Storm reports for May 1, 2009

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On May 1, 2009, 81 hail, 17 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Haskell County, TX.

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 (81)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $608,000 in property damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (105 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Lewis County, TN (near Hohenwald) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000 · 2 injuries
  “This EF1 Tornado, with maximum estimated wind speed at 100 mph, started 8 miles south-southeast of Hohenwald in Lewis County, or just west of Napier, and moved east into far northwest Lawrence County. It snapped or uprooted many hundreds of large hardwood trees. It also flipped a tractor trailer.”
• Giles County, TN (near Campbellsville) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “This EF1 Tornado, with maximum estimated wind speed at 100 mph, caused damage that resulted in many large trees that were either snapped or uprooted. Several homes sustained minor roof damage and several outbuildings were also destroyed.||Newspaper reported that the Union Valley Baptist Church…”
• Lawrence County, TN (near Center) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $25,000
  “Near Napier, trees were reported down, with one tree down on a double wide trailer, along with a tractor trailer blown over.”
• Hickman County, TN (near Hornertown) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $10,000
  “Trees were reported blown down just northeast of Honertown.”
• Newton County, AR (near Walnut) · Tornado EF0 · $10,000
  “Trees were knocked down and a small shed was destroyed.”
• Pope County, AR (near Simpson) · Tornado EF0 · $10,000
  “A tornado knocked down some trees in the Ozark National Forest.”

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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