Pennsylvania storm reports for May 20, 2022

Name: NOAA storm reports, Pennsylvania, May 20, 2022
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 19 hail reports and 15 wind reports in Pennsylvania on May 20, 2022.

in Pennsylvania; 34
Storm reports: About 7 miles from Reading, PA; 1.5 in
Largest hail: About 8 miles from Reading, PA; 75 mph
Highest gust: 0
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

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. 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.

Reports by hour

Hail19, most at 2 PM

Wind15, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
12:46 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Reading, PA
1:06 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Reading, PA
1:33 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Reading, PA
1:50 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:54 PM	1.25 in	About 14 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:55 PM	0.88 in	About 13 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:57 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:57 PM	1.5 in	About 7 miles from Reading, PA
2:00 PM	1.5 in	About 13 miles from Philadelphia, PA
2:00 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Philadelphia, PA
2:01 PM	0.88 in	About 11 miles from Philadelphia, PA
2:02 PM	0.88 in	About 10 miles from Philadelphia, PA

Show all 19 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:04 PM	0.75 in	About 12 miles from Philadelphia, PA
2:10 PM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Philadelphia, PA
2:15 PM	1.25 in	About 6 miles from Philadelphia, PA
2:15 PM	0.88 in	About 7 miles from Philadelphia, PA
2:16 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Philadelphia, PA
2:20 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Philadelphia, PA
2:53 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Philadelphia, PA

Time	Gust	Where
9:48 AM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
10:10 AM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:00 AM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Hagerstown, MD
12:35 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Lancaster, PA
1:00 PM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Reading, PA
1:11 PM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Harrisburg, PA
1:16 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Harrisburg, PA
1:19 PM	60 mph	In York, PA
1:45 PM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Lancaster, PA
1:55 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Scranton, PA
1:57 PM	69 mph	About 7 miles from Reading, PA
2:00 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Allentown, PA
2:03 PM	75 mph	About 8 miles from Reading, PA
2:58 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Philadelphia, PA
3:18 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Trenton, NJ

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Philadelphia, PA	1.5 in	58 mph
Reading, PA	1.5 in	75 mph
Harrisburg, PA	None	60 mph
Lancaster, PA	None	60 mph
Scranton, PA	None	58 mph
York, PA	None	60 mph

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