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Storm reports for May 20, 2025

NOAA recorded 152 hail reports, 315 wind reports and 37 tornado reports in 15 states on May 20, 2025.

in 15 states
504
Storm reports
About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
3.75 in
Largest hail
About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL
94 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 16 miles from Huntsville, AL
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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 20, 2025 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

Hail152, most at 4 PM

Wind315, most at 5 PM

Tornado37, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:03 PMEF1Near 34.90, -88.01, AL1.78 mi long, 80 yd wide
1:20 PMEF0About 45 miles from Nashville, TN1.42 mi long, 300 yd wide
1:58 PMEF1About 26 miles from Knoxville, TN0.49 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:15 PMEF0Near 39.66, -88.04, IL2.85 mi long, 20 yd wide
3:15 PMEF0Near 35.59, -88.94, TN1.29 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:27 PMNot ratedNear 39.94, -89.17, IL1.11 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:59 PMEF0About 59 miles from Nashville, TN2.67 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:09 PMNot ratedNear 40.46, -88.15, IL0.65 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:57 PMEF0Near 40.25, -87.97, IL0.92 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:04 PMEF1Near 33.21, -91.41, AR11.55 mi long, 700 yd wide
5:06 PMEF1Near 40.26, -87.89, IL5 mi long, 80 yd wide
5:06 PMEF0Near 40.20, -87.84, IL6.67 mi long, 40 yd wide
Show all 37 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:08 PMEF0About 10 miles from Clarksville, TN9.34 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:10 PMEF1About 49 miles from Huntsville, AL17.15 mi long, 575 yd wide
5:25 PMEF0About 6 miles from Clarksville, TN3.2 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:39 PMEF0Near 40.27, -87.55, IL1.7 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:47 PMEF0About 54 miles from Nashville, TN1.13 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:51 PMNot ratedAbout 26 miles from Huntsville, AL2.19 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:09 PMEF2About 16 miles from Huntsville, AL13.15 mi long, 125 yd wide
6:09 PMEF1About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL0.87 mi long, 65 yd wide
6:11 PMEF1About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL2.76 mi long, 160 yd wide
6:51 PMEF1About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL8.68 mi long, 280 yd wide
6:52 PMEF1About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL11.02 mi long, 540 yd wide
7:07 PMEF2About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL7.25 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:14 PMEF1About 25 miles from Huntsville, AL10.46 mi long, 275 yd wide
7:29 PMEF1About 51 miles from Chattanooga, TN4.79 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:46 PMEF1About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL3.39 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:47 PMEF0About 40 miles from Huntsville, AL6.09 mi long, 105 yd wide
9:33 PMEF1About 48 miles from Huntsville, AL6 mi long, 700 yd wide
9:49 PMEF1About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL0.37 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:42 PMEF0About 50 miles from Chattanooga, TN4.72 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:43 PMEF0About 47 miles from Chattanooga, TN2.39 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:09 PMEF0About 39 miles from Atlanta, GA2.05 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:38 PMEF1About 54 miles from Birmingham, AL3.52 mi long, 1000 yd wide
12:28 AMEF1About 56 miles from Atlanta, GA1.97 mi long, 550 yd wide
2:39 AMEF1About 33 miles from Atlanta, GA10.35 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:58 AMEF1About 21 miles from Montgomery, AL4.98 mi long, 900 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Alabama132417417
Tennessee11447598
Kentucky751740
Georgia572514
Illinois4831107
Mississippi284240
Arkansas15951
Louisiana12750
Indiana6510
Virginia5050
North Carolina4040
Missouri3210
South Carolina3210
Iowa1010
Texas1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Huntsville, AL2.75 in94 mph1
Indianapolis, IN1.0 inNone0
Peoria, IL1.0 in60 mph0
Atlanta, GANone60 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone49 mph0
Clarksville, TNNoneNone2
Davenport, IANone70 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone72 mph0
Memphis, TNNone58 mph0
Nashville, TNNone70 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0

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