National Storms

September 2022 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In September 2022, 282 hail, 502 damaging-wind and 25 tornado reports were logged on 30 storm days across 44 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in St. Croix County, WI on September 20, 2022. The most hail reports came on September 17, 2022 (87). Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 30 days; the widest swath, on September 17, 2022, covered 2,856 square miles.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports; NOAA MRMS radar hail estimates (MESH) via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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282hail reports
502wind reports
25tornado reports
3.00″largest hail
30storm days
30days with 1″+ radar hail
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Hail reports by day, September 2022

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Biggest storm days of September 2022

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Sep 17, 2022872802.75″62,856 mi²3.89″
Sep 25, 2022127621.50″15172 mi²2.16″
Sep 20, 2022541903.00″71,027 mi²5.17″
Sep 18, 2022333212.50″32,124 mi²3.20″
Sep 21, 2022124902.00″11358 mi²2.05″
Sep 7, 20220410–7246 mi²1.93″
Sep 4, 202263111.25″7257 mi²1.92″
Sep 2, 202292501.50″8607 mi²2.75″
Sep 3, 202213101.00″5117 mi²2.36″
Sep 11, 202232401.00″441 mi²2.21″

Largest hail reported in September 2022

DaySizeLocation
Sep 20, 20223.00″ (teacup)St. Croix County, WI
Sep 20, 20223.00″ (teacup)Pierce County, WI
Sep 20, 20223.00″ (teacup)Juneau County, WI
Sep 20, 20223.00″ (teacup)Juneau County, WI
Sep 17, 20222.75″ (baseball)Pottawattamie County, IA
Sep 20, 20222.75″ (baseball)St. Croix County, WI
Sep 17, 20222.50″ (tennis ball)Montgomery County, IA
Sep 18, 20222.50″ (tennis ball)Cedar County, IA
Sep 18, 20222.50″ (tennis ball)Champaign County, IL
Sep 17, 20222.00″ (hen egg)Lyon County, KS

Storm reports by state, September 2022

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Kansas404502.00″
Wisconsin442103.00″
Illinois214212.50″
Arizona94621.75″
Iowa53402.75″
Texas213601.75″
Montana0440–
New York33431.00″
Florida01414–
Utah0250–
Minnesota20302.00″
Michigan15702.00″
Nebraska15701.50″
Virginia0200–
Arkansas11200.88″
Idaho11201.00″
Missouri6702.00″
North Carolina0112–
South Dakota8501.25″
Tennessee31000.88″
Ohio2910.75″
Indiana090–
Louisiana090–
New Hampshire3601.25″
North Dakota8001.50″
Kentucky070–
Oklahoma2501.00″
California1500.75″
Nevada060–
West Virginia1501.00″
Alabama050–
Georgia050–
New Mexico041–
Pennsylvania050–
Massachusetts040–
Maryland3101.50″
Oregon030–
Wyoming030–
Colorado1100.75″
Delaware020–
Mississippi020–
New Jersey010–
South Carolina001–
Washington1001.00″

Every storm day in September 2022

Sep 1 Sep 2 Sep 3 Sep 4 Sep 5 Sep 6 Sep 7 Sep 8 Sep 9 Sep 10 Sep 11 Sep 12 Sep 13 Sep 14 Sep 15 Sep 16 Sep 17 Sep 18 Sep 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Sep 22 Sep 23 Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 30

A storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Read more about NOAA storm reports.

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