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Storm reports for March 21, 2022

NOAA recorded 53 hail reports, 34 wind reports and 37 tornado reports in 4 states on March 21, 2022.

in 4 states
124
Storm reports
About 4 miles from New Braunfels, TX
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 39 miles from Abilene, TX
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 60 miles from Fort Worth, TX
37
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; 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
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • 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 March 21, 2022 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

What happened

An EF3 tornado with peak winds estimated at 140 to 150 mph tracked 34.5 miles from southwestern Jack County, Texas, through the west side of Jacksboro and into Montague County on the afternoon of March 21, 2022. It was about half a mile wide in Jacksboro.1 In western Jacksboro, many homes had considerable roof damage, some walls were hit, and some structures that were not well secured collapsed. Nine people were injured.1 In Grayson County, an EF2 with winds near 130 mph flipped manufactured homes in the Sherwood Oaks community before crossing Lake Texoma. NOAA lists 105 structures damaged there, 53 destroyed and 27 with major damage. One person was killed in a mobile home and 11 were injured.2

In Williamson County, an EF2 with winds up to 135 mph tracked about 29 miles from Round Rock into Bell County. It tore roofs from homes, damaged businesses, warehouses and metal buildings, and injured 16 people.3 A second EF2, with peak winds near 130 mph, hit the Elgin area. It damaged 109 homes and one business, destroyed 20 of those homes and the business, and injured three people.4 Hail 2 inches across fell in New Braunfels.5

Later that evening, an EF2 tornado north of Crockett in Houston County severely damaged at least 30 structures, killed one person and injured 10. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $5 million in property damage from it.6 An EF1 through Madisonville damaged several homes and businesses, with $1 million in property damage listed.7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Jack County, TX tornado, March 21, 2022
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Grayson County, TX tornado, March 21, 2022
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Williamson County, TX tornado, March 21, 2022
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Bastrop County, TX tornado, March 21, 2022
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Comal County, TX hail, March 21, 2022
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Houston County, TX tornado, March 21, 2022
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Madison County, TX tornado, March 21, 2022

Reports by hour

Hail53, most at 6 PM

Wind34, most at 6 PM

Tornado37, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:12 PMEF1Near 32.87, -98.53, TX9.73 mi long, 400 yd wide
3:35 PMEF3About 60 miles from Fort Worth, TX34.5 mi long, 880 yd wide
4:31 PMEF1About 45 miles from Wichita Falls, TX2.07 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:34 PMEF1About 45 miles from Denton, TX5.19 mi long, 440 yd wide
4:47 PMEF0About 28 miles from Denton, TX6.12 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:54 PMEF1About 45 miles from Denton, TX18.66 mi long, 500 yd wide
5:17 PMEF0About 54 miles from Denton, TX6.8 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:17 PMEF1About 18 miles from Denton, TX18.32 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:31 PMEF0About 11 miles from Fort Worth, TX0.46 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:37 PMEF0About 3 miles from Fort Worth, TX1.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:48 PMEF2About 19 miles from San Marcos, TX7.93 mi long, 600 yd wide
5:51 PMEF1About 7 miles from Georgetown, TX9.29 mi long, 300 yd wide
Show all 37 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:54 PMEF2About 5 miles from Round Rock, TX34.62 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:11 PMEF2About 45 miles from McKinney, TX5.12 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:12 PMEF0About 7 miles from Irving, TX0.63 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:29 PMEF1About 53 miles from McKinney, TX10.13 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:30 PMEF2About 17 miles from Austin, TX11.97 mi long, 500 yd wide
6:31 PMEF0In Carrollton, TX1.86 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:32 PMEF0About 53 miles from McKinney, TX2.6 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:43 PMEF1Near 34.14, -96.59, OK7.13 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:54 PMEF0About 25 miles from Round Rock, TX5.53 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:14 PMEF1About 20 miles from Temple, TX3.81 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:25 PMEF0About 23 miles from Temple, TX0.39 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:28 PMEF1About 49 miles from Austin, TX2.46 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:08 PMEF0About 36 miles from Waco, TX11.8 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:35 PMEF0About 12 miles from College Station, TX1.01 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:40 PMEF0About 9 miles from College Station, TX0.29 mi long, 175 yd wide
9:05 PMEF1About 12 miles from College Station, TX0.39 mi long, 175 yd wide
9:35 PMEF1About 32 miles from College Station, TX2.44 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:10 PMEF2About 53 miles from College Station, TX19.07 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:20 PMEF2About 15 miles from Longview, TX39.97 mi long, 700 yd wide
11:16 PMEF2About 48 miles from Tyler, TX37.13 mi long, 1400 yd wide
11:21 PMEF1About 52 miles from Longview, TX1.82 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:29 PMEF1About 56 miles from Shreveport, LA2.03 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:08 AMEF2About 33 miles from Longview, TX11.92 mi long, 500 yd wide
12:49 AMEF1About 29 miles from Shreveport, LA6.58 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:35 AMEF0About 24 miles from Katy, TX0.82 mi long, 30 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas112512833
Oklahoma7124
Louisiana4040
Arkansas1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
New Braunfels, TX2.0 inNone0
Longview, TX1.75 inNone1
Allen, TX1.25 in70 mph0
Carrollton, TX1.25 in70 mph2
Denton, TX1.25 inNone0
Frisco, TX1.25 in70 mph1
Lewisville, TX1.25 in70 mph1
McKinney, TX1.25 in49 mph0
Plano, TX1.25 in70 mph1
Austin, TX1.0 in64 mph1
Fort Worth, TX1.0 in70 mph2
Laredo, TX1.0 inNone0
San Antonio, TX1.0 inNone0
Georgetown, TX0.88 in70 mph2
Round Rock, TX0.88 in70 mph1
Garland, TX0.75 in49 mph0
Grand Prairie, TX0.75 inNone1
Killeen, TX0.75 inNone0
Temple, TX0.75 inNone0
Arlington, TXNone70 mph1
College Station, TXNoneNone3
Dallas, TXNone69 mph0
Irving, TXNone70 mph2
Richardson, TXNone70 mph1
Tyler, TXNone61 mph0

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