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Storm reports for May 8, 2024

NOAA recorded 325 hail reports, 386 wind reports and 63 tornado reports in 20 states on May 8, 2024.

in 20 states
774
Storm reports
About 20 miles from Springfield, MO
4.0 in
Largest hail
Near 38.55, -88.64, IL
100 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 41 miles from Nashville, TN
63
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 8, 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

Between 5:37 and 6:07 p.m. CDT on May 8, 2024, an EF3 tornado with peak winds estimated at 140 mph tracked 12.5 miles from east of Columbia, Tennessee, into far western Marshall County.1 It removed large sections of roofs from homes along Old Highway 99 and Blackburn Lane, and damaged more homes after crossing Interstate 65. One person was killed and 12 were injured.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $10 million in damage in Maury County.2

In northeast Alabama, an EF3 with winds near 140 mph crossed Jackson County near Pisgah at about 10:57 p.m. CDT. It heavily damaged homes, destroyed a well-anchored metal building and injured seven people, and the database lists $4.5 million in damage.3 Earlier, at about 8:27 p.m., another EF3 crossed the Tennessee River into a neighborhood near Ripley in Limestone County, where several homes were heavily damaged and others had roof damage and broken windows.4

In southern Missouri, hail up to 4 inches across fell north of Ava in Douglas County at about 6:30 p.m. CDT. About 30 homes from the north side of Ava northward had roof, window and siding damage, and the database lists $1.3 million in damage.5

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Nashville: May 8-9, 2024 Tornadoes, Severe Storms, and Flooding
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1167432, tornado, Maury County, Tennessee
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1181624, tornado, Jackson County, Alabama
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1179771, tornado, Limestone County, Alabama
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1173476, hail, Douglas County, Missouri

Reports by hour

Hail325, most at 3 PM

Wind386, most at 6 PM

Tornado63, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:58 AMEF0Near 37.35, -89.48, MO0.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:04 AMEF1Near 38.14, -91.48, MO2.24 mi long, 75 yd wide
12:01 PMEF1Near 37.81, -89.67, IL1.26 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:53 PMNot ratedNear 38.78, -101.78, KS0.06 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:00 PMEF1About 28 miles from Hickory, NC21.34 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:10 PMNot ratedNear 36.82, -94.99, OK0.1 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:12 PMNot ratedNear 36.83, -94.97, OK0.1 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:15 PMEF1Near 36.83, -94.95, OK4 mi long, 450 yd wide
2:40 PMEF1About 22 miles from Charlotte, NC8.22 mi long, 60 yd wide
2:43 PMEF1About 15 miles from Clarksville, TN2.2 mi long, 400 yd wide
2:51 PMEF1Near 36.86, -94.64, OK0.3 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:10 PMEF1Near 37.66, -89.17, IL4.56 mi long, 75 yd wide
Show all 63 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
4:01 PMNot ratedNear 37.02, -88.60, KY0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:04 PMEF0Near 37.60, -88.96, IL6.57 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:11 PMEF1Near 37.68, -88.59, IL7.74 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:25 PMEF1About 38 miles from Springfield, MO10.77 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:37 PMEF3About 41 miles from Nashville, TN11.53 mi long, 900 yd wide
6:32 PMEF0About 37 miles from Nashville, TN2.96 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:40 PMEF0Near 33.80, -95.70, TX0.01 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:50 PMEF2About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL5.88 mi long, 600 yd wide
8:11 PMEF1About 30 miles from Huntsville, AL4.77 mi long, 90 yd wide
8:15 PMEF1About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL6.22 mi long, 160 yd wide
8:23 PMEF3About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL3.76 mi long, 228 yd wide
8:27 PMEF0Near 33.80, -95.32, TX0.32 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:44 PMEF1Near 37.30, -90.76, MO14.07 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:45 PMEF1About 22 miles from Huntsville, AL3.47 mi long, 225 yd wide
8:49 PMEF1Near 37.36, -90.71, MO2.56 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:50 PMEF0Near 37.35, -90.67, MO0.59 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:53 PMEF1Near 37.33, -90.59, MO1.67 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:01 PMEF1Near 37.59, -90.64, MO4.08 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:01 PMEF1Near 37.59, -90.63, MO12.01 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:02 PMEF1About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL1.38 mi long, 286 yd wide
9:06 PMEF0Near 37.55, -90.36, MO4.27 mi long, 334 yd wide
9:07 PMEF0About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL1.73 mi long, 95 yd wide
9:28 PMEF2About 6 miles from Huntsville, AL9.51 mi long, 550 yd wide
9:39 PMEF0About 21 miles from Evansville, IN2.66 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:41 PMEF0About 22 miles from Evansville, IN3.11 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:49 PMEF1About 26 miles from Evansville, IN0.86 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:13 PMEF0About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL2.28 mi long, 106 yd wide
10:26 PMEF1About 44 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.76 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:32 PMEF0About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL3.53 mi long, 145 yd wide
10:34 PMEF0About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL2.09 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:40 PMEF1About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL4.35 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:41 PMEF1Near 35.09, -83.95, NC2.33 mi long, 40 yd wide
10:42 PMEF1About 50 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.64 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:46 PMEF0About 48 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.98 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:51 PMEF0About 53 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.94 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:57 PMEF3About 45 miles from Chattanooga, TN12.34 mi long, 880 yd wide
11:14 PMEF1About 46 miles from Asheville, NC9.38 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:16 PMEF0About 12 miles from Asheville, NC2.32 mi long, 30 yd wide
11:23 PMEF1About 42 miles from Asheville, NC1.52 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:02 AMEF1About 45 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.96 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:39 AMEF0Near 35.89, -88.04, TN1.31 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:46 AMEF0About 36 miles from Spartanburg, SC3.01 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:12 AMEF0About 31 miles from Columbia, SC0.34 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:31 AMEF1About 17 miles from Columbia, SC1.89 mi long, 250 yd wide
3:44 AMEF1About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL4.21 mi long, 105 yd wide
4:01 AMEF1About 23 miles from Huntsville, AL13.65 mi long, 215 yd wide
4:06 AMEF1About 27 miles from Huntsville, AL6.06 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:10 AMEF1About 30 miles from Huntsville, AL10.23 mi long, 194 yd wide
4:31 AMEF1About 27 miles from Huntsville, AL0.3 mi long, 108 yd wide
4:37 AMEF1About 34 miles from Huntsville, AL1.06 mi long, 170 yd wide
5:08 AMEF1About 43 miles from Chattanooga, TN6.06 mi long, 241 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Missouri1721313110
Tennessee1694611211
Kentucky7431394
Georgia667554
South Carolina639513
North Carolina5913406
Alabama4052114
Illinois3310194
Oklahoma241464
Texas171232
Arkansas131120
Kansas131201
Massachusetts101000
Iowa8710
Indiana4130
Connecticut3300
Rhode Island3300
Ohio1010
Puerto Rico1010
Virginia1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Clarksville, TN3.0 in60 mph1
Springfield, MO2.5 in60 mph0
Nashville, TN2.0 in60 mph0
Greenville, SC1.75 inNone0
Kansas City, MO1.75 inNone0
Asheville, NC1.25 in58 mph1
Providence, RI1.25 inNone0
Fayetteville, AR1.0 inNone0
Huntsville, AL1.0 in64 mph4
Springfield, MA1.0 inNone0
Evansville, IN0.88 inNone0
Charlotte, NCNone58 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone64 mph0
Columbia, SCNone63 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone58 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone60 mph0

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