Storm reports for May 8, 2008

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On May 8, 2008, 103 hail, 85 damaging-wind and 30 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Scott County, KS. Tornadoes killed 1.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (103)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $27.9 million in property damage, 7 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (225 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Guilford County, NC (near Deep River) · Tornado EF2 · $4 million · 1 death · 3 injuries
  “The tornado, originally an EF-0, initially touched down just north of Squire Davis Park near the intersection of Sandy Ridge Road and Johnson Street. From there the tornado tracked northeast and intensified to EF-1 intensity as it approached the Farmers Market and Interstate 40.”
• Forsyth County, NC (near Clemmons Station) · Tornado EF3 · $2.5 million · 2 injuries
  “This tornado originated from the same parent supercell that produced the tornado in Davie County which lifted in Forsyth County just across the Yadkin River. This second tornado touched down just southwest of Hampton Road.”
• Lauderdale County, AL (near Rhodesville) · Tornado EF1 · $300,000 · 2 injuries
  “A tornado with peak winds of 90 mph began a path near the intersection of County Roads 14 and 16, about 2 miles northwest of Oakland and tracked into the Central Heights community. The tornado produced moderate damage to five homes and uprooted several trees in its path.”
• Stafford County, VA (near Berea) · Tornado EF2 · $10 million
  “An NWS Storm Survey determined that a low-end EF2 tornado struck the England Run North subdivision in Berea. The tornado damage began just south of Route 17 in Berea. There were 160 home damaged and nearly destroyed in the England Run subdivision, with 25 categorized as uninhabitable.”
• Gaston County, NC (near Gastonia) · Tornado EF2 · $7 million
  “A tornado track began just southeast of Gastonia and continued well into Mecklenburg County on the northwest side of Charlotte. Where the tornado first touched down, part of the roof was blown off the roof of an office building near the intersection of Union Rd and Garrison Bvd.”
• Lee County, MS (near (Tup)Lemons Arpt Tup) · Tornado EF3 · $1.5 million
  “The initial tornado touchdown occurred 1.5 miles west of the Tupelo Regional Airport. The tornado traveled northeast across Northern Lee County moving just north of the Tupelo Regional Airport.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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