Storm reports for April 22, 2005

On April 22, 2005, 405 hail, 181 damaging-wind and 9 tornado reports were logged across 17 states.

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405hail reports

181damaging-wind reports

9tornado reports

4.50″largest hail reported

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On April 22, 2005, 405 hail, 181 damaging-wind and 9 tornado reports were logged across 17 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Autauga County, AL.

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

State	Hail	Wind	Tornado	Largest hail
AL	92	13	3	4.50″
GA	66	27	0	1.75″
TN	54	23	0	1.75″
IN	49	25	0	2.75″
MS	64	4	1	4.25″
KY	27	28	1	1.00″
SC	18	31	1	1.75″
IL	11	14	2	2.00″
LA	12	3	0	1.75″
OH	4	2	0	1.75″
WV	5	0	0	0.75″
VA	2	2	0	0.75″
NC	1	3	0	0.75″
FL	0	1	1	–
OR	0	2	0	–
WA	0	2	0	–
MO	0	1	0	–

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

City	Population	Largest report
Fort Payne, AL	15,017	2.75″
Louisville, MS	5,899	2.75″
Pearl, MS	28,458	2.00″
Richland, MS	7,607	2.00″
Indianapolis, IN	891,484	1.75″
Knoxville, TN	198,722	1.75″
Montgomery, AL	195,818	1.75″
Alexandria, LA	43,133	1.75″
Rome, GA	38,747	1.75″
Easley, SC	27,001	1.75″
North Augusta, SC	26,395	1.75″
East Ridge, TN	21,970	1.75″
Shelbyville, IN	20,845	1.75″
Selma, AL	16,312	1.75″
Talladega, AL	14,693	1.75″
Fort Oglethorpe, GA	10,614	1.75″
Cordele, GA	9,767	1.75″
Jefferson City, TN	9,013	1.75″
Cheviot, OH	8,640	1.75″
Rainsville, AL	5,931	1.75″
Sparta, TN	4,989	1.75″
Florence, MS	4,810	1.75″
Piedmont, AL	4,706	1.75″
Ellisville, MS	4,434	1.75″
Rossville, GA	3,942	1.75″

Hail reports (405)

Time (UTC)	Size	Location
19:50	4.50″	Autauga County, AL
21:06	4.25″	Kemper County, MS
20:35	2.75″	Vanderburgh County, IN
21:35	2.75″	Winston County, MS
21:35	2.75″	Yazoo County, MS
21:45	2.75″	Madison County, MS
22:15	2.75″	Kemper County, MS
22:37	2.75″	Smith County, MS
23:08	2.75″	Jones County, MS
23:10	2.75″	Jackson County, AL
00:05	2.75″	DeKalb County, AL
22:00	2.50″	Noxubee County, MS
22:09	2.50″	Kemper County, MS
23:07	2.50″	Covington County, MS
19:40	2.00″	Saline County, IL
21:12	2.00″	Rankin County, MS
17:55	1.75″	Oconee County, SC
18:33	1.75″	Hale County, AL
18:35	1.75″	Hale County, AL
18:35	1.75″	Pickens County, SC
19:11	1.75″	Aiken County, SC
19:50	1.75″	Dallas County, AL
20:32	1.75″	Lowndes County, AL
20:35	1.75″	Elmore County, AL
20:45	1.75″	Dallas County, AL
20:50	1.75″	Neshoba County, MS
20:53	1.75″	Sharkey County, MS
21:01	1.75″	Yazoo County, MS
21:18	1.75″	Lowndes County, AL
21:18	1.75″	Montgomery County, AL
21:30	1.75″	Rapides Parish, LA
21:35	1.75″	Rankin County, MS
21:55	1.75″	Shelby County, IN
22:02	1.75″	Washington County, IN
22:05	1.75″	Simpson County, MS
22:09	1.75″	Russell County, AL
22:10	1.75″	Marion County, IN
22:15	1.75″	Franklin Parish, LA
22:25	1.75″	Talladega County, AL
22:28	1.75″	Lauderdale County, MS
22:29	1.75″	Calhoun County, AL
22:37	1.75″	Madison Parish, LA
22:38	1.75″	Shelby County, IN
22:42	1.75″	Tensas Parish, LA
22:43	1.75″	Kemper County, MS
22:46	1.75″	Scott County, MS
22:50	1.75″	Smith County, MS
22:50	1.75″	Lowndes County, AL
23:00	1.75″	Pike County, AL
23:05	1.75″	Jones County, MS
23:05	1.75″	Jackson County, AL
23:10	1.75″	Crisp County, GA
23:15	1.75″	Jasper County, MS
23:15	1.75″	Forrest County, MS
23:15	1.75″	White County, TN
23:17	1.75″	Fentress County, TN
23:20	1.75″	Marengo County, AL
23:21	1.75″	Crenshaw County, AL
23:29	1.75″	Smith County, MS
23:34	1.75″	White County, TN
23:34	1.75″	White County, TN
23:35	1.75″	Wayne County, MS
23:35	1.75″	DeKalb County, AL
23:36	1.75″	Crenshaw County, AL
23:41	1.75″	Jasper County, MS
23:50	1.75″	Catoosa County, GA
23:50	1.75″	Morgan County, TN
23:50	1.75″	Hamilton County, OH
00:07	1.75″	DeKalb County, AL
00:08	1.75″	Montgomery County, AL
00:08	1.75″	Pointe Coupee Parish, LA
00:10	1.75″	Perry County, MS
00:25	1.75″	Cherokee County, AL
00:40	1.75″	Dale County, AL
00:42	1.75″	Bullock County, AL
00:45	1.75″	Knox County, TN
01:15	1.75″	Calhoun County, AL
01:24	1.75″	Jefferson County, TN
01:30	1.75″	Mobile County, AL
01:45	1.75″	Floyd County, GA
21:40	1.50″	Madison County, MS
21:46	1.50″	Kershaw County, SC
22:00	1.50″	Smith County, MS
22:26	1.50″	Shelby County, IN
23:00	1.50″	Switzerland County, IN
23:27	1.50″	Morgan County, IN
23:32	1.50″	Pike County, AL
23:50	1.50″	Simpson County, MS
00:22	1.50″	Smith County, MS
16:02	1.25″	De Soto Parish, LA
21:55	1.25″	Attala County, MS
22:00	1.25″	Richland Parish, LA
22:12	1.25″	Rankin County, MS
22:13	1.25″	Winston County, MS
22:22	1.25″	Neshoba County, MS
23:10	1.25″	Warren County, TN
23:20	1.25″	Pickett County, TN
23:30	1.25″	Jackson County, AL
23:39	1.25″	Marshall County, AL
23:45	1.25″	Dade County, GA
23:52	1.25″	Hamilton County, OH
01:13	1.25″	Murray County, GA
02:20	1.25″	DeKalb County, GA
02:31	1.25″	Ross County, OH
16:10	1.00″	Calhoun County, AL
16:25	1.00″	Talladega County, AL
16:45	1.00″	Fannin County, GA
17:05	1.00″	Troup County, GA
17:10	1.00″	White County, GA
17:10	1.00″	Douglas County, GA
17:15	1.00″	Coweta County, GA
17:20	1.00″	Forsyth County, GA
17:25	1.00″	Carroll County, GA
17:25	1.00″	Fulton County, GA
17:40	1.00″	Rabun County, GA
18:16	1.00″	Pickens County, SC
18:29	1.00″	Anderson County, SC
18:58	1.00″	Jefferson County, IL
19:00	1.00″	Perry County, AL
19:02	1.00″	Talladega County, AL
19:09	1.00″	Chilton County, AL
19:15	1.00″	Johnson County, IL
19:17	1.00″	Taylor County, GA
19:19	1.00″	Talladega County, AL
19:19	1.00″	Chilton County, AL
19:51	1.00″	Wayne County, IL
20:05	1.00″	Elmore County, AL
20:11	1.00″	Tallapoosa County, AL
20:19	1.00″	Clay County, IL
20:22	1.00″	Posey County, IN
20:24	1.00″	Elmore County, AL
20:39	1.00″	Chambers County, AL
20:50	1.00″	Gibson County, IN
20:58	1.00″	Marion County, IN
20:59	1.00″	Jackson County, IN
21:00	1.00″	Lawrence County, IL
21:03	1.00″	Lee County, AL
21:03	1.00″	Marion County, IN
21:14	1.00″	Macon County, AL
21:21	1.00″	Knox County, IN
21:27	1.00″	Johnson County, IN
21:41	1.00″	Marion County, IN
21:41	1.00″	Johnson County, IN
21:42	1.00″	West Carroll Parish, LA
21:44	1.00″	East Carroll Parish, LA
21:55	1.00″	St. Clair County, AL
21:59	1.00″	Marion County, IN
22:00	1.00″	Dooly County, GA
22:00	1.00″	Hamilton County, IN
22:01	1.00″	Marion County, IN
22:02	1.00″	Hamilton County, IN
22:10	1.00″	Lowndes County, AL
22:15	1.00″	Sumter County, AL
22:21	1.00″	Hampton County, SC
22:30	1.00″	Edmonson County, KY
22:33	1.00″	Lauderdale County, MS
22:40	1.00″	Warren County, TN
22:44	1.00″	Hardin County, KY
22:46	1.00″	Sumter County, AL
22:50	1.00″	Ripley County, IN
22:55	1.00″	Warren County, TN
23:00	1.00″	Limestone County, AL
23:00	1.00″	Montgomery County, AL
23:00	1.00″	Coffee County, TN
23:01	1.00″	Shelby County, IN
23:05	1.00″	Limestone County, AL
23:10	1.00″	Hinds County, MS
23:14	1.00″	Jefferson County, KY
23:15	1.00″	Fentress County, TN
23:16	1.00″	Rankin County, MS
23:17	1.00″	Barbour County, AL
23:22	1.00″	Greene County, AL
23:26	1.00″	Decatur County, IN
23:30	1.00″	Jasper County, MS
23:30	1.00″	Sequatchie County, TN
23:35	1.00″	St. Landry Parish, LA
23:35	1.00″	Grundy County, TN
23:45	1.00″	Bledsoe County, TN
23:50	1.00″	Wayne County, KY
23:55	1.00″	Cherokee County, AL
23:57	1.00″	Barbour County, AL
23:58	1.00″	Perry County, AL
00:00	1.00″	Jackson County, AL
00:00	1.00″	DeKalb County, AL
00:00	1.00″	Walker County, GA
00:00	1.00″	Marion County, TN
00:06	1.00″	Elmore County, AL
00:10	1.00″	Jones County, MS
00:15	1.00″	Morgan County, TN
00:16	1.00″	Bledsoe County, TN
00:20	1.00″	Wilcox County, AL
00:30	1.00″	Campbell County, TN
00:40	1.00″	Union County, TN
00:54	1.00″	Etowah County, AL
01:00	1.00″	Gordon County, GA
01:26	1.00″	Gilmer County, GA
01:32	1.00″	Barbour County, AL
01:55	1.00″	Hawkins County, TN
02:00	1.00″	Greene County, TN
02:00	1.00″	Lee County, KY
02:25	1.00″	Fulton County, GA
02:26	1.00″	Baldwin County, AL
03:04	1.00″	Floyd County, KY
12:00	0.88″	Hickman County, TN
12:03	0.88″	Davidson County, TN
15:25	0.88″	Monroe County, TN
17:21	0.88″	Meriwether County, GA
17:25	0.88″	Elbert County, GA
17:45	0.88″	Tuscaloosa County, AL
18:00	0.88″	Walton County, GA
18:02	0.88″	Barrow County, GA
18:04	0.88″	Jefferson County, AL
18:26	0.88″	Shelby County, AL
18:30	0.88″	Perry County, IL
18:50	0.88″	Upson County, GA
18:50	0.88″	Perry County, IL
19:03	0.88″	Abbeville County, SC
19:30	0.88″	Bibb County, GA
20:00	0.88″	Jones County, GA
20:00	0.88″	Twiggs County, GA
20:16	0.88″	Edwards County, IL
20:25	0.88″	Aiken County, SC
20:40	0.88″	Laurens County, GA
20:45	0.88″	Montgomery County, TN
20:50	0.88″	Hinds County, MS
20:50	0.88″	Morgan County, IN
20:55	0.88″	Muscogee County, GA
21:18	0.88″	Dooly County, GA
21:35	0.88″	Russell County, AL
21:53	0.88″	Madison County, MS
21:57	0.88″	St. Clair County, AL
22:05	0.88″	Scott County, MS
22:05	0.88″	Jackson County, IN
22:08	0.88″	Leake County, MS
22:20	0.88″	Newton County, MS
22:25	0.88″	Calhoun County, AL
22:32	0.88″	Hendricks County, IN
22:36	0.88″	Dooly County, GA
22:41	0.88″	Warren County, KY
22:48	0.88″	Coffee County, TN
22:55	0.88″	Avoyelles Parish, LA
23:00	0.88″	Dooly County, GA
23:08	0.88″	Hart County, KY
23:15	0.88″	Ohio County, IN
23:25	0.88″	Quitman County, GA
23:40	0.88″	Cumberland County, TN
23:40	0.88″	Carroll County, KY
00:05	0.88″	Chattooga County, GA
00:30	0.88″	Pickett County, TN
00:40	0.88″	Lauderdale County, MS
00:50	0.88″	Wayne County, MS
00:50	0.88″	Jefferson County, AL
00:53	0.88″	Jefferson County, AL
00:54	0.88″	Pulaski County, KY
01:00	0.88″	Bartow County, GA
01:15	0.88″	Highland County, OH
01:21	0.88″	Floyd County, GA
01:30	0.88″	Jefferson Davis County, MS
01:33	0.88″	Calhoun County, AL
01:40	0.88″	Cherokee County, GA
01:45	0.88″	Pike County, MS
01:45	0.88″	Jefferson County, TN
01:48	0.88″	Covington County, MS
02:07	0.88″	Barbour County, AL
02:14	0.88″	Cleburne County, AL
02:31	0.88″	Gwinnett County, GA
02:35	0.88″	Sullivan County, TN
14:00	0.75″	Marion County, AL
14:45	0.75″	Walker County, AL
15:30	0.75″	Peach County, GA
16:43	0.75″	Grainger County, TN
16:50	0.75″	Sabine Parish, LA
17:00	0.75″	Heard County, GA
17:10	0.75″	Lumpkin County, GA
17:40	0.75″	DeKalb County, GA
17:50	0.75″	Gilmer County, WV
17:53	0.75″	Coweta County, GA
17:58	0.75″	Rabun County, GA
18:00	0.75″	Hart County, GA
18:00	0.75″	Gwinnett County, GA
18:00	0.75″	Gilmer County, WV
18:03	0.75″	Franklin County, GA
18:10	0.75″	Abbeville County, SC
18:10	0.75″	Greenbrier County, WV
18:12	0.75″	Jefferson County, AL
18:12	0.75″	Greene County, AL
18:20	0.75″	Lamar County, GA
18:25	0.75″	Bibb County, AL
18:42	0.75″	Greenbrier County, WV
18:50	0.75″	Anderson County, SC
18:52	0.75″	Jasper County, GA
19:05	0.75″	Monroe County, GA
19:10	0.75″	Greenville County, SC
19:24	0.75″	Williamson County, IL
19:30	0.75″	Coosa County, AL
19:40	0.75″	Tucker County, WV
20:06	0.75″	Perry County, AL
20:10	0.75″	Macon County, GA
20:15	0.75″	Lawrence County, IN
20:21	0.75″	Coosa County, AL

Showing the 300 largest of 405.

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $9.3 million in property damage and $1.1 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (599 events in 17 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

County	Events	Property damage
Smith County, MS	6	$1.5 million
Kemper County, MS	4	$1.1 million
Jones County, MS	2	$900,000
Avoyelles Parish, LA	1	$800,000
Rankin County, MS	3	$550,000
Yazoo County, MS	2	$550,000
Madison County, MS	3	$343,000
Jasper County, MS	2	$325,000
Franklin Parish, LA	1	$250,000
Simpson County, MS	2	$250,000
Winston County, MS	1	$200,000
Catoosa County, GA	1	$150,000

What the National Weather Service wrote

Smith County, MS (near Mize) · Hail 2.75″ · $1 million
“The second of several supercell thunderstorms to effect Smith county, moved into the West-Central portion of the county from Simpson county and tracked east-southeast from near Mize to Taylorsville. This supercell produced a swath of golf ball to baseball sized hail across Southern Smith county.”
Jones County, MS (near Soso) · Hail 2.75″ · $800,000
“This large supercell thunderstorm moved out of Southeast Smith county and tracked east-southeast through the Soso Community and then through the city of Laurel before dissipating. This storm produced a swath of golf ball to baseball sized hail.”
Yazoo County, MS (near Bentonia) · Hail 2.75″ · $500,000
“The second supercell thunderstorm to effect Yazoo county, moved out of Southeast Sharkey county, weakened for awhile, then re-intensified near Bentonia. The storm moved to the south-southeast and produced a swath of quarter to golf ball to baseball sized hail.”
Kemper County, MS (near Preston) · Hail 2.50″ · $500,000
“This large supercell thunderstorm, the second to effect Kemper county, moved out of Southwest Noxubee county and tracked across the northern portion of Kemper county. This storm produced a swath of golf ball to tennis ball sized hail from the Kemper/Noxubee county line to Scooba.”
Smith County, MS (near Taylorsville) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $300,000
“Intense straight line winds occurred from the rear flank downdraft from the supercell thunderstorm that moved from Mize to Taylorsville. A mobile home was destroyed, a chicken house damaged and many trees were uprooted and snapped.”
Kemper County, MS (near Preston) · Hail 4.25″ · $300,000
“The first of a few intense supercell thunderstorms tracked east-southeast across all of Kemper county. The storm moved into the county, from Neshoba county, a few miles southwest of Preston. Between Preston and DeKalb is where the largest hail fell.”

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.

NWS Tornado Damage Surveys for April 22, 2005

National Weather Service survey teams mapped 1 tornado path from this storm day (1 EF0), 1 miles in all. The map above draws each surveyed path as the NWS mapped it, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, in place of the straight start-to-end line.

Rating	Peak wind	Path length	Max width	Deaths / injuries	On the ground	Surveyed by
EF0	80 mph	0.5 mi	–	0 / 0	00:10–00:11 UTC	NWS Mobile

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.

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