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Storm reports for March 22, 2022

NOAA recorded 6 hail reports, 51 wind reports and 40 tornado reports in 6 states on March 22, 2022.

in 6 states
97
Storm reports
Near 32.08, -92.58, LA
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, near 32.60, -88.90, MS
40
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 22, 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

On the evening of March 22, 2022, a tornado touched down in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and crossed the West Bank into New Orleans, causing minor roof, siding and fence damage.1,2 It reached EF3 strength with winds estimated at 160 mph in Arabi in St. Bernard Parish, where houses were swept off their foundations. Across a strip about four blocks wide, nearly every house had roof damage and many had walls collapse.3 NOAA lists one death caused directly by the tornado, one indirect death and two injuries in Arabi.3 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $30 million in property damage in St. Bernard Parish and $2.5 million more in Jefferson and Orleans parishes.1,2,3,4

Earlier in the day, a line of severe storms crossed Mississippi with widespread wind damage and numerous tornadoes.5 In Kemper County, an EF3 with winds near 145 mph tracked about 9 miles, destroying a home and a manufactured home and shifting another house off its foundation.6 An EF1 with winds near 110 mph caused significant roof damage to many kinds of buildings in Goodman in Holmes County, with $600,000 in property damage listed.7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Jefferson Parish, LA tornado, March 22, 2022
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Orleans Parish, LA tornado, March 22, 2022
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: St. Bernard Parish, LA tornado, March 22, 2022
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Orleans Parish, LA tornado (New Orleans East), March 22, 2022
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Attala County, MS tornado and episode summary, March 22, 2022
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Kemper County, MS tornado, March 22, 2022
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Holmes County, MS tornado, March 22, 2022

Reports by hour

Hail6, most at 10 PM

Wind51, most at 1 PM

Tornado40, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:21 AMEF0About 23 miles from Galveston, TX0.13 mi long, 30 yd wide
11:23 AMEF1About 49 miles from Jackson, MS6.57 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:29 AMEF0About 47 miles from Jackson, MS0.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:43 AMEF0About 37 miles from Jackson, MS1.11 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:58 AMEF1About 34 miles from Jackson, MS14.84 mi long, 350 yd wide
12:04 PMNot ratedAbout 30 miles from Jackson, MS0.73 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:11 PMEF2About 24 miles from Jackson, MS7.75 mi long, 500 yd wide
12:13 PMEF2About 25 miles from Jackson, MS8.63 mi long, 880 yd wide
12:20 PMEF1About 22 miles from Jackson, MS9.05 mi long, 800 yd wide
12:24 PMEF1About 13 miles from Jackson, MS3.33 mi long, 300 yd wide
12:29 PMEF1About 18 miles from Jackson, MS2.58 mi long, 350 yd wide
12:30 PMEF1About 25 miles from Jackson, MS5.51 mi long, 600 yd wide
Show all 40 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
12:35 PMEF1About 38 miles from Jackson, MS1.4 mi long, 550 yd wide
12:42 PMEF1About 7 miles from Jackson, MS5 mi long, 250 yd wide
12:44 PMEF1About 27 miles from Jackson, MS6.53 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:49 PMEF1About 56 miles from Jackson, MS7.43 mi long, 700 yd wide
12:49 PMEF0About 28 miles from Jackson, MS4.87 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:52 PMEF1About 42 miles from Jackson, MS14.2 mi long, 700 yd wide
12:59 PMEF1About 36 miles from Jackson, MS6.43 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:09 PMEF1About 55 miles from Jackson, MS1.53 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:14 PMEF1About 59 miles from Jackson, MS3.35 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:16 PMEF0Near 33.40, -89.93, MS6.34 mi long, 400 yd wide
1:45 PMEF0About 39 miles from Jackson, MS1.57 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:34 PMEF0About 48 miles from Jackson, MS1.52 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:35 PMEF3Near 32.60, -88.90, MS9.21 mi long, 800 yd wide
3:04 PMEF1Near 33.57, -88.64, MS15.47 mi long, 650 yd wide
3:17 PMEF1Near 33.05, -88.57, MS11.61 mi long, 450 yd wide
4:04 PMEF0Near 32.41, -88.51, MS1.47 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:58 PMEF2Near 32.16, -88.40, AL2.45 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:29 PMEF0About 39 miles from Huntsville, AL1.85 mi long, 140 yd wide
5:34 PMEF1Near 31.91, -88.61, MS3.67 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:00 PMEF0About 44 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.88 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:04 PMEF0About 42 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL3.27 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:21 PMEF0About 21 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.97 mi long, 175 yd wide
6:33 PMEF1Near 31.95, -88.24, AL0.19 mi long, 130 yd wide
6:38 PMEF0About 19 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL3.13 mi long, 430 yd wide
7:21 PMEF3About 14 miles from New Orleans, LA11.47 mi long, 320 yd wide
7:25 PMEF1About 14 miles from Slidell, LA15.01 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:08 PMEF0About 27 miles from Birmingham, AL2.76 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:07 PMEF1About 14 miles from Daphne, AL5.68 mi long, 30 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Mississippi6613827
Alabama17359
Louisiana9243
Tennessee2020
Texas2011
Florida1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Tuscaloosa, AL1.0 inNone0
Daphne, ALNoneNone1
Jackson, MSNone58 mph2
New Orleans, LANoneNone1
Slidell, LANoneNone1

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