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Storm reports for June 22, 2015

NOAA recorded 65 hail reports, 279 wind reports and 25 tornado reports in 22 states on June 22, 2015.

in 22 states
369
Storm reports
About 22 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 23 miles from Madison, WI
100 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 38 miles from Des Moines, IA
25
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

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

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on June 22, 2015 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

On the evening of June 22, 2015, twelve tornadoes touched down in northern Illinois, ten of them from a single storm that crossed six counties from Whiteside to Kankakee. Fourteen people were injured and none died.1 The strongest was an EF3 with peak winds near 160 mph that touched down at 8:45 p.m. CST and crossed Coal City in Grundy County, reaching three quarters of a mile wide. Dozens of homes in Coal City were heavily damaged and three were destroyed.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $25 million in property damage in Grundy County from this tornado.1 Earlier, at 6:53 p.m. CST, an EF2 tornado with 130 mph winds hit a campground in Sublette in Lee County, damaging about 100 of the 300 homes in the area and injuring seven people.2

In Michigan, an EF1 tornado with 110 mph winds crossed Portland in Ionia County from 1:30 to 1:36 p.m. EST. More than 50 structures had roof damage or broken windows, five people had minor injuries, and the Storm Events Database lists $3.2 million in property damage.3 In Iowa, an early morning squall line with 60 to 70 mph winds damaged 17 farms and destroyed a home in southern Fayette County, with $3.1 million in property damage listed. That afternoon an EF2 tornado damaged several homes and businesses in the southwest corner of Albia.4,5

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 590644, tornado, Grundy County, Illinois
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 590631, tornado, Lee County, Illinois
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 583118, tornado, Ionia County, Michigan
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 583155, thunderstorm wind, Fayette County, Iowa
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 580234, tornado, Monroe County, Iowa

Reports by hour

Hail65, most at 12 PM

Wind279, most at 9 AM

Tornado25, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
8:21 AMEF1About 54 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA1.52 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:50 AMEF0Near 43.14, -90.89, WI1.32 mi long, 35 yd wide
9:06 AMEF0Near 43.21, -90.69, WI7.39 mi long, 60 yd wide
1:30 PMEF1About 24 miles from Lansing, MI4.61 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:05 PMEF3About 38 miles from Des Moines, IA11.12 mi long, 575 yd wide
5:50 PMEF2About 55 miles from Des Moines, IA1.71 mi long, 290 yd wide
6:14 PMEF0About 17 miles from North Port, FL0.57 mi long, 15 yd wide
7:08 PMEF0Near 37.78, -100.26, KS0.55 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:14 PMEF1About 45 miles from Rockford, IL2.18 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:15 PMEF2About 15 miles from Davenport, IA4.22 mi long, 440 yd wide
7:16 PMEF0About 47 miles from Rockford, IL2.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:16 PMEF1About 47 miles from Rockford, IL1.74 mi long, 50 yd wide
Show all 25 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:28 PMEF1About 45 miles from Rockford, IL7.44 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:53 PMEF2About 44 miles from Rockford, IL7.8 mi long, 880 yd wide
8:19 PMEF1About 49 miles from Rockford, IL1.48 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:50 PMEF1About 55 miles from Rockford, IL6.04 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:00 PMEF2About 16 miles from Flint, MI11.27 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:07 PMEF1About 43 miles from Flint, MI22.94 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:17 PMEF1About 57 miles from Chicago, IL7.05 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:43 PMEF1About 53 miles from Chicago, IL0.77 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:45 PMEF3About 51 miles from Chicago, IL16.26 mi long, 1320 yd wide
10:08 PMEF1About 47 miles from Chicago, IL2.24 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:55 PMEF0About 42 miles from Detroit, MI0.63 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:46 PMEF0About 59 miles from Chicago, IL1.02 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:31 AMEF1About 17 miles from Ann Arbor, MI4.33 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Iowa8925613
Wisconsin406322
New York350350
South Carolina349250
Illinois3041313
Florida232201
Michigan220175
Georgia201190
Pennsylvania160160
Missouri120120
Puerto Rico11380
Ohio8260
North Carolina7340
Alabama4220
Indiana4220
Minnesota3300
New Mexico3120
Virginia3120
Tennessee2020
Arizona1010
Kansas1001
Mississippi1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Cedar Rapids, IA2.5 inNone0
Myrtle Beach, SC1.0 inNone0
Charleston, SC0.88 in58 mph0
Duluth, MN0.88 inNone0
Jacksonville, FL0.88 in64 mph0
Mobile, AL0.88 in60 mph0
Ann Arbor, MINone64 mph0
Augusta, GANone69 mph0
Buffalo, NYNone58 mph0
Charlotte, NCNone58 mph0
Cleveland, OHNone58 mph0
Detroit, MINone60 mph0
Hickory, NCNone58 mph0
Hilton Head Island, SCNone58 mph0
Kalamazoo, MINone70 mph0
Madison, WINone64 mph0
Milwaukee, WINone60 mph0
Rochester, NYNone58 mph0
Savannah, GANone68 mph0
Tallahassee, FLNone58 mph0

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