Hail map — May 8, 2025
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 34 cities across 7 states on May 8, 2025. The largest stones — 2.00″, hen egg size — fell over McAllen, TX.
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- States hit
- 7
- Cities hit
- 34
- Largest stone
- 2.00″
- hen egg size
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, 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, 2025
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, 2025
Showing the 24 largest of 34 cities hit. The rest are under their state above.
What people on the ground measured in the US on May 8, 2025
15 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 3 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 3.00″ baseball size Public3 N Mcallen, TX7:18 PM CDTHidalgo County
Member of the public pasted a Facebook comment of a photo of hailstone approximately 3 inches long and 1.5 inches wide.
- 2.75″ baseball size Public3 NNE Oil Valley, KY5:15 PM EDTWayne County
Multiple pictures of baseball sized hail in Monticello. One such stone was near the intersection of Hwy 3285/Hwy 776. Time estimated via radar.
- 2.75″ baseball size Trained Spotter4 NNW Guerra, TX4:56 PM CDTJim Hogg County
Report of estimated baseball hail size received by trained storm spotter at the intersection of FM2687 and FM649.
- 2.75″ baseball size Broadcast MediaCitico Beach, TN7:35 PM CDTMonroe County
Social media photo of a very large hailstone, estimated to be the size of a baseball. Time is estimated from radar.
- 2.50″ hen egg size PublicGoldbug, KY4:35 PM EDTWhitley County
Hailstones ranging in size between 1.5 inches and 2.5 inches fell.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Public4 WSW Duckrun, KY6:07 PM EDTMcCreary County
Picture on social media of very large hail at mile marker 6 on Williamsburg St in McCreary County near Watters Ridge Rd. The hail is in someones hand and it is four fingers wide. Time provided by the individual who made the report and was confirmed with radar imagery.
- 2.50″ hen egg size PublicAlvin, KY7:13 PM EDTFloyd County
Picture on social media of a measured 2.5 inch hail stone found at the intersection of KY-194 and KY-1428 between 7:10 and 7:15 pm.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Broadcast MediaVonore, TN6:26 PM CDTMonroe County
Tennis ball size hail.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained Spotter4 ESE Big Sandy, TN1:23 PM CDTBenton County
Corrects previous hail report from 4 ESE Big Sandy.
- 2.00″ hen egg size PublicFurrs, MS2:00 PM CDTPontotoc County
Photo of 2 inch hail in the Furrs community.
- 2.00″ hen egg size PublicUtica, KY3:31 PM EDTDaviess County
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained Spotter4 ESE Big Sandy, TN2:59 PM CDTBenton County
- 2.00″ hen egg size PublicTrosper, KY4:03 PM EDTKnox County
Social media pictures of at least egg sized hail in Trosper around 4pm. The hail broke car windshields. Time estimated to be 4:03pm via radar.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public1 W Franklin, TN3:28 PM CDTWilliamson County
2 inch hail on HWY 96 in Franklin, TN. Reported via social media.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Storm Chaser2 N Starkville, MS4:05 PM CDTOktibbeha County
2.25 inch hail reported on Old West Point Rd between I-82 and Martin King Jr Dr. Report relayed via storm chaser.
Showing the 15 largest of 296 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, 2025
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 34 cities across 7 states on May 8, 2025. The largest stones — 2.00 inches, hen egg size — were over McAllen, TX. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.