The severe wind outbreak of May 8, 2024
305 wind reportsTennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina and 14 more states
305 damaging wind reports across 17 states between 1:12 AM and 12:56 AM the next day CDT, 61 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 72 mph in Gibson County, IN. 333 hail reports and 53 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · May 8, 2024
How the day unfolded
Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 305
- on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- 75 mph or more
- 61
- 14 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 72 mph
- 63 knots, Gibson County, IN
- Measured
- 11
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 2
- 1 injured
- Counties reporting
- 158
- in 17 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
The strongest winds
The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 7:30 PM | Wayne County IL | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:44 PM | Daviess County KY | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 11:07 PM | Belmont County OH | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 8:08 PM | Lincoln County TN | 93 mph | Estimated |
| 9:55 AM | Hamblen County TN | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 4:13 PM | Saline County IL | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 6:21 PM | Rutherford County TN | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 6:21 PM | Rutherford County TN | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 6:21 PM | Rutherford County TN | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 6:21 PM | Rutherford County TN | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 6:21 PM | Bedford County TN | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 8:23 PM | Lincoln County TN | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 10:14 PM | Jackson County AL | 87 mph | Estimated |
| 10:26 PM | Jackson County AL | 87 mph | Estimated |
| 2:53 PM | Ottawa County OK | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 4:18 PM | Saline County IL | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 6:06 PM | Wilson County TN | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 6:20 PM | Wilson County TN | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 7:19 PM | Cannon County TN | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 7:24 PM | Cannon County TN | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 8:13 PM | Limestone County AL | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 8:13 PM | Limestone County AL | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 9:44 PM | Daviess County KY | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 4:21 PM | Saline County IL | 83 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 PM | Muhlenberg County KY | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 4:03 PM | Saline County IL | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 7:34 PM | Warren County TN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 7:34 PM | Warren County TN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 9:49 PM | Daviess County KY | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 10:44 PM | Cherokee County NC | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 11:42 PM | White County GA | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 8:09 PM | Lincoln County TN | 76 mph | Estimated |
| 7:19 AM | Hickman County KY | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 7:38 AM | Carlisle County KY | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 8:06 AM | Marshall County KY | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 8:11 AM | Marshall County KY | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:50 PM | Todd County KY | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 2:47 PM | Ottawa County OK | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:32 PM | Union County KY | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:34 PM | McLean County KY | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Williamson County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:46 PM | Perry County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:10 PM | Wilson County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:11 PM | Wilson County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:11 PM | Wilson County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:12 PM | Wilson County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:16 PM | Randolph County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:26 PM | Smith County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:40 PM | Smith County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:40 PM | Smith County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:40 PM | Smith County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:40 PM | Smith County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:58 PM | Washington County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 7:31 PM | Limestone County AL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 7:31 PM | Limestone County AL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 7:45 PM | Wayne County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 8:46 PM | Reynolds County MO | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 10:03 PM | McLean County KY | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 10:10 PM | Jackson County AL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 10:14 PM | Jackson County AL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 10:40 PM | Ripley County MO | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 8:40 PM | Gibson County IN | 72 mph | Measured |
| 7:18 PM | Jefferson County IL | 70 mph | Measured |
| 1:12 AM | Massac County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:50 AM | Graves County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:06 PM | Union County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:23 PM | Ottawa County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:30 PM | Ottawa County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:46 PM | Ottawa County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:26 PM | Union County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:58 PM | Trigg County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:23 PM | Trigg County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 PM | Sumner County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 PM | Sumner County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Sumner County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:57 PM | Sumner County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:57 PM | Sumner County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:58 PM | Livingston County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:05 PM | Sumner County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:10 PM | Sumner County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:10 PM | Trousdale County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:21 PM | Trousdale County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:34 PM | Smith County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:42 PM | Rutherford County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:43 PM | Smith County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:06 PM | Christian County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:20 PM | Coffee County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:29 PM | Limestone County AL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:31 PM | Warren County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:34 PM | Bedford County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:34 PM | Coffee County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:40 PM | Clay County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:55 PM | Clay County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:58 PM | Grundy County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:14 PM | Coffee County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:18 PM | Coffee County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:27 PM | Coffee County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:35 PM | Cumberland County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:40 PM | Gibson County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 10:34 PM | Ripley County MO | 70 mph | Estimated |
By state
| Tennessee | 87 | 59 mph |
| Kentucky | 40 | 59 mph |
| North Carolina | 40 | — |
| Missouri | 31 | 67 mph |
| Georgia | 31 | — |
| Illinois | 20 | 70 mph |
| South Carolina | 16 | — |
| Alabama | 14 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | — |
| Arkansas | 4 | 60 mph |
| Ohio | 4 | — |
| Texas | 3 | 61 mph |
| Indiana | 3 | 72 mph |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | — |
| Iowa | 1 | — |
| PR | 1 | — |
| Virginia | 1 | — |
| Kansas | 0 | — |
| Massachusetts | 0 | — |
| Connecticut | 0 | — |
| Rhode Island | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Walker CountyGA · 11 reports
- Sumner CountyTN · 8 reports
- Smith CountyTN · 7 reports
- Limestone CountyAL · 7 reports
- Wilson CountyTN · 6 reports
- Butler CountyKY · 5 reports
- Rutherford CountyTN · 5 reports
- Coffee CountyTN · 5 reports
- Ottawa CountyOK · 5 reports
- Bladen CountyNC · 4 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
333 hail reports, 47 of 2 inches or more; 53 tornadoes.
| 6:30 PM | Webster County MO | 4.00 |
| 6:30 PM | Douglas County MO | 4.00 |
| 3:30 PM | Stewart County TN | 3.00 |
| 3:56 PM | Camden County MO | 3.00 |
| 4:02 PM | Camden County MO | 3.00 |
| 4:05 PM | Montgomery County TN | 3.00 |
| 6:30 PM | Douglas County MO | 3.00 |
| 12:31 PM | Jefferson County MO | 2.75 |
| 1:21 PM | Rutherford County NC | 2.75 |
| 3:30 PM | Dade County MO | 2.75 |
| 3:40 PM | Camden County MO | 2.75 |
| 4:15 PM | Perry County TN | 2.75 |
| 6:12 PM | Douglas County MO | 2.75 |
| 6:36 PM | Douglas County MO | 2.75 |
| 7:03 PM | Douglas County MO | 2.75 |
| 11:08 PM | Dunklin County MO | 2.75 |
| 8:36 AM | Pettis County MO | 2.50 |
| 9:20 AM | Grainger County TN | 2.50 |
| 12:22 PM | Buncombe County NC | 2.50 |
| 1:58 PM | Ste. Genevieve County MO | 2.50 |
| 2:08 PM | Randolph County IL | 2.50 |
| 3:15 PM | Robertson County TN | 2.50 |
| 3:51 PM | Camden County MO | 2.50 |
| 5:36 PM | Christian County MO | 2.50 |
| 5:40 PM | Christian County MO | 2.50 |
| 5:48 PM | Christian County MO | 2.50 |
| 6:00 PM | Christian County MO | 2.50 |
| 7:30 PM | Texas County MO | 2.50 |
| 5:36 PM | Christian County MO | 2.25 |
| 7:06 AM | Johnson County KS | 2.00 |
| 2:57 PM | Robertson County TN | 2.00 |
| 3:25 PM | Henry County TN | 2.00 |
| 3:28 PM | Pulaski County MO | 2.00 |
| 4:17 PM | Montgomery County TN | 2.00 |
| 4:48 PM | Lawrence County MO | 2.00 |
| 5:00 PM | Lawrence County MO | 2.00 |
| 5:15 PM | Robertson County TN | 2.00 |
| 5:24 PM | Dent County MO | 2.00 |
| 5:30 PM | Cheatham County TN | 2.00 |
| 5:33 PM | Christian County MO | 2.00 |
| 5:34 PM | Christian County MO | 2.00 |
| 5:40 PM | Christian County MO | 2.00 |
| 6:34 PM | Douglas County MO | 2.00 |
| 6:48 PM | Ste. Genevieve County MO | 2.00 |
| 7:40 PM | Bedford County TN | 2.00 |
| 7:50 PM | Lamar County TX | 2.00 |
| 8:13 PM | Coffee County TN | 2.00 |
| 6:25 AM | Calloway County KY | 1.75 |
| 7:06 AM | Johnson County KS | 1.75 |
| 7:08 AM | Johnson County KS | 1.75 |
The tornado outbreak of May 8, 2024: 53 tornadoes, each with its touchdown time and path.
2024 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days
- A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
- Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
- Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.