Storm reports for January 8, 2022

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On January 8, 2022, 4 hail, 5 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.50″ (ping pong ball size) in Nacogdoches County, TX. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 114 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 (4)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.2 million in property damage and 6 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (17 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sabine Parish, LA (near Peason Dam) · Tornado EF2 · $1.5 million · 6 injuries
  “A strong and wide EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 125 mph touched down near Peason Road in the Peason community and tracked northeast before lifting shortly after passing Bridges Road.”
• Harris County, TX (near Moonshine Hill) · Tornado EF1 · $300,000
  “This EF1 tornado tracked from a wooded area, through North Hollow Estates then across the City of Humble with damage to trees and a couple of structures. Vans were flipped in a church parking lot. One retail building was destroyed with the loss of its roof and three walls.”
• Harris County, TX (near Humble) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “This EF1 tornado snapped the trunks or uprooted several large trees with a few of them on structures. The most significant damage was along Palmetto Lane and Hamblen Road near its intersection with Red Bud Lane.”
• Montgomery County, TX (near Montgomery) · Tornado EF0 · $50,000
  “A brief tornado touched down and damaged buildings that were under construction. Also damage to a restaurant.”
• Sabine Parish, LA (near Sandel) · Tornado EF1 · $11,000
  “An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph briefly touched down near Shorty Poston Road off of LA 392 just west of Hornbeck in extreme Southern Sabine Parish. The tornado mostly snapped hardwood and softwood trees as it crossed the road and then passed over a single family home.”
• Sabine County, TX (near Yellowpine) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “Trees were downed just south of Hemphill.”

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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