Storm reports for August 7, 2022

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On August 7, 2022, 6 hail, 50 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Cochise County, AZ. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 586 square miles containing about 38,000 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 (6)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $316,000 in property damage and $5,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (56 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Maricopa County, AZ (near Buckeye) · Thunderstorm wind 77 mph · $50,000
  “Local broadcast showed footage of significant damage in the Buckeye area, including roofs partially torn off and a destroyed RV. No other specific details were received. No injuries were reported.”
• Maricopa County, AZ (near Buckeye Muni Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 77 mph · $40,000
  “A 77 mph wind gust was measured at the Buckeye Municipal Airport. Triple G Dairy Farm, just to the south of the airport, experienced a lot of damage, including shattered windows from flying debris or hail, a few downed power poles, uprooted trees, metal roof partially torn off one building, and at…”
• Hampden County, MA (near Forest Park) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $25,000
  “In Springfield, a tree was down on a vehicle and wires were down on Hartwick Street. A power pole was downed onto a house on Eleanor Road and wires were down a few homes away on Eleanor Road. Wires were also down on Blodgett Street.”
• Essex County, MA (near Swampscott) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $20,000
  “In Swampscott, a tree fell into a house. Street unspecified.”
• Denver County, CO (near Denver) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $15,000
  “A large tree fell down and flattened a vehicle parked nearby.”
• Union County, NJ (near Roselle) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $13,000
  “Tree down on Heather Lane in Roselle NJ. The tree brought down power lines and damaged vehicles.”

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.

Guides: What radar-estimated hail (MESH) is and isn't · Storm reports: preliminary vs final