Virginia storm reports for May 22, 2022

Name: NOAA storm reports, Virginia, May 22, 2022
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report and 30 wind reports in Virginia on May 22, 2022.

in Virginia; 31
Storm reports: About 15 miles from Lynchburg, VA; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 28 miles from Roanoke, VA; 69 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 22, 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

Hail1, most at 4 PM

Wind30, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
4:02 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Lynchburg, VA

Time	Gust	Where
2:23 PM	63 mph	About 27 miles from Roanoke, VA
2:56 PM	69 mph	About 28 miles from Roanoke, VA
3:02 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Washington, DC
3:30 PM	63 mph	About 11 miles from Roanoke, VA
4:10 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Lynchburg, VA
4:10 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Lynchburg, VA
4:11 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Lynchburg, VA
4:21 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Lynchburg, VA
4:22 PM	63 mph	About 23 miles from Lynchburg, VA
4:31 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Lynchburg, VA
4:39 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Washington, DC
4:40 PM	63 mph	About 32 miles from Lynchburg, VA

Show all 30 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:58 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Washington, DC
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Lynchburg, VA
5:02 PM	59 mph	About 4 miles from Washington, DC
5:08 PM	69 mph	Near 38.26, -78.44, VA
5:12 PM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Lynchburg, VA
5:15 PM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Washington, DC
5:18 PM	58 mph	Near 38.11, -78.37, VA
5:26 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Hagerstown, MD
5:27 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Richmond, VA
5:47 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Washington, DC
5:48 PM	63 mph	About 30 miles from Washington, DC
5:50 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Washington, DC
5:56 PM	59 mph	About 24 miles from Washington, DC
6:07 PM	68 mph	About 24 miles from Washington, DC
6:07 PM	66 mph	About 21 miles from Washington, DC
6:15 PM	63 mph	About 18 miles from Washington, DC
6:25 PM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Washington, DC
6:38 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Washington, DC

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lynchburg, VA	1.0 in	58 mph	0
Roanoke, VA	None	63 mph	0

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