Hail map — May 8, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 47 cities across 12 states on May 8, 2024. The largest stones — 2.00″, hen egg size — fell over Little Rock, AR.
- States hit
- 12
- Cities hit
- 47
- Largest stone
- 2.00″
- hen egg size
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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States hit on May 8, 2024
Every state where NOAA radar put an inch or more of hail over a city that day, biggest stone first.
Hardest hit on May 8, 2024
Showing the 24 largest of 47 cities hit. The rest are under their state above.
What people on the ground measured in the US on May 8, 2024
15 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 1 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 4.00″ softball size Public5 N Ava, MO6:30 PM CDTDouglas County
via social media picture.
- 3.00″ baseball size PublicBarnardsville, NC1:50 PM EDTBuncombe County
- 3.00″ baseball size PublicSte. Genevieve, MO2:06 PM CDTSte. Genevieve County
Corrects previous hail report from Ste. Genevieve. Via Facebook. Picture of measured hailstone.
- 3.00″ baseball size Public1 E Bumpus Mills, TN3:30 PM CDTStewart County
- 3.00″ baseball size Emergency Mngr1 NNW Camdenton, MO3:56 PM CDTCamden County
Lake regional clinic North highway 5 Camdenton.
- 3.00″ baseball size PublicLinn Creek, MO4:02 PM CDTCamden County
Via Social media picture.
- 3.00″ baseball size PublicClarksville, TN4:05 PM CDTMontgomery County
Tspotter photo of apple size hail in Clarksville.
- 3.00″ baseball size Public9 S Linden, TN4:15 PM CDTPerry County
Delayed report. Facebook photo showed hail up to 3 inches in diameter fell near Flatwoods.
- 3.00″ baseball size Amateur Radio5 SSW Mansfield, MO6:30 PM CDTDouglas County
Picture via email. Time estimated from radar.
- 3.00″ baseball size Public3 S Palio, TN8:43 PM CDTBledsoe County
Report from mPING: Tea Cup (3.00 in.).
- 2.75″ baseball size Broadcast Media1 SSE Grubville, MO12:31 PM CDTJefferson County
Media relaying reports: Baseball sized hail being reported west of Hillsboro.
- 2.75″ baseball size Public3 SW Hillsboro, MO12:42 PM CDTJefferson County
Corrects previous hail report from 3 SW Hillsboro. Time estimated from radar.
- 2.75″ baseball size Law EnforcementHillsboro, MO12:52 PM CDTJefferson County
Trooper reports golf ball to baseball sized hail in Hillsboro.
- 2.75″ baseball size Public2 SSE Hillsboro, MO12:54 PM CDTJefferson County
Via Twitter: Report of baseball sized hail time estimated from radar.
- 2.75″ baseball size Fire Dept/RescueLake Lure, NC2:21 PM EDTRutherford County
Fire Marshall reported baseball size hail in Lake Lure.
Showing the 15 largest of 498 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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US hail on May 8, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 47 cities across 12 states on May 8, 2024. The largest stones — 2.00 inches, hen egg size — were over Little Rock, AR. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.