Storm reports for May 21, 2025

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On May 21, 2025, 9 hail, 8 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 93 square miles containing about 2,100 homes.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (9)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $188,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (21 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Washington County, PA (near Mc Connells Mill) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “A tornado produced sporadic damage along a 14.5 mile path beginning near Houston, PA and finally dissipating 24 minutes later in Finleyville, PA. The initial damage occurred near Allison Hollow Road, where large limbs were broken from hardwood trees.”
• Butler County, PA (near Fisher Hgts) · Tornado EF0 · $50,000
  “A closed caption security video captured a tornado touching down northwest of Northvue, causing the roof to lift off of the Center Township salt dome and depositing it in the parking lot behind the facility.”
• Shelby County, TN (near Arlington Muni Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Trees and power lines were knocked down on Brooks Branch Road.”
• Washington County, PA (near Buffalo) · Tornado EF0 · $10,000
  “Based on damage reports provided to NWS, a brief EF0 tornado (max wind 65 mph) began just east of Cross Creek County Park near Oakleaf Rd, crossed Willow Rd and likely weakened toward Lynn Portal Rd.”
• Butler County, PA (near Jamisonville) · Tornado EF0 · $5,000
  “Several hardwood trees had large limbs broken off in a path in the 250-280 section of Mack Road in West Sunbury, PA. This was caused by a different circulation than the earlier tornado in Butler County.”
• Gadsden County, FL (near Hinson) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $3,000
  “A tree fell onto a power line via the Talquin outage map.”

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.

Guides: What radar-estimated hail (MESH) is and isn't · Storm reports: preliminary vs final