Southern Severe Weather

Losses, 2024 dollars

$2.9 billion

Losses at the time

$2.7 billion

Deaths

1

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.

• Flash Flooding and Flood in Missouri, April 10 to 11, 2022$11,000 · 1.25 in hail · 30 eventsStrong to severe storms developed during the early morning hours and produced up to half dollar sized hail over southwest Missouri as a southward moving front passed through the region.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 10 to 11, 20221 death · $50,000 · 1 in hail · 7 eventsSoutherly flow in the boundary layer brought a warm, moist airmass to South Central Texas. There was sufficient cold air advection above this layer to break the cap and generate thunderstorms late in the evening.
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 10, 20221.5 in hail · 5 eventsSeveral storms developed along a cold front across northern OK during the evening of the 10th with a few reports of severe hail in and near the town of Enid.
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 10 to 11, 2022$205,000 · 1.75 in hail · 14 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the late evening of the 10th and early morning hours of the 11th, as a cold front moved into the area. The strongest thunderstorms produced hail up to penny size, and damaging wind gusts.
• Hail and Heavy Rain in Kansas, April 10 to 11, 20221 in hail · 3 eventsIsolated thunderstorms produced quarter sized hail and heavy rainfall.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 10 to 12, 20221.75 in hail · 17 eventsA number of severe storms traversed across the central sections of Kansas on April 12th, 2022. Hail up to golfball size was reported during the early portions of the event however, the size had quickly subsided to around the size of a quarter for most locations.
• Hail in Michigan, April 11, 20221 in hail · 1 eventAn isolated severe storm produced hail up to an inch in diameter across portions of Gratiot county.
• Hail in Missouri, April 11, 2022$5,000 · 1 in hail · 2 eventsA strong cold front moved through the region during the morning hours of April 11th. A few of the storms became severe with several reports of large hail.
• Hail in Illinois, April 11, 20221 in hail · 1 eventA strong cold front moved through the region during the morning hours of April 11th. A few of the storms became severe with several reports of large hail.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 11, 202251 kt wind · 1 eventMorning scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms crossed central Indiana amid warm and moist advection atop a relatively dry and stable lower atmosphere.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 11, 2022$975,000 · EF1 · 15 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed across west central Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of the 11th, as a cold front moved through the area. The air mass ahead of the front had become very unstable by mid afternoon.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, April 11 to 13, 2022$234,000 · EF1 · 88 eventsA strong storm system brought multiple rounds of severe weather that led to fairly widespread rainfall and eventually river flooding. One round of severe weather occurred on Monday, April 11th.
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 11, 20223 in hail · 8 eventsAs a cold front stalled during the afternoon of the 11th, several supercells developed across southeast OK with very large hail reported.
• Hail in Missouri, April 11, 20221.25 in hail · 4 eventsA trough deepened over the western US resulting in moist, southwest flow across the Mid-South. Diurnal heating, ample wind shear, and large amounts of instability sustained thunderstorms that formed over the Mid-South and produced large hail.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 11, 202253 kt wind · 3 eventsA nearly stationary front oriented from the southwest to northeast slid northeast through the Ohio Valley. This caused rain showers and thunderstorms to breakout across Kentucky. One of these storms caused a few trees to fall in Bowling Green.
• Hail in Arkansas, April 11, 20220.88 in hail · 1 eventA trough deepened over the western US resulting in moist, southwest flow across the Mid-South. Diurnal heating, ample wind shear, and large amounts of instability sustained thunderstorms that formed over the Mid-South and produced large hail.
• Hail in Mississippi, April 11, 20221 in hail · 1 eventA trough deepened over the western US resulting in moist, southwest flow across the Mid-South. Diurnal heating, ample wind shear, and large amounts of instability sustained thunderstorms that formed over the Mid-South and produced large hail.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, April 12 to 14, 20225 eventsIsolated flash flooding of roads occurred due to persistent thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall. Minor flooding ensued on the Little River at Hopkinsville. A 500 mb shortwave ejected eastward atop relatively stable low levels.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 12 to 13, 2022$100 · 1 in hail · 31 eventsA large upper trough dug through the Southern Plains during the afternoon and overnight hours on April 12th-13th, allowing the dry line to mix east into Central Texas.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Missouri, April 12 to 13, 2022$19,000 · 53 kt wind · 39 eventsAnother round of storms with heavy rainfall moved into the region ahead of a cold front from the early morning through the early afternoon hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 12, 2022$10 million · 1.5 in hail · 10 eventsA line of thunderstorms developed late Tuesday morning across southwest Minnesota and quickly moved eastward over southern Minnesota, and into west central Wisconsin by mid afternoon.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 12, 20222 injured · $2.5 million · EF2 · 31 eventsTwo rounds of severe storms moved across southeast Minnesota on April 12th. The first round occurred in the afternoon as storms producing large hail moved across the area. Quarter sized hail fell from north of Racine (Mower County) east to near Winona (Winona County).
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 12, 2022$22,000 · 1.5 in hail · 10 eventsTwo rounds of severe storms moved across western Wisconsin on April 12th. The first round occurred in the afternoon as storms producing large hail moved across the area. Quarter to walnut sized hail fell from Galesville (Trempealeau County) east to New Rome (Adams County).
• Hail in Texas, April 12, 20221.25 in hail · 3 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed across the Heartland during the afternoon. Large hail was reported in Brown County.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 12 to 13, 202223 injured · $2.3 million · EF3 · 89 eventsThunderstorms developed along a dryline across the Big Country the afternoon of Tuesday April 12, then spread east across North and Central Texas, producing all modes of severe weather.
• Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 12, 2022$100,000 · EF1 · 8 eventsA dryline moved into a warm, moist airmass over South Central Texas and generated thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced large hail and one tornado.
• Hail in Wisconsin, April 12, 20221.75 in hail · 26 eventsA small cluster of thunderstorms developed north of a warm front during the late afternoon hours across central Wisconsin and tracked east through east-central Wisconsin through the early evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 12, 20221.75 in hail · 13 eventsA strong low pressure system resulted in a northward push of warmth and moisture into the mid-upper Missouri River Basin during the late afternoon and evening of April 12th.
• Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, April 12 to 13, 20221 injured · $520,000 · EF2 · 41 eventsInitial storms developed within the warm sector of a surface low that tracked northwest of the area, followed by a strong cold front with associated dry line that produced a quasi-linear (QLCS) storm mode later in the evening.
• Hail and High Wind in South Dakota, April 12, 20222.75 in hail · 28 eventsA strong low pressure system resulted in a northward push of warmth and moisture into the mid-upper Missouri River Basin during the late afternoon and evening of April 12th.
• Hail in Louisiana, April 12, 20221 in hail · 1 eventA relatively weak upper level disturbance moving through the region brought waves of showers into the region on the morning of April 12th. As the day progressed, instability increased ahead of some of the more intense convection.
• Hail in Minnesota, April 12, 20221.75 in hail · 6 eventsA strong low pressure system resulted in a northward push of warmth and moisture into the mid-upper Missouri River Basin during the late afternoon and evening of April 12th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 12, 2022EF1 · 27 eventsA deepening midlevel trough over the central Rockies advected north an unstable airmass into Nebraska and Iowa. Storms initiated to the northeast of the triple point leading to two tornadoes and numerous hail and strong wind gusts.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 12 to 13, 20221 injured · $885,000 · EF2 · 54 eventsA large upper trough dug through the Southern Plains during the afternoon and overnight hours on April 12th-13th, allowing the dry line to mix east into Central Texas.
• Hail in Minnesota, April 12, 20221.75 in hail · 36 eventsThere were several lines of strong to occasionally severe thunderstorms that moved northward across southern Minnesota, and into portions of central Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 12, 2022EF1 · 6 eventsA deepening midlevel trough over the central Rockies advected north an unstable airmass into Nebraska and Iowa. Storms initiated to the northeast of the triple point leading to two tornadoes and numerous hail and strong wind gusts.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 12, 20221.5 in hail · 17 eventsA squall line developed during the evening hours of 4/12 and primarily produced large hail. There was one report of a severe wind gust.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 12, 2022$1.3 million · EF1 · 16 eventsSevere storms moved across northeast Iowa during the evening of April 12th. These storms produced five tornadoes and damaging wind gusts as high as 72 mph in Nora Springs (Floyd County).
• Flash Flood and Flood in Wisconsin, April 12 to 13, 2022$20,000 · 2 eventsA strong and slow moving area of low pressure moved from the Central Plains on the 12th to over Minnesota on the morning of the 14th and became occluded. A cold front pushed across northwest Wisconsin on the 13th with heavy rainfall being received in some locations.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, April 12, 202250 kt wind · 3 eventsSevere thunderstorms moved across Houston counties and produced some wind damage.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 12 to 13, 2022EF0 · 4 eventsA large upper trough dug through the Southern Plains during the afternoon and overnight hours on April 12th-13th, allowing the dry line to mix east into Central Texas.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 12 to 13, 2022$376,000 · 70 kt wind · 15 eventsA few rounds of severe thunderstorms moved across portions of northeast Louisiana from late in the evening of April 12th through the evening of April 13th. These storms produced wind damage and several tornadoes before a cold front brought an end to storms from west to east.
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 13, 2022$85,000 · 60 kt wind · 4 eventsA few rounds of severe thunderstorms moved across portions of southeast Arkansas from late in the evening of April 12th through the evening of April 13th. These storms produced wind damage and several tornadoes before a cold front brought an end to storms from west to east.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, April 13, 2022$2.2 million · EF2 · 92 eventsA few rounds of severe thunderstorms moved across portions of Mississippi from late in the evening of April 12th through the evening of April 13th. These storms produced wind damage and several tornadoes before a cold front brought an end to storms from west to east.
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 13, 202251 kt wind · 1 eventOn the morning hours of April 13 a decaying MCS moved into the KC Metro, and caused a wind gust of 59 mph at the Downtown Airport in Kansas City.
• Hail in Illinois, April 13, 20220.88 in hail · 1 eventIsolated thunderstorms developed in a strong southerly wind flow ahead of a cold front over Missouri. One of the storms produced nickel-size hail.
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 13, 20221 injured · $325,000 · EF1 · 2 eventsA line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through eastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 13th, ahead of a cold front that moved through the area. Wind damage occurred with the stronger storms within the line.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Arkansas, April 13, 20221 death · $50,000 · 0.88 in hail · 10 eventsA line of thunderstorms developed into northwestern Arkansas during the morning of the 13th, as a cold front moved into the area. A strong thunderstorm within the line produced hail up to nickel size.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 13, 2022$113,000 · 50 kt wind · 25 eventsA shortwave moved into the Lower Mississippi Valley triggering numerous showers and thunderstorms across Arkansas during the morning hours of April 13, 2022. Storms eventually organized into a line that swept across the Mid-South.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 13, 2022$335,000 · EF1 · 17 eventsA shortwave moved into the Lower Mississippi Valley triggering numerous showers and thunderstorms across Arkansas during the morning hours of April 13, 2022. Storms eventually organized into a line that swept across the Mid-South.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 13, 2022$272,000 · EF0 · 5 eventsA shortwave moved into the Lower Mississippi Valley triggering numerous showers and thunderstorms across Arkansas during the morning hours of April 13, 2022. Storms eventually organized into a line that swept across the Mid-South.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kentucky, April 13 to 18, 2022$177,000 · EF1 · 25 eventsA squall line of thunderstorms occurred ahead of a strong cold front that trailed southward from a low pressure center over the Great Lakes region. The squall line moved rapidly east-northeast from Arkansas and northwest Tennessee across southwest Kentucky.
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 13, 202260 kt wind · 6 eventsScattered thunderstorms moved across parts of northern Illinois during the afternoon of April 13th, which caused localized wind damage.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, April 13, 20222 injured · $213,000 · EF0 · 30 eventsA shortwave moved into the Lower Mississippi Valley triggering numerous showers and thunderstorms across Arkansas during the morning hours of April 13, 2022. Storms eventually organized into a line that swept across the Mid-South.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 13, 2022$330,000 · EF0 · 8 eventsA deep trough over the Midwest and a moist, buoyant warm sector over the region led to a line of strong storms over southern central Indiana by the early evening.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 13, 202253 kt wind · 1 eventOn the evening of April 13, 2022, a line of severe storms, moving along a cold front, knocked a few trees down in Dubois County.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 13, 2022$200,000 · 61 kt wind · 46 eventsA line of severe thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the late afternoon and evening hours on April 13, 2022.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 13, 2022EF1 · 46 eventsOn the evening of April 13, 2022, a line of severe storms, moving along a cold front, spawned nine tornadoes as it moved east across Kentucky. One of these was an EF-1 that hit Jefferson County.
• Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 13, 2022$4,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 eventsA line of strong thunderstorms moved east across north Alabama during the early to late evening hours. Strong winds along the gust front knocked down a tree at multiple locations.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 13, 2022$12,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed during the evening hours as a cold front moved through the Ohio Valley.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 13, 2022$31,000 · 50 kt wind · 9 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed during the evening hours as a cold front moved through the Ohio Valley.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 13, 2022$32,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsAs a closed, upper-level low situated over the northern Great Plains shifted eastward, a cold front stretched down to Texas. Through the day, the whole system shifted eastward generating severe weather along the Mississippi River Valley.
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 13, 202261 kt wind · 2 eventsA busy spring severe weather season continued as a strong cold front swept across the southeast. A very moist and unstable environment developed ahead of the front. A line of severe storms moved across the area ahead of the front and produced damaging wind gusts.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 13, 2022EF1 · 17 eventsA quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) developed across Mississippi and tracked eastward across Central Alabama on the evening of April 13th. Numerous trees were uprooted as surface winds gusted to 60-70 mph in some locations.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 13, 2022$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed during the evening hours as a cold front moved through the Ohio Valley.
• Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 13, 202261 kt wind · 6 eventsA busy spring severe weather season continued as a strong cold front swept across the southeast. A very moist and unstable environment developed ahead of the front. A line of severe storms moved across the area ahead of the front and produced damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 13, 202250 kt wind · 2 eventsA line of strong storms moved across the Cumberland Plateau during the late evening hours, producing wind gusts that blew down trees in some areas.
• Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 13 to 14, 20221 eventA cold front moved through the area during the evening hours of April 13th. As the front reached the New Orleans metro, it slowed slightly. This slowing along with a fairly wide swath of intense rainfall resulted in street flooding across the city of New Orleans.
• Damaging Winds in Connecticut, April 14, 202250 kt wind · 5 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front across northwestern Connecticut on April 14, 2022. A few storms became severe during the afternoon hours with downed trees and wires reported.
• Damaging Winds in New York, April 14, 2022$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsA cold front, well ahead of associated surface and upper level low over Central Canada, moves through the area bringing with it a line of severe thunderstorms.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, April 14, 202251 kt wind · 2 eventsA cold front approached the mid-Atlantic on April 14. Ahead of the front, unseasonably warm temperatures well into the 80s were present. While moisture was more limited, this still allowed for some weak to borderline moderate instability to develop.
• Damaging Wind in New Jersey, April 14, 20221 injured · $15,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 eventA cold front, well ahead of associated surface and upper level low over Central Canada, moves through the area bringing with it a line of severe thunderstorms.
• Damaging Wind in New York, April 14, 202250 kt wind · 1 eventShowers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front across eastern New York on April 14, 2022. One thunderstorm became severe during the afternoon hours, leading to a downed tree in Dutchess County.
• Damaging Winds in New Jersey, April 14, 202250 kt wind · 2 eventsA cold front approached the mid-Atlantic on April 14. Ahead of the front, unseasonably warm temperatures well into the 80s were present. While moisture was more limited, this still allowed for some weak to borderline moderate instability to develop.

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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.