North Central Hail Storms

Losses, 2024 dollars

$2.6 billion

Losses at the time

$2.4 billion

Deaths

0

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

• Damaging Wind and High Wind in Texas, May 17, 202269 kt wind · 6 eventsVery hot temperatures developed on the afternoon of the 17th which generated scattered high based virga showers and a few thunderstorms.
• Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 17, 2022$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsDuring the evening hours, a line of showers and storms developed over Eastern Colorado. As the line move over Yuma and Kit Carson counties, 60 mph wind gusts occurred with some small tree limb damage reported near Idalia, Colorado.
• Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 17, 20221 in hail · 5 eventsAn isolated supercell thunderstorm developed over Bottineau County, producing a tornado and reported one-inch diameter hail. The tornado touched down in an open field southeast of Landa.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, May 17 to 18, 20222 in hail · 29 eventsTwo large clusters of storms formed into a large QLCS and produced hail, damaging wind to as high as 85 mph, and flash flooding during the evening of 5/17.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 17, 2022$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 eventsCold front leads to strong to severe thunderstorms for portions of north central Kansas during the evening of May 17th. The first thunderstorms of this event developed over Norton County between 4PM and 5PM CDT.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 17, 20221.25 in hail · 4 eventsIsolated thunderstorms developed in the southeastern Nebraska Panhandle during the early evening hours of May 17th. This activity tracked from Deuel and southern Garden county into Keith county before dissipating.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 17 to 18, 202265 kt wind · 16 eventsA line of severe storms raced southeast across central and south central Kansas during the late evening and overnight hours of May 17th into early on May 18th, 2022. Wind speeds of 60 to 75 mph were common with these storms.
• Hail in Iowa, May 17 to 18, 20221.25 in hail · 6 eventsStorms produced several severe hail reports across southwest Iowa.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 17, 202252 kt wind · 2 eventsAn organized complex of thunderstorms moved through east central Kansas during the late evening of May 17. A couple strong wind gusts and some minor damage occurred with these storms.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 18, 2022$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 eventsA mesoscale convective complex moved southeastward across the region during the morning of the 18th.
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 18, 2022$15,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 eventA line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed into far northeastern Oklahoma from Kansas during the early morning hours of the 18th. The strongest storms produced damaging wind.
• Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 2022$3,000 · EF0 · 40 eventsAn area of low pressure moved across the Northland during the afternoon of the 18th. Storms developed ahead of an associated cold front and turned into a line of storms that worked across much of northeastern Minnesota and into northwest Wisconsin.
• Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 18, 202252 kt wind · 1 eventIsolated severe thunderstorms moved across portions of eastern North Dakota and west-central Minnesota. Severe reports primarily consisted of damaging wind gusts, with only small hail reported.
• Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 18, 202252 kt wind · 5 eventsIsolated severe thunderstorms moved across portions of eastern North Dakota and west-central Minnesota. Severe reports primarily consisted of damaging wind gusts, with only small hail reported.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 18, 20221.5 in hail · 11 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms formed ahead of a mid-level shortwave and surface disturbance which moved through the Ohio Valley during the afternoon and evening hours on May 18th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 18, 2022$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 eventsAn area of low pressure moved across the Northland during the afternoon of the 18th. Storms developed ahead of an associated cold front and turned into a line of storms that worked across much of northeastern Minnesota and into northwest Wisconsin.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 18, 20221.25 in hail · 5 eventsA potent mid level shortwave combined with weak instability and strong shear to generate strong to severe storms across central and north-central Wisconsin during the evening hours on Wednesday (5/18). The strongest storms produced wind damage and half dollar size hail.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 18, 20221.25 in hail · 4 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed along a leading edge of higher instability during the afternoon of Wednesday, May 18th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 18, 2022$18,000 · 1 in hail · 13 eventsA surface low was situated over Iowa/Illinois/Missouri during the day of the 18th, with a warm front extended eastward and across and just north of the Bluegrass State.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 18, 20221.25 in hail · 3 eventsIsolated severe thunderstorms developed late in the day across the far southeast plains, with wind gusts around 60 mph and hail around an inch observed.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 18, 20221.25 in hail · 5 eventsA broken line of storms moved across most of western Wisconsin during the evening of May 18th. Some of these storms were strong enough to produce hail across parts of Taylor County. The largest reported hail was half dollar sized near Gilman (Taylor County).
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 18, 202254 kt wind · 2 eventsOn May 18th, strong daytime heating allowed for scattered thunderstorms to develop within Northwestern Kansas. Some of these thunderstorms yielded wind gusts up to 62 mph as well a hail up to a penny in size.
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 18, 202270 kt wind · 13 eventsA wind event occurred mid to late evening across western portions of the CWA with radiational cooling after sunset. Being in the baroclinic zone of the storm system, high based convection occurred allowing for strong outflows with ample DCAPE values over 1200 J/kg.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 18, 20222.75 in hail · 7 eventsAn easterly moving upper disturbance, combined with moderate levels of wind shear and moderate to high instability led to the development of severe thunderstorms which moved southeast across the area.
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 18, 202268 kt wind · 6 eventsAn easterly moving upper disturbance, combined with moderate levels of wind shear and moderate to high instability led to the development of severe thunderstorms which moved southeast across the area.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 18 to 19, 20222 in hail · 16 eventsSeveral rounds of thunderstorms brought large hail and some damaging wind gusts to portions of northeast Tennessee, starting in the late evening hours of May 18 and continuing through the afternoon of May 19.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 18 to 19, 2022$16,000 · 1 in hail · 23 eventsA line of storms moved into northern Oklahoma late on the 18th and early on the 19th, with numerous severe wind gusts reported. Isolated gusts up to 80 mph were recorded in portions of northwest Oklahoma.
• Hail in North Carolina, May 19, 20220.88 in hail · 1 eventIsolated thunderstorms moved into western North Carolina during the morning. One of the storms produced up to nickel size hail in the Asheville area.
• Hail in Kansas, May 19, 20220.75 in hail · 1 eventIsolated strong storms produced penny sized hail.
• Tornadoes and Flooding in Missouri, May 19, 2022$98,000 · EF1 · 18 eventsA nocturnal storm complex developed over southwest Kansas and northwest Oklahoma during the evening of the 18th moved eastward and reached the western edge of the Ozarks during the early morning of the 19th.
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 19, 2022$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA complex of storms over southwestern Missouri during the early morning hours of May 19th, moved east northeast along the I-70 corridor. Some of the storms became severe with several reports of damaging winds.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 20223 in hail · 80 eventsA significant hail event occurred during the daytime hours of May 19th, 2022 across Southeast-Central Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 19, 20221.75 in hail · 3 eventsA warm front across Nebraska and northern Iowa served as the focus for midday convection, with a few hail reports occurring in far northern Iowa. The associated surface low then moved into Iowa late in the day, resulting in additional isolated thunderstorms.
• Hail in Illinois, May 19, 20221 in hail · 1 eventA complex of storms over southwestern Missouri during the early morning hours of May 19th, moved east northeast along the I-70 corridor. Some of the storms became severe with several reports of damaging winds.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, May 19 to 20, 2022$181,000 · 1.5 in hail · 23 eventsTwo rounds of storms moved across southeast Minnesota on May 19th. The first occurred from late morning through the middle of the afternoon and produced primarily large hail across Mower and Olmsted Counties.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 19, 20221.25 in hail · 5 eventsIsolated to widely scattered thunderstorms moved over western North Carolina throughout the afternoon and evening. A few of the storms produced hail and brief damaging wind gusts.
• Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 19, 2022$27,000 · EF1 · 8 eventsTwo rounds of severe thunderstorms occurred. The first round during the mid afternoon hours was associated with a surge of higher dew points northward. Storms erupted along this effective front over southwest Indiana, which was beneath a region of warm moist wind flow at 850 mb.
• Hail in Kentucky, May 19, 20221.75 in hail · 2 eventsAn isolated severe thunderstorm occurred during the mid afternoon hours, associated with a surge of higher dew points northward. The storm erupted along this effective front over northwest Kentucky, which was beneath a region of warm moist wind flow at 850 mb.
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in Montana, May 19, 202253 kt wind · 7 eventsA strong Low Pressure system dropped south out of Canada. This would produce convective showers and a few thunderstorms over the region, some of which would produce strong downdraft winds.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 19, 2022$6,000 · 2 in hail · 32 eventsNumerous showers and storms fired during the afternoon and evening of the 19th in the vicinity of a wavering frontal boundary over eastern Kentucky. High amounts of instability and ample shear favored splitting supercells.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 19, 20223 in hail · 29 eventsA stationary front lingered across central Kentucky during the day on May 19th, with a warm and moist environment located along and south of this boundary.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 19 to 20, 20221.25 in hail · 12 eventsA west to east warm front slid north across central Kentucky into southern Indiana between May 19th and 20th. This caused scattered convection to breakout across the region. Scattered tree damage and power outages resulted across multiple southern Indiana counties.
• Hail in Virginia, May 19, 20220.88 in hail · 3 eventsA weakening warm front lifting north into southern Virginia triggered scattered thunderstorms. A few of these storms produced hail up to the size of nickels in Pittsylvania and Montgomery counties.
• Lightning Strike in Oregon, May 19, 2022$1,000 · 1 eventA lightning strike from an isolated thunderstorm struck a tree, destroying it.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 19, 20221 in hail · 6 eventsAn area of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary extending from the Ozarks into the Ohio River Valley brought several clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms to southeast Illinois during the afternoon and evening of May 19th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 19, 2022$308,000 · EF1 · 16 eventsDuring the early afternoon of Thursday, May 19, 2022, a complex of thunderstorms expanded and intensified over sections of south-central Missouri.
• Hail in Washington, May 19, 20221 death · 0.25 in hail · 1 eventAn upper level shortwave trough combined with instability allowed convection to develop in the afternoon. One traffic fatality on Interstate 5 near Kelso, Washington is attributed to hail accumulating on highway.
• Hail in Virginia, May 19, 20221.5 in hail · 4 eventsThunderstorms brought large hail to parts of southwest Virginia during the afternoon of May 19, with the largest reported hail being the size of a ping pong ball.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 19, 2022$20,000 · 2 in hail · 17 eventsA significant event occurred during the daytime hours of May 19th, 2022 across Eastern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. A wave of storms in the afternoon produced a long-track supercell with large hail and damaging wind over the Twin Cities metro and West Central Wisconsin.
• Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 19 to 20, 2022$796,000 · EF1 · 13 eventsAmple instability and low-level vertical wind shear across central Indiana combined with a warm frontal boundary approaching from the south to produce several rotating, supercell thunderstorms.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 19, 2022$9,000 · 1.5 in hail · 9 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary stalled near southwest Virginia during the afternoon and evening of May 19th. Several storms became severe, which produced up to ping pong ball sized hail and damaging winds.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 19, 2022$572,000 · EF1 · 17 eventsDuring the early afternoon of Thursday, May 19, 2022, a complex of thunderstorms expanded and intensified over sections of south-central Missouri.
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 19, 202257 kt wind · 1 eventAn organized complex of thunderstorms accompanied a pronounced mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) as it tracked across Missouri and Illinois. A corridor of moderate to strong instability formed ahead of the MCV from southern Missouri into southern Illinois and Indiana.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 19, 2022$601,000 · EF2 · 3 eventsAn organized complex of thunderstorms accompanied a pronounced mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) as it tracked across Missouri and Illinois. A corridor of moderate to strong instability formed ahead of the MCV from southern Missouri into southern Illinois and Indiana.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 19, 20221 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms developed north of a stalled out warm front across western Wisconsin and tracked east through central Wisconsin during the early evening hours on Thursday (5/19). The strongest storms produced isolated wind damage and hail up to quarter size.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 19, 2022$4,000 · 0.88 in hail · 2 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed during the evening hours along a warm front lifting north across the Ohio Valley.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 19, 2022$21,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed during the evening hours along a warm front lifting north across the Ohio Valley.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 19, 2022$23,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed during the evening hours along a warm front lifting north across the Ohio Valley.
• Tornado and Flood in Wisconsin, May 19, 2022$520,000 · EF0 · 17 eventsSevere storms moved across western Wisconsin during the evening of May 19th and produced a brief tornado, some damaging winds, and large hail.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 19 to 20, 2022$170,000 · 1.5 in hail · 41 eventsInitial thunderstorms on the evening of the 19th of May developed along a stationary front and mid-level impulse over the northern North Carolina Piedmont in the mid to late evening hours, producing mostly hail initially.
• Hail in Iowa, May 19, 20221 in hail · 1 eventA severe storm produced 1 inch hail.
• Hail in Iowa, May 19, 20221 in hail · 1 eventWithin scattered storms along a cold front, an isolated stronger thunderstorm developed and produced large hail near Ida Grove.
• Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 20, 2022$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 eventsA frontal boundary to the south of the region gradually lifted northward. Ahead of this boundary, a cluster of thunderstorms moved into West Virginia very early on May 20th.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 20, 202250 kt wind · 3 eventsSome thunderstorms moved into the Coastal Plain of Eastern NC from the west. One storm was severe before it weakened, producing damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 20, 2022$21,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsAn upper level disturbance moved east through the Ohio Valley during the morning hours.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, May 20, 2022$173,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsAn upper level disturbance moved east through the Ohio Valley during the morning hours.
• Hail in Iowa, May 20, 20221 in hail · 1 eventA small line of strong to severe storms moved through southern Iowa early in the morning on May 20th. This storm led to isolated reports of large hail, gusty winds, and heavy rainfall.
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 20, 202261 kt wind · 1 eventLingering thunderstorms from the night before continued into the morning, with the northern extent of the system reaching into Henry County Illinois shortly after sunrise. This storm generated relatively strong outflow, which led to a brief gustnado in Alpha.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 20, 2022$36,000 · 1 in hail · 10 eventsA Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) passed over Pennsylvania from the late morning into the mid afternoon hours of May 20, 2022, triggering the development of showers and thunderstorms.
• Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 20, 2022$28,000 · 55 kt wind · 8 eventsSeveral severe thunderstorms, part of a large complex that mainly affected areas to the north, moved across parts of western Maryland and eastern West Virginia around midday.
• Flash Flood and Flooding in Florida, May 20, 2022$5,000 · 4 eventsA surge of deep tropical moisture moving north over South Florida interacted with an upper level trough over the eastern Gulf of Mexico to produce widespread heavy showers and thunderstorms through most of the day on May 20th.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 20, 20220.88 in hail · 1 eventA line of thunderstorms became strong as they tracked across east-central Wisconsin and the lakeshore ahead of an approaching cold front during the late morning and early afternoon on Friday (5/20). The strongest storms produced hail up to nickel size.
• Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 20, 2022$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventSeveral severe thunderstorms, part of a large complex that mainly affected areas to the north, moved across parts of western Maryland and eastern West Virginia around midday.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 20, 20221.5 in hail · 24 eventsA remnant mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) moved through the mid-Atlantic on the afternoon of May 20.
• Hail in Florida, May 20, 20221 in hail · 1 eventA thunderstorm that developed along the sea breeze became severe as it moved north into Saint Lucie County, where it produced hail.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 20, 20222 deaths · 44 injured · $50 million · EF3 · 19 eventsMultiple thunderstorms tracked across northern Michigan during the afternoon, including a supercell thunderstorm that produced the EF-3 tornado that hit the town of Gaylord along with very large hail in other parts of the area.
• Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 20, 202250 kt wind · 1 eventA remnant MCS moved through Northeastern Pennsylvania during the afternoon hours. Earlier convection and cloud cover kept the environment more stable than expected, so the severe threat was limited.
• Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, May 20, 2022EF0 · 24 eventsA remnant mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) moved through the mid-Atlantic on the afternoon of May 20.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 20 to 24, 2022$17,000 · 65 kt wind · 14 eventsA weak cold front moved into a moist and unstable airmass, resulting in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms, a few of which were severe.
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 20, 2022$4,000 · 3 eventsStrong storms brought small hail and wind gust up to near 50 mph across SE GA in the evening as a cold cool from FL convection raced northward. This forcing combined with a very moist (PWATs near 2 inches) airmass and diurnal instability fueled convection.
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 20, 202250 kt wind · 2 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed across portions of southeast Georgia in summerlike conditions during the early evening hours. The thunderstorms produced a couple reports of damaging wind gusts.

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NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.