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Storm reports for September 22, 2010

NOAA recorded 92 hail reports, 187 wind reports and 1 tornado report in 16 states on September 22, 2010.

in 16 states
280
Storm reports
Near 42.73, -97.48, NE
4.25 in
Largest hail
About 60 miles from Scranton, PA
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF0, about 7 miles from Columbus, OH
1
Tornado reports
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on September 22, 2010 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report.

What happened

The largest hail on September 22, 2010, fell that morning around Crofton in Knox County, Nebraska, where stones reached a little over 4 inches across, though most were smaller than golf balls.1 That evening near Broken Bow in Custer County, Nebraska, winds estimated at 70 knots (81 mph) destroyed a garage and a shed, and other gusts damaged a steel storage building and peeled roof panels off a barn.2,3

In Pennsylvania, NWS meteorologists confirmed a microburst near Muncy in southern Lycoming County around 4:40 p.m. EDT, with winds near 80 mph.4 It caused structural damage to several homes, and a falling tree landed on a car, killing two people.4 At Smith Mountain Lake in Bedford County, Virginia, winds estimated at 70 knots (81 mph) destroyed an outbuilding and badly damaged many campers and RVs at a campground, and NOAA lists $2 million in property damage there.5

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 253438, hail, Knox County, Nebraska
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 253104, thunderstorm wind, Custer County, Nebraska
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 253106, thunderstorm wind, Custer County, Nebraska
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 252987, thunderstorm wind, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 261531, thunderstorm wind, Bedford County, Virginia

Reports by hour

Hail92, most at 11 AM

Wind187, most at 7 PM

Tornado1, most at 3 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:58 PMEF0About 7 miles from Columbus, OH0.06 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Virginia545490
Pennsylvania495440
South Dakota302910
North Carolina280280
Nebraska231940
Maryland200200
Iowa181620
Ohio172141
Minnesota121020
New Jersey110110
New York10370
Connecticut2020
Delaware2110
West Virginia2110
Colorado1010
Utah1100

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lynchburg, VA1.0 in69 mph0
Poughkeepsie, NY1.0 in60 mph0
Sioux Falls, SD0.88 in60 mph0
Allentown, PA0.75 in60 mph0
Reading, PA0.75 inNone0
Baltimore, MDNone81 mph0
Bridgeport, CTNone60 mph0
Columbus, OHNone58 mph1
Harrisburg, PANone58 mph0
Lancaster, PANone58 mph0
New York, NYNone60 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone69 mph0
Roanoke, VANone63 mph0
Trenton, NJNone60 mph0
Washington, DCNone64 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone63 mph0
York, PANone58 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.