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Storm reports for May 22, 2020

NOAA recorded 117 hail reports, 141 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in 14 states on May 22, 2020.

in 14 states
272
Storm reports
About 12 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
5.33 in
Largest hail
About 45 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 26 miles from Spartanburg, SC
14
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 May 22, 2020 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

Hail up to 5.33 inches across fell near Burkburnett in Wichita County, Texas, on the evening of May 22, and 4-inch hail fell near Frederick, Oklahoma.1,2 Earlier, hail up to golf-ball size fell near Cumming in Forsyth County, Georgia. The NOAA Storm Events Database lists $5 million in property damage there.3

Straight-line winds of 65 to 80 mph, with pockets of 80 to 90 mph, swept through Bowie, Texas, that evening. Fallen trees caused roof and structural damage to homes, and many commercial buildings had light roof, fascia and sign damage.4 An EF1 tornado with winds near 95 mph tracked about a mile into downtown Bowie, causing substantial roof and wall damage to one-story and multistory buildings.5 Storm Events lists $1 million in property damage from the Bowie winds and $500,000 from the tornado.4,5

In the afternoon, storm winds in Charlotte, North Carolina, blew trees onto about a dozen homes in the Dilworth and Elizabeth neighborhoods. One falling tree killed one person and seriously injured another.6

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Wichita County, TX
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Tillman County, OK
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Forsyth County, GA
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Montague County, TX
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Montague County, TX
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg County, NC

Reports by hour

Hail117, most at 8 PM

Wind141, most at 4 PM

Tornado14, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:28 PMEF1About 26 miles from Spartanburg, SC12.74 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:44 PMEF0About 26 miles from Charlotte, NC8.63 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:07 PMNot ratedAbout 53 miles from Lincoln, NE0.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:07 PMEF0About 19 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.1 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:11 PMEF1About 18 miles from Wichita Falls, TX1.7 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:26 PMEF1About 16 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:23 PMNot ratedAbout 33 miles from Wichita Falls, TX2.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:27 PMEF1About 14 miles from Wichita Falls, TX2.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:55 PMNot ratedNear 34.92, -94.55, OK1.7 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:10 PMEF1About 45 miles from Wichita Falls, TX1.35 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:32 PMNot ratedNear 35.00, -95.33, OK0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:58 PMEF1Near 34.74, -95.02, OK0.9 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:05 PMEF1Near 34.71, -94.94, OK3 mi long, 225 yd wide
10:15 PMEF1Near 34.72, -94.89, OK2.7 mi long, 200 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
South Carolina5515391
Texas5335126
Oklahoma342185
Arkansas3011190
North Carolina281261
Georgia256190
Alabama141220
Florida13760
Tennessee7070
Missouri5410
Mississippi3120
Nebraska3201
Iowa1100
Kansas1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Wichita Falls, TX5.33 in64 mph1
Birmingham, AL1.0 inNone0
Cape Coral, FL1.0 inNone0
Columbia, SC1.0 in75 mph0
Orlando, FL1.0 inNone0
Ocala, FL0.88 inNone0
Naples, FL0.75 in58 mph0
Charlotte, NCNone63 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Fayetteville, ARNone64 mph0
Greenville, SCNone63 mph0
Little Rock, ARNone70 mph0
Memphis, TNNone70 mph0
Spartanburg, SCNone58 mph0
Tampa, FLNone60 mph0

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