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Storm reports for May 20, 2022

NOAA recorded 64 hail reports, 47 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 14 states on May 20, 2022.

in 14 states
113
Storm reports
Near 45.33, -83.49, MI
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 8 miles from Reading, PA
75 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, near 44.97, -84.88, MI
2
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 May 20, 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

The most damaging storm of the day was an EF3 tornado with peak winds estimated at 150 mph that tracked about 17.5 miles from eastern Antrim County, Michigan, through Gaylord in Otsego County between about 3:35 and 3:57 p.m. EDT.1,2 In Gaylord it destroyed multiple units in a manufactured home community, collapsed exterior walls of buildings in the business district and collapsed most exterior walls of homes on one street on the city's northeast side.1 It killed 2 people and injured 44, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $50 million in property damage in Otsego County and $175,000 in Antrim County, where several homes were damaged.1,2

Near Alba in Antrim County, 2.5-inch hail damaged the roofs, siding and garage doors of two houses at about 3:35 p.m. EDT.3 The same storm later dropped baseball-size hail in Posen at about 4:45 p.m. EDT, and 3-inch hail fell near Presque Isle in Presque Isle County at about 4:50 p.m.4,5

In New Jersey, a brief EF0 tornado just after 5 p.m. EDT in Hazlet Township, Monmouth County, damaged siding, soffits, gutters and shingles on at least a dozen homes.6 Hail up to 2.5 inches across fell at Westmont, near Cherry Hill in Camden County, and at Indian Mills in Burlington County that afternoon.7,8 Baseball-size hail fell at Fort Griffin in Shackelford County, Texas, at about 7:30 p.m. CDT.9

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1031457, tornado, Otsego County, Michigan
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1031439, tornado, Antrim County, Michigan
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1031660, hail, Antrim County, Michigan
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1031490, hail, Presque Isle County, Michigan
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1031491, hail, Presque Isle County, Michigan
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1017159, tornado, Monmouth County, New Jersey
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1017168, hail, Camden County, New Jersey
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1017182, hail, Burlington County, New Jersey
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1030130, hail, Shackelford County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail64, most at 3 PM

Wind47, most at 1 PM

Tornado2, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:35 PMEF3Near 44.97, -84.88, MI17.54 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:09 PMEF0About 22 miles from New York, NY0.84 mi long, 225 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Pennsylvania3419150
New Jersey242301
Michigan181251
Georgia8080
Maryland8080
Missouri8440
Indiana4040
Illinois2020
Texas2200
Arkansas1100
Florida1100
South Carolina1100
Wisconsin1100
West Virginia1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Philadelphia, PA2.5 in58 mph0
Reading, PA1.5 in75 mph0
Port St. Lucie, FL1.0 inNone0
Green Bay, WI0.88 inNone0
Columbia, SC0.25 inNone0
Fort Wayne, INNone62 mph0
Harrisburg, PANone60 mph0
Lancaster, PANone60 mph0
Scranton, PANone58 mph0
Springfield, MONone58 mph0
York, PANone60 mph0

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