Severe Weather and Flooding on May 4

Tornadoes:

The damage survey in Mississippi County, MO revealed a mix of straight-line wind damage and a tornado. Significant microbursts occurred in Calloway County, KY. Considerable damage was observed in and around Hazel, located on the Tennessee border.

Tornado #1 - Fulton, KY area Fulton County Date May 4, 2021 Time (Local) 3:38-3:41 AM CDT EF Rating EF-2 Est. Peak Winds 125 mph Path Length 3.8 miles Max Width 150 yds Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: One home destroyed with roof removed. Multiple outbuildings collapsed. Multiple large trees snapped and uprooted. Path extended from 5.2 miles west-northwest of Fulton to near intersection of Highways 51 and 94, a few miles northwest of Fulton. Track Map - click map for full size Downloadable KMZ File (opens path map in Google Earth)

Tornado #2- Clinton, KY area Hickman County Date May 4, 2021 Time (Local) 3:29 - 3:38 AM CDT EF Rating EF-1 Est. Peak Winds 105 mph Path Length 7.5 miles Max Width 100 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: Multiple trees snapped. Many tree branches and some trees fell on multiple homes which inflicted damage. Tornado extended from 7 miles west of Clinton to just east of Clinton. Track Map - click for full size map Downloadable KMZ File (opens path map in Google Earth)

Tornado #3 - Cuba, KY area Graves County Date May 4, 2021 Time (Local) 3:55 - 4:00 AM CDT EF Rating EF-1 Est. Peak Winds 95 mph Path Length 5 miles Max Width 125 yd Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: Several farm buildings, including a large shop, lost parts or all of their roofs, with several smaller structures destroyed. At least a couple of homes had mainly minor damage to roofs or siding. Dozens of large trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado travelled right along Highway 94 from southwest of Cuba to the Lynnville area. Track Map - click on map for full size Downloadable KMZ File (opens path map in Google Earth)

Tornado  #4- East of Mayfield, KY Graves County Date May 4, 2021 Time (Local) 3:59 AM CDT EF Rating EF-1 Est. Peak Winds 95 mph Path Length 0.5 mile Max Width 100 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: Brief tornado in rural farmland and wooded area. Began and ended 3.5 to 4 miles east-northeast of Mayfield, just south of Highway 58. Minor to moderate roof damage to house. Several very large trees snapped and uprooted. Well head blown into house, damaging the siding. Track Map - Click map for full size Downloadable KMZ File (opens path map in Google Earth)

Tornado  #5 - Hopkinsville, KY Christian County Date May 4, 2021 Time (Local) 5:12 - 5:15 AM CDT EF Rating EF-0 Est. Peak Winds 85 mph Path Length 2.6 miles Max Width 75 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary:  At least 4 barn lost portions of their tin roofs and/or walls. Several trees were uprooted of lost limbs. A narrow strip of wheat was blown down. Track Map - Click map for full size Downloadable KMZ File (opens path map in Google Earth)

Tornado  #6 - Dorena, MO area Mississippi County Date May 4, 2021 Time (Local) 3:19 - 3:25 AM CDT EF Rating EF-1 Est. Peak Winds 105 mph Path Length 3.8 miles Max Width 400 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: The tornado began in open farmland, and uprooted and snapped several large trees along Highway 77, then proceeded ENE toward the MS River, damaging a pivot sprinkler system and totally destroying an equipment shed near the levee.  Many trees on the east side of the levee had trunks and limbs snapped, and some trees were uprooted. To the south of the tornado path, sporadic straight-line wind damage occurred to trees along Highway A/levee road and along County Road 507/levee road.   Track Map - Click map for full size  Downloadable KMZ File (opens path map in Google Earth)

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

Flooding

The storms produced around 1 to 3 inches on average. Locally higher amounts up to 5 inches occurred in the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky near Greenville.

Flash flooding of roads was observed along the axis of heaviest rain, which extended from near Doniphan, MO to just south of Poplar Bluff, Paducah, and Madisonville. Somewhat more intense flooding occurred around Greenville, KY, where a couple residences were evacuated.

Photos

Damage survey photos from NWS surveys - click on image for full size version

Destroyed equipment shed about 2 miles NE of Dorena, MO

Destroyed house near Fulton, KY (NWS photo)	Uprooted tree near Clinton, KY (NWS photo)	Tree on house: Hazel, KY microburst (NWS photo)	Shed damage near Cuba, KY (NWS photo)

Radar

Click on images for full size

4 AM radar	5 AM radar	4 AM radar with lightning strikes	1-hour rotation tracks (3-4 AM)

Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1146 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0150 AM     HAIL             1 SW CRUTCHFIELD        36.57N 88.95W
05/04/2021  M0.75 INCH       FULTON             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER



0205 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DONIPHAN                36.62N 90.82W
05/04/2021                   RIPLEY             MO   PUBLIC

            MEDIA RELAYED REPORT OF A LARGE TREE ON A
            HOME IN DONIPHAN.

0210 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DONIPHAN                36.62N 90.82W
05/04/2021                   RIPLEY             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PLENTY OF TREE DAMAGE, POWER OUTAGES.
            HIGHEST MEASURED GUST 55 MPH.

0243 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW GIDEON             36.44N 89.92W
05/04/2021                   NEW MADRID         MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            BEDROOM WINDOW BLOWN OUT, POWER POLE DOWN,
            TREES DOWN.

0255 AM     HAIL             4 NW CROFTON            37.10N 87.54W
05/04/2021  M0.75 INCH       CHRISTIAN          KY   PUBLIC



0300 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NNW DONIPHAN          36.64N 90.83W
05/04/2021                   RIPLEY             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS IN THE COUNTY FLOODING. REPORT
            DELAYED DUE TO POWER OUTAGES IN AREA.

0305 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNW PUXICO            36.96N 90.16W
05/04/2021                   STODDARD           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EOC REPORTED TREES DOWN ON ROADS IN PUXICO.

0307 AM     HAIL             CROFTON                 37.05N 87.49W
05/04/2021  M0.75 INCH       CHRISTIAN          KY   PUBLIC



0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SE DUDLEY             36.75N 90.05W
05/04/2021                   STODDARD           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EOC REPORTS WATER OVER ROADWAY AT COUNTY
            ROAD 659/ZZ.

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SW ACORN RIDGE        36.87N 90.12W
05/04/2021                   STODDARD           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EOC REPORTS SWIFTWATER ALONG WW, SOUTH OF
            COUNTY ROAD 420.

0330 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S OAKTON              36.64N 89.09W
05/04/2021                   HICKMAN            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO. DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM JUST
            SOUTHWEST OF OAKTON TO THE NORTH SIDE OF
            CLINTON. SEVERAL TREES ON HOUSES. DAMAGE TO
            TREES AND OUTBUILDINGS.

0336 AM     TSTM WND DMG     OAKTON                  36.67N 89.07W
05/04/2021                   HICKMAN            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WIND DAMAGE TO A BUILDING IN OAKTON.

0338 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CLINTON                 36.67N 88.99W
05/04/2021                   HICKMAN            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            3 BUILDINGS WITH WIND DAMAGE. POWER OUT.
            LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0340 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW FULTON             36.54N 88.92W
05/04/2021                   FULTON             KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE. ROOF AND
            WALL OFF HOUSE. TREE ON HOUSE. CAR MOVED 40
            FEET. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0400 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE CUBA              36.52N 88.62W
05/04/2021                   GRAVES             KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SHINGLES OFF ROOF AND OUTBUILDING DAMAGED
            NEAR TENNESSEE STATE LINE.

0403 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W LYNNVILLE           36.56N 88.61W
05/04/2021                   GRAVES             KY   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: TREES DOWN.

0412 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W HAZEL               36.51N 88.36W
05/04/2021                   CALLOWAY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM 2 MILES WEST OF
            HAZEL TO HAZEL. 2 HOUSES WITH TREES ON THEM.

0413 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HAZEL                   36.50N 88.33W
05/04/2021                   CALLOWAY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 641.

0430 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GREENVILLE              37.21N 87.18W
05/04/2021                   MUHLENBERG         KY   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN GREENVILLE.

0508 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE HOPKINSVILLE      36.87N 87.47W
05/04/2021                   CHRISTIAN          KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ACROSS BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC ON
            EAST 7TH STREET AT THE 1700 BLOCK.

0508 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S HOPKINSVILLE        36.82N 87.48W
05/04/2021                   CHRISTIAN          KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE, POWER POLE, AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS DOWN ON
            FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD AT THE BYPASS.

0615 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GRAHAM                  37.25N 87.28W
05/04/2021                   MUHLENBERG         KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED, INCLUDING A FEW MAIN
            ROADS. A COUPLE OF MOBILE HOMES EVACUATING
            DUE TO FLOODING. RAINFALL MEASUREMENT OF
            5.01 INCHES SIX MILES SOUTHWEST OF
            GREENVILLE.

0920 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW GREENVILLE         37.23N 87.20W
05/04/2021                   MUHLENBERG         KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER STILL 18 TO 24 INCHES DEEP OVER
            KENTUCKY 181 NEAR 601. CAR STALLED OUT.
            WATER WAS CLOSE TO 4 FEET DEEP EARLIER.