Storm reports for August 21, 2022

IndependentNot affiliated with NOAA or the National Weather Service. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports; NOAA MRMS radar hail estimates (MESH) via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; 2020 Census housing units. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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On August 21, 2022, 5 hail, 41 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 1.50″ (ping pong ball size) in Iron County, UT. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 1,293 square miles containing about 11,000 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 (5)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $249,000 in property damage and $3,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (47 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Manatee County, FL (near Gillett) · Thunderstorm wind 55 mph · $100,000
  “EM reports of damage to 12 manufactured homes in a community near Ellenton, mostly consisting of metal roofing and siding peeled off of homes.”
• Montgomery County, OH (near Oakwood) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $25,000
  “An approximately 4.5 mile swath of intermittent wind damage, mainly to trees, was surveyed. In the Oakwood area, damage was broad and sporadic in nature, centered on Forrer Boulevard but extending several blocks north and south of the boulevard, over a half mile wide at times.”
• Garfield County, UT (near Cannonville) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $20,000
  “Strong winds blew a roof off a house in Cannonville. The time of the report is estimated.”
• Madison County, OH (near West Jefferson) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $20,000
  “Several trees and power poles were downed. Numerous power outages were reported in West Jefferson.”
• Smith County, MS (near Mize) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $15,000
  “A barn was destroyed by severe downburst winds.”
• Mohave County, AZ (near Willow Beach) · Thunderstorm wind 49 mph · $10,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew over a big rig on Highway 93 near mile marker 14.”

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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