The severe wind outbreak of May 8, 2025
142 wind reportsTexas, North Carolina, Tennessee and 7 more states
142 damaging wind reports across 10 states between 1:13 PM and 11:02 PM CDT, 52 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 89 mph in Jim Wells County, TX. 230 hail reports the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · May 8, 2025
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
- 142
- on Thursday, May 8, 2025
- 75 mph or more
- 52
- 35 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 89 mph
- 77 knots, Jim Wells County, TX
- Measured
- 9
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 0
- 4 injured
- Counties reporting
- 49
- in 10 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.
| 9:35 PM | Nueces County TX | 115 mph | Estimated |
| 9:35 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 115 mph | Estimated |
| 10:00 PM | Nueces County TX | 115 mph | Estimated |
| 9:10 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 9:12 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 9:30 PM | Nueces County TX | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 9:35 PM | Nueces County TX | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 9:35 PM | Nueces County TX | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 9:45 PM | Nueces County TX | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 9:55 PM | Nueces County TX | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 9:30 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 105 mph | Estimated |
| 9:30 PM | Nueces County TX | 105 mph | Estimated |
| 9:35 PM | Nueces County TX | 105 mph | Estimated |
| 10:05 PM | Nueces County TX | 105 mph | Estimated |
| 10:05 PM | Nueces County TX | 105 mph | Estimated |
| 10:05 PM | Nueces County TX | 105 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:12 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:15 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:17 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:17 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:17 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:17 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:38 PM | Nueces County TX | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:45 PM | Nueces County TX | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:12 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 96 mph | Estimated |
| 9:12 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 96 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 96 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 96 mph | Estimated |
| 9:28 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 96 mph | Estimated |
| 9:50 PM | Nueces County TX | 96 mph | Estimated |
| 9:50 PM | Nueces County TX | 96 mph | Estimated |
| 9:15 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 9:17 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 89 mph | Measured |
| 2:36 PM | Union County KY | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 7:01 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 9:10 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 9:12 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 9:15 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 9:15 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 9:15 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 3:59 PM | Oktibbeha County MS | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 9:05 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 9:17 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 9:50 PM | Nueces County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 9:55 PM | Nueces County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 9:55 PM | Nueces County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 10:00 PM | Nueces County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 10:29 PM | Nueces County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 10:38 PM | Nueces County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 74 mph | Estimated |
| 4:03 PM | Davidson County TN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:33 PM | Dimmit County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Dimmit County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:48 PM | Duval County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 PM | Duval County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:08 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:56 PM | Duval County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 1:13 PM | Benton County TN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:14 PM | Benton County TN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 6:57 PM | Breathitt County KY | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 3:31 PM | Oktibbeha County MS | 66 mph | Estimated |
| 1:13 PM | Benton County TN | 64 mph | Measured |
| 3:52 PM | Davidson County TN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:54 PM | Davidson County TN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:55 PM | Davidson County TN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:55 PM | Maury County TN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:58 PM | Davidson County TN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 9:09 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 9:15 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:09 PM | Cleveland County NC | 63 mph | Measured |
| 8:11 PM | Ward County ND | 62 mph | Measured |
| 8:09 PM | Duval County TX | 61 mph | Measured |
| 4:20 PM | Lowndes County MS | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 4:15 PM | Davidson County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:35 PM | Dimmit County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:10 PM | La Salle County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:05 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:05 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:10 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:10 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:20 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Jim Wells County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:45 PM | Nueces County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:50 PM | Nueces County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:50 PM | Nueces County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:50 PM | Nueces County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:50 PM | Kleberg County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 11:02 PM | Nueces County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:00 PM | Val Verde County TX | 59 mph | Measured |
| 3:04 PM | Brewster County TX | 59 mph | Measured |
| 5:27 PM | Buncombe County NC | 58 mph | Measured |
| 7:21 PM | Mingo County WV | 58 mph | Measured |
| 3:25 PM | Wilkes County NC | 58 mph | Estimated |
By state
| Texas | 80 | 89 mph |
| North Carolina | 25 | 63 mph |
| Tennessee | 10 | 64 mph |
| West Virginia | 8 | 58 mph |
| Alabama | 6 | — |
| Kentucky | 4 | — |
| Virginia | 4 | — |
| Mississippi | 3 | — |
| Georgia | 1 | — |
| North Dakota | 1 | 62 mph |
| South Carolina | 0 | — |
| Arkansas | 0 | — |
| Missouri | 0 | — |
| Indiana | 0 | — |
| Massachusetts | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Jim Wells CountyTX · 40 reports
- Nueces CountyTX · 27 reports
- Davidson CountyTN · 6 reports
- Randolph CountyNC · 4 reports
- Montgomery CountyNC · 4 reports
- Duval CountyTX · 4 reports
- Benton CountyTN · 3 reports
- Lee CountyNC · 3 reports
- Dimmit CountyTX · 3 reports
- Boone CountyWV · 2 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
230 hail reports, 22 of 2 inches or more; no tornadoes.
| 7:18 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 3.00 |
| 4:15 PM | Wayne County KY | 2.75 |
| 4:56 PM | Jim Hogg County TX | 2.75 |
| 7:35 PM | Monroe County TN | 2.75 |
| 3:35 PM | Whitley County KY | 2.50 |
| 5:07 PM | McCreary County KY | 2.50 |
| 6:13 PM | Floyd County KY | 2.50 |
| 6:26 PM | Monroe County TN | 2.50 |
| 3:58 PM | Oktibbeha County MS | 2.25 |
| 1:23 PM | Benton County TN | 2.00 |
| 2:00 PM | Daviess County KY | 2.00 |
| 2:00 PM | Pontotoc County MS | 2.00 |
| 3:03 PM | Knox County KY | 2.00 |
| 3:28 PM | Williamson County TN | 2.00 |
| 4:23 PM | Laurel County KY | 2.00 |
| 5:05 PM | McCreary County KY | 2.00 |
| 6:25 PM | Blount County TN | 2.00 |
| 6:57 PM | Pike County KY | 2.00 |
| 7:10 PM | Coffee County AL | 2.00 |
| 7:12 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 2.00 |
| 7:15 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 2.00 |
| 7:45 PM | Cocke County TN | 2.00 |
| 1:09 AM | Faulkner County AR | 1.75 |
| 12:38 PM | Ohio County KY | 1.75 |
| 1:54 PM | Mississippi County MO | 1.75 |
| 2:05 PM | Chester County TN | 1.75 |
| 2:06 PM | Lee County MS | 1.75 |
| 2:54 PM | Green County KY | 1.75 |
| 3:09 PM | McDowell County NC | 1.75 |
| 3:16 PM | Buncombe County NC | 1.75 |
| 3:34 PM | Buncombe County NC | 1.75 |
| 3:41 PM | Whitley County KY | 1.75 |
| 3:45 PM | Scott County TN | 1.75 |
| 4:05 PM | Pulaski County KY | 1.75 |
| 4:30 PM | Laurel County KY | 1.75 |
| 4:34 PM | Wayne County KY | 1.75 |
| 5:05 PM | Starr County TX | 1.75 |
| 5:10 PM | Starr County TX | 1.75 |
| 5:30 PM | Henry County VA | 1.75 |
| 6:10 PM | Floyd County KY | 1.75 |
| 6:15 PM | Monroe County TN | 1.75 |
| 6:19 PM | Monroe County TN | 1.75 |
| 7:00 PM | Pike County KY | 1.75 |
| 7:10 PM | Coffee County AL | 1.75 |
| 7:12 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 1.75 |
| 7:14 PM | Pike County AL | 1.75 |
| 7:15 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 1.75 |
| 7:18 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 1.75 |
| 7:18 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 1.75 |
| 7:31 PM | Hidalgo County TX | 1.75 |
2025 · 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.