Storm reports for August 23, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, August 23, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 11 hail reports, 45 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 8 states on August 23, 2021.

in 8 states; 59
Storm reports: Near 45.02, -101.38, SD; 1.25 in
Largest hail: Near 45.61, -101.06, SD; 112 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 12 miles from Worcester, MA; 3
Tornado reports

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

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 August 23, 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

Hail11, most at 5 PM

Wind45, most at 9 PM

Tornado3, most at 10 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
10:40 AM	EF0	About 12 miles from Worcester, MA	0.75 mi long, 10 yd wide
11:30 AM	EF0	About 17 miles from Worcester, MA	0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:10 PM	EF0	About 19 miles from Worcester, MA	0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
5:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.74, -100.67, SD
5:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.62, -100.82, SD
6:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.83, -101.33, SD
7:13 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.02, -101.38, SD
7:19 PM	1.25 in	Near 45.02, -101.38, SD
9:47 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.46, -101.07, SD
11:24 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.17, -100.19, SD
12:28 AM	1.0 in	Near 45.05, -99.37, SD
3:52 AM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Minneapolis, MN
6:18 AM	0.88 in	Near 47.87, -101.96, ND
6:53 AM	0.88 in	About 20 miles from Minneapolis, MN

Time	Gust	Where
1:00 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Jacksonville, FL
1:00 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Jacksonville, FL
1:23 PM	52 mph	About 24 miles from Jacksonville, FL
1:30 PM	60 mph	Near 39.95, -90.49, IL
2:31 PM	75 mph	Near 39.08, -91.58, MO
2:59 PM	69 mph	About 39 miles from Rockford, IL
3:00 PM	64 mph	About 39 miles from Rockford, IL
3:05 PM	64 mph	About 39 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:47 PM	75 mph	About 7 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:53 PM	64 mph	About 11 miles from St. Louis, MO
4:25 PM	64 mph	About 14 miles from St. Louis, MO
4:43 PM	61 mph	About 22 miles from St. Louis, MO

Show all 45 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:09 PM	64 mph	About 47 miles from St. Louis, MO
5:30 PM	60 mph	Near 43.62, -100.82, SD
5:43 PM	84 mph	Near 45.14, -103.91, SD
6:55 PM	60 mph	Near 44.92, -101.46, SD
6:55 PM	81 mph	Near 44.87, -101.47, SD
9:15 PM	100 mph	Near 45.62, -101.07, SD
9:25 PM	100 mph	Near 45.59, -101.07, SD
9:26 PM	112 mph	Near 45.61, -101.06, SD
9:46 PM	63 mph	Near 45.43, -101.07, SD
9:52 PM	60 mph	Near 45.61, -100.84, SD
10:08 PM	64 mph	Near 45.47, -100.81, SD
10:48 PM	59 mph	Near 45.87, -100.07, SD
11:43 PM	58 mph	Near 45.77, -99.36, SD
11:45 PM	60 mph	Near 45.86, -99.21, SD
12:27 AM	58 mph	Near 45.91, -98.68, SD
12:28 AM	62 mph	Near 44.78, -99.45, SD
12:33 AM	91 mph	Near 45.93, -98.53, SD
12:38 AM	64 mph	Near 46.00, -98.53, ND
1:56 AM	68 mph	About 35 miles from Fargo, ND
1:59 AM	71 mph	About 36 miles from Fargo, ND
2:10 AM	81 mph	About 46 miles from Fargo, ND
2:43 AM	60 mph	Near 42.41, -100.55, NE
4:30 AM	64 mph	Near 45.66, -95.40, MN
4:30 AM	58 mph	Near 45.65, -95.32, MN
4:30 AM	64 mph	Near 45.60, -95.08, MN
4:50 AM	64 mph	Near 44.83, -95.32, MN
4:55 AM	60 mph	Near 45.50, -94.67, MN
5:10 AM	49 mph	About 58 miles from Minneapolis, MN
5:37 AM	59 mph	Near 45.41, -97.90, SD
5:45 AM	55 mph	About 55 miles from Minneapolis, MN
6:33 AM	59 mph	Near 45.31, -97.05, SD
6:36 AM	45 mph	About 5 miles from Minneapolis, MN
6:57 AM	64 mph	About 17 miles from Minneapolis, MN

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
South Dakota	26	8	18	0
Minnesota	11	2	9	0
Illinois	5	0	5	0
Missouri	5	0	5	0
North Dakota	5	1	4	0
Florida	3	0	3	0
Massachusetts	3	0	0	3
Nebraska	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Jacksonville, FL	None	58 mph	0
Minneapolis, MN	None	45 mph	0
St. Louis, MO	None	75 mph	0
Worcester, MA	None	None	1

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