Storm reports for August 21, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, August 21, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 23 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 9 states on August 21, 2025.

in 9 states; 33
Storm reports: About 48 miles from Sioux Falls, SD; 2.75 in
Largest hail: Near 44.38, -100.28, SD; 71 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 45.94, -96.77, ND; 3
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
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 August 21, 2025 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.

Reports by hour

Hail7, most at 8 PM

Wind23, most at 10 PM

Tornado3, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:29 PM	EF1	Near 45.94, -96.77, ND	1.81 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:18 PM	Not rated	Near 45.89, -96.22, MN	0.25 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:18 PM	Not rated	Near 45.87, -96.24, MN	0.25 mi long, 30 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
8:04 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.31, -96.51, SD
8:04 PM	1.0 in	Near 48.14, -96.44, MN
8:33 PM	0.75 in	Near 45.22, -96.63, SD
8:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.22, -96.64, SD
12:22 AM	1.0 in	Near 44.26, -97.77, SD
1:28 AM	1.25 in	About 51 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
1:35 AM	2.75 in	About 48 miles from Sioux Falls, SD

Time	Gust	Where
2:41 PM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:56 PM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Slidell, LA
3:15 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:20 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Montgomery, AL
4:30 PM	68 mph	About 4 miles from Orlando, FL
4:58 PM	55 mph	About 3 miles from Atlanta, GA
5:10 PM	66 mph	About 15 miles from Sugar Land, TX
5:15 PM	40 mph	About 4 miles from Atlanta, GA
5:49 PM	69 mph	About 38 miles from Savannah, GA
6:30 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Tallahassee, FL
7:24 PM	70 mph	Near 45.38, -96.39, MN
7:30 PM	68 mph	About 43 miles from Phoenix, AZ

Show all 23 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
8:36 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Phoenix, AZ
8:41 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Phoenix, AZ
9:13 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Phoenix, AZ
10:17 PM	69 mph	About 11 miles from Phoenix, AZ
10:20 PM	64 mph	About 2 miles from Phoenix, AZ
10:20 PM	64 mph	About 2 miles from Phoenix, AZ
10:20 PM	64 mph	About 2 miles from Phoenix, AZ
10:30 PM	64 mph	About 8 miles from Phoenix, AZ
10:32 PM	64 mph	About 3 miles from Phoenix, AZ
3:29 AM	71 mph	Near 44.38, -100.28, SD
3:35 AM	60 mph	Near 44.35, -100.10, SD

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Arizona	10	0	10	0
South Dakota	8	6	2	0
Georgia	4	0	4	0
Minnesota	4	1	1	2
Alabama	2	0	2	0
Louisiana	2	0	2	0
Florida	1	0	1	0
North Dakota	1	0	0	1
Texas	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Atlanta, GA	None	55 mph
Orlando, FL	None	68 mph
Phoenix, AZ	None	69 mph
Slidell, LA	None	58 mph
Sugar Land, TX	None	66 mph

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