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Storm reports for July 17, 2021

NOAA recorded 26 hail reports, 206 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 22 states on July 17, 2021.

in 22 states
234
Storm reports
About 48 miles from Rapid City, SD
2.25 in
Largest hail
About 8 miles from Baltimore, MD
75 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 12 miles from Trenton, NJ
2
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

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

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on July 17, 2021 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.

Reports by hour

Hail26, most at 4 PM

Wind206, most at 4 PM

Tornado2, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:27 PMEF0About 34 miles from Wichita, KS0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:25 PMEF1About 12 miles from Trenton, NJ7.75 mi long, 300 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Harrisburg, PA1.25 in60 mph0
Worcester, MA1.25 in58 mph0
Baltimore, MD1.0 in75 mph0
Lancaster, PA1.0 in60 mph0
New York, NY1.0 in58 mph0
Trenton, NJ1.0 in63 mph1
Hickory, NC0.75 in58 mph0
Providence, RI0.75 in58 mph0
Columbia, SC0.25 inNone0
Allentown, PANone69 mph0
Amarillo, TXNone62 mph0
Binghamton, NYNone58 mph0
Durham, NCNone58 mph0
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Hagerstown, MDNone75 mph0
Lynchburg, VANone58 mph0
Philadelphia, PANone63 mph0
Poughkeepsie, NYNone58 mph0
Richmond, VANone58 mph0
Scranton, PANone58 mph0
Springfield, MANone58 mph0
Tulsa, OKNone70 mph0
Washington, DCNone63 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0

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