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Storm reports for May 26, 2024

NOAA recorded 210 hail reports, 819 wind reports and 52 tornado reports in 23 states on May 26, 2024.

in 23 states
1,081
Storm reports
About 24 miles from Springfield, MO
4.0 in
Largest hail
Near 38.18, -81.10, WV
110 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, near 36.80, -89.72, MO
52
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 26, 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

On May 26, 2024, an EF3 tornado with peak winds of 140 mph tracked 19.6 miles across Stoddard, New Madrid and Scott counties in Missouri, through Sikeston, between 7:15 and 7:35 a.m. CDT. It removed roofs and collapsed walls of buildings along its path.1 That afternoon, hail of 2 to 4 inches fell across the Marshfield area of Webster County, Missouri. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $12.5 million in property damage there, with 300 homes damaged on siding, roofs and windows and 350 cars damaged, many of them on commercial car lots.2 Near Mountain View in Howell County, an EF3 tornado with 138 mph peak winds severely damaged three homes, destroyed a manufactured home and injured two people between 5:39 and 6:05 p.m. CDT.3

In western Kentucky, an EF3 tornado with peak winds of 160 mph traveled 35.5 miles across Lyon, Caldwell and Hopkins counties, from near Eddyville past Dawson Springs and Charleston, between 8:01 and 9:15 p.m. CDT.1 NWS Paducah counted 46 buildings destroyed or with major damage and 52 more damaged along that path, along with 1 death and 21 injuries.1 Earlier that evening, an EF3 tornado with 150 mph winds near Lake of Egypt, Illinois, destroyed or severely damaged two manufactured homes, damaged the roofs of other homes and injured one person.1

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Paducah: Summary of multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes on May 26, 2024
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Webster County, Missouri, May 26, 2024
  3. 3. NWS Springfield: Tornadoes and Severe Weather May 26, 2024

Reports by hour

Hail210, most at 4 PM

Wind819, most at 5 PM

Tornado52, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:07 AMEF2Near 36.80, -89.94, MO25.58 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:15 AMEF3Near 36.80, -89.72, MO19.57 mi long, 300 yd wide
8:10 AMEF1Near 36.71, -88.81, KY4.68 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:25 AMEF1Near 36.59, -88.47, KY22.01 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:35 AMEF1About 45 miles from Clarksville, TN3.99 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:50 AMEF1About 33 miles from Clarksville, TN5.83 mi long, 70 yd wide
8:59 AMEF2About 25 miles from Clarksville, TN18.96 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:21 AMEF1About 45 miles from Evansville, IN9.63 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:21 AMEF1Near 36.68, -85.19, KY0.72 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:29 AMEF1Near 36.69, -85.09, KY0.44 mi long, 75 yd wide
12:48 PMEF1Near 36.95, -84.05, KY0.78 mi long, 60 yd wide
2:28 PMEF1About 44 miles from Huntington, WV3.77 mi long, 125 yd wide
Show all 52 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:23 PMEF0About 30 miles from Huntington, WV0.29 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:00 PMEF0About 29 miles from Rockford, IL11.83 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:11 PMEF1About 54 miles from Springfield, MO14.24 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:14 PMEF1About 6 miles from Roanoke, VA2 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:15 PMEF0About 32 miles from Rockford, IL14.36 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:27 PMEF0About 29 miles from Madison, WI5.55 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:39 PMEF3Near 37.02, -91.79, MO12.42 mi long, 750 yd wide
5:44 PMEF0About 15 miles from St. Louis, MO0.21 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:48 PMEF1About 13 miles from St. Louis, MO8.81 mi long, 172 yd wide
6:12 PMEF2Near 37.01, -91.46, MO3.22 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:20 PMEF0Near 37.00, -91.40, MO1.74 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:34 PMEF0About 27 miles from St. Louis, MO10.5 mi long, 500 yd wide
6:38 PMEF3Near 37.58, -89.02, IL4.87 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:44 PMEF0Near 37.31, -90.90, MO3.27 mi long, 276 yd wide
6:50 PMEF1About 42 miles from St. Louis, MO18.5 mi long, 325 yd wide
6:51 PMEF0Near 37.32, -90.77, MO18.23 mi long, 167 yd wide
6:53 PMEF0Near 37.25, -91.03, MO4.47 mi long, 279 yd wide
6:54 PMEF0Near 36.97, -91.10, MO0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:25 PMEF1Near 37.43, -90.16, MO5.31 mi long, 250 yd wide
7:28 PMEF1Near 38.73, -88.79, IL1.12 mi long, 325 yd wide
7:29 PMEF2Near 38.71, -88.78, IL8.26 mi long, 500 yd wide
7:30 PMNot ratedNear 37.08, -88.40, KY0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:34 PMEF0About 40 miles from Evansville, IN3.49 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:01 PMEF3About 55 miles from Clarksville, TN34.14 mi long, 700 yd wide
8:13 PMEF1Near 37.51, -89.08, IL6.94 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:26 PMEF1About 31 miles from Evansville, IN34.07 mi long, 500 yd wide
8:27 PMEF0Near 38.56, -78.06, VA4.75 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:27 PMEF1About 51 miles from Evansville, IN6.79 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:49 PMEF2About 37 miles from Evansville, IN12.14 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:46 PMEF1About 45 miles from Clarksville, TN39.99 mi long, 800 yd wide
10:11 PMEF1About 30 miles from Louisville, KY1.57 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:00 PMEF2Near 36.05, -90.58, AR3.56 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:06 PMEF1Near 36.84, -85.98, KY7.49 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:24 PMEF1Near 35.97, -90.47, AR1.26 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:30 PMEF1Near 36.82, -85.60, KY1.11 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:44 PMEF0Near 36.83, -85.37, KY0.24 mi long, 40 yd wide
11:48 PMEF1Near 36.67, -85.38, KY10.39 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:55 AMEF1About 59 miles from Memphis, TN10.93 mi long, 550 yd wide
4:27 AMEF1About 59 miles from Chattanooga, TN3.41 mi long, 550 yd wide
6:52 AMEF1Near 33.48, -85.44, AL3.17 mi long, 350 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kentucky260423818
Missouri1351002213
West Virginia12001191
Tennessee9832651
Virginia937842
Ohio630621
North Carolina557480
Illinois549378
Alabama433382
Georgia411400
Arkansas281972
Indiana231211
Pennsylvania150150
Mississippi133100
South Carolina8530
Kansas7700
Maryland6060
South Dakota5500
Louisiana4310
Michigan3030
Oklahoma3300
Wisconsin3003
Texas1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Springfield, MO3.0 inNone0
Richmond, VA2.4 in58 mph0
St. Louis, MO2.0 in81 mph1
Greenville, SC1.75 in58 mph0
Knoxville, TN1.75 in60 mph0
Clarksville, TN1.0 in60 mph0
Huntsville, AL1.0 inNone0
Memphis, TN1.0 in60 mph0
Nashville, TN1.0 inNone0
Virginia Beach, VA1.0 inNone0
Asheville, NC0.88 in58 mph0
Spartanburg, SC0.88 inNone0
Chattanooga, TNNone60 mph0
Cincinnati, OHNone58 mph0
Dayton, OHNone58 mph0
Evansville, INNone64 mph0
Grand Rapids, MINone60 mph0
Hagerstown, MDNone60 mph0
Hickory, NCNone58 mph0
Huntington, WVNone58 mph0
Jackson, MSNone60 mph0
Kingsport, TNNone60 mph0
Lexington, KYNone60 mph0
Louisville, KYNone81 mph0
Lynchburg, VANone63 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone58 mph0
Raleigh, NCNone58 mph0
Roanoke, VANone63 mph1
Toledo, OHNone58 mph0
Tuscaloosa, ALNone75 mph0

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