Storm reports for September 22, 2000

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On September 22, 2000, 83 hail, 42 damaging-wind and 13 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Des Moines County, IA. 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 (83)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.3 million in property damage, $58,000 in crop damage, 6 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (139 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Allendale County, SC (near Martin) · Tornado F2 · $290,000 · 1 death · 5 injuries
  “Fatality occurred in a camper that was one of 10 other campers at a hunt club. The camper was the second one in the line and it appeared to have disintegrated. One of the other campers was turned on its side while the others remained upright, for the most part.”
• Allendale County, SC (near Martin) · Tornado F1 · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “Damage to a tin roof on a frame home, a hog feeder damaged, minor damage to several brick homes and several trees down.”
• Irwin County, GA (near Ocilla) · Tornado F1 · $200,000
  “An F1 tornado touched down severely damaging a home near U.S. Highway 319, then raced northeast across Highway 32 destroying a home on Tomberlin Lane between Ocilla and Mystic. The tornado damaged several peanut and cotton farms before dissipating.”
• Wakulla County, FL (near Hilliardville) · Tornado F1 · $175,000
  “An F1 tornado touched down just west of U.S. Highway 319 and a few miles north of State Road 267, near the Buck Miller Road area of Riversink. One mobile home was destroyed. The tornado then skipped over to Dillan road and destroyed several mobile homes which were demolished by fallen trees.”
• Kingman County, KS (near Cunningham) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $100,000
  “A garage was blown down, the roof peeled from an office building resulting in the damaging of computers and other equipment inside, and tree damage was widespread.”
• Warren County, IL (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind · $100,000
  “Straight line winds flattened several acres of corn throughout the county.”

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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