Storm reports for July 28, 2022

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On July 28, 2022, 4 hail, 61 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 21 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Klickitat County, WA. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 232 square miles containing about 24,000 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 $1 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (69 events in 21 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Wyoming County, NY (near Java Center) · Tornado EF2 · $750,000
  “A tornado touched down in Wyoming County at approximately 10:40AM EDT in the town of Java just southwest of the intersection of NY Route 78 and Chaffee Rd.”
• Hot Spring County, AR (near Bismarck) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $100,000
  “Delayed report...The press box was blown off of the bleachers at the Bismarck High School Football Field. Additional damage was done to a gas station awning off of Hwy. 84 and Hwy. 7. The time was estimated by radar.”
• Tulsa County, OK (near Broken Arrow) · Tornado EF1 · $30,000
  “This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. This tornado developed just east of Lynn Lane and south of E Kenosha Street, where a few trees were uprooted and large tree limbs were snapped.”
• Wagoner County, OK (near Broken Arrow) · Tornado EF1 · $25,000
  “This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. This tornado moved into Wagoner County near the intersection of S 193rd East Ave and E Kenosha Street. It moved east-northeast along and then north of E Kenosha Street, before dissipating just west of S 241st East Ave.”
• Pittsburg County, OK (near Mekko) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $20,000
  “Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees, and blew the metal roof from the ODOT building.”
• Cortland County, NY (near Cortland) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $15,000
  “Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a building which fell through the roof, resulting in significant damage to the structure.”

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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