Storm reports for September 22, 2001

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On September 22, 2001, 53 hail, 22 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Jewell County, KS.

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 (53)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.6 million in property damage and $2.5 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (78 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Clay County, NE (near Edgar) · Tornado F3 · $1.3 million
  “Tornado exited Clay county and entered Fillmore county.”
• Clay County, NE (near Saronville) · Tornado F0 · $50,000
  “A short path tornado reported by storm chasers”
• Sarasota County, FL (near Sarasota) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “A local utility company reported thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees and power lines over a broad area of northeast Sarasota county, mainly east of Interstate 75, between State Road 780 (Fruitville Road) and State Road 72.”
• Sarasota County, FL (near Sarasota) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “The Sarasota sheriffs department reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and power lines near the intersection of Hope Street and Swift Road in Sarasota.”
• Camden County, GA (near Waverly) · Thunderstorm wind · $3,000
  “Large trees and power lines were blown down.”
• Riley County, KS (near Manhattan Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $2,000
  “Strong winds blew down power lines at the Manhattan 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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