF0About 18 miles from Rockford, IL14.33 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:18 PMEF1About 28 miles from Rockford, IL0.98 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:11 PMEF1About 23 miles from South Bend, IN11.71 mi long, 950 yd wide
4:41 PMEF2About 25 miles from Kalamazoo, MI19.53 mi long, 950 yd wide
4:55 PMEF2About 7 miles from Kalamazoo, MI10.86 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:07 PMEF1About 27 miles from Kalamazoo, MI1.09 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:11 PMNot ratedAbout 40 miles from Fort Wayne, IN0.05 mi long, 1 yd wide
6:47 PMNot ratedAbout 44 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.77 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:50 PMEF2About 47 miles from Fort Wayne, IN8.14 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:02 PMEF0About 34 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.78 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:03 PMEF1About 35 miles from Indianapolis, IN4.63 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:05 PMEF1About 37 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.16 mi long, 30 yd wide
Show all 37 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:08 PMEF1About 50 miles from Indianapolis, IN2.92 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:09 PMEF1About 33 miles from Fort Wayne, IN6.16 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:16 PMEF0About 40 miles from Fort Wayne, IN0.47 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:20 PMEF2About 50 miles from Dayton, OH6.4 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:24 PMEF1About 34 miles from Dayton, OH11.65 mi long, 800 yd wide
7:25 PMEF0About 46 miles from Indianapolis, IN4.48 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:42 PMEF0About 40 miles from Louisville, KY0.18 mi long, 80 yd wide
7:54 PMNot ratedAbout 42 miles from Toledo, OH0.06 mi long, 5 yd wide
7:56 PMEF1About 33 miles from Cincinnati, OH7.96 mi long, 300 yd wide
8:20 PMEF1About 25 miles from Cincinnati, OH2.38 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:23 PMEF0About 15 miles from Louisville, KY1.19 mi long, 60 yd wide
8:57 PMEF0About 23 miles from Dayton, OH0.28 mi long, 80 yd wide
9:05 PMEF0About 23 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.33 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:08 PMEF1About 22 miles from Cincinnati, OH2.64 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:14 PMEF0About 25 miles from Dayton, OH0.43 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:15 PMEF1About 25 miles from Cincinnati, OH2.73 mi long, 350 yd wide
9:27 PMEF0About 29 miles from Dayton, OH0.51 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:27 PMEF0About 30 miles from Cincinnati, OH1.34 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:49 PMEF0About 36 miles from Columbus, OH3.04 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:02 PMEF1About 47 miles from Columbus, OH0.42 mi long, 128 yd wide
11:17 PMEF1About 53 miles from Columbus, OH0.09 mi long, 197 yd wide
11:54 PMEF2About 33 miles from Canton, OH15.32 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:30 AMEF2About 53 miles from Little Rock, AR12.2 mi long, 600 yd wide
12:49 AMEF1About 12 miles from Pittsburgh, PA0.2 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:09 AMEF1About 40 miles from Pittsburgh, PA1.14 mi long, 200 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Indiana88473110
Wisconsin5341111
Ohio4041818
Illinois362691
Michigan231274
North Carolina177100
Iowa14680
Arkansas10721
Pennsylvania7052
Kentucky6240
Georgia3030
Tennessee3030
Kansas2200
Virginia2200
Missouri1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Kalamazoo, MI2.0 inNone1
Chicago, IL1.5 in63 mph0
Milwaukee, WI1.5 in58 mph0
Little Rock, AR1.25 in60 mph0
Columbus, OH1.0 inNone0
Indianapolis, IN1.0 in60 mph0
Fort Wayne, IN0.88 inNone0
Dayton, OH0.75 inNone0
Madison, WI0.75 inNone0
Cincinnati, OHNone58 mph0
Des Moines, IANone58 mph0
Hickory, NCNone58 mph0
Huntington, WVNone52 mph0
Louisville, KYNoneNone1
Pittsburgh, PANone58 mph1

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