The severe wind outbreak of April 19, 2019
508 wind reportsSouth Carolina, Florida, Georgia and 7 more states
508 damaging wind reports across 10 states between 1:33 AM and 11:50 PM CDT, 15 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 81 mph in Charleston County, SC. 2 hail reports and 45 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · April 19, 2019
How the day unfolded
Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 508
- 32nd of 15,807 days with wind reports since 1955
- 75 mph or more
- 15
- 2 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 81 mph
- 70 knots, Charleston County, SC
- Measured
- 21
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 1
- 2 injured
- Counties reporting
- 180
- in 10 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
The strongest winds
The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 10:50 AM | Halifax County VA | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 12:55 PM | Dorchester County SC | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 1:51 PM | Charleston County SC | 81 mph | Measured |
| 2:31 PM | Grant County WV | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 4:57 AM | Habersham County GA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 9:49 AM | Ben Hill County GA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 11:44 AM | Chatham County GA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 11:44 AM | Chatham County GA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 11:44 AM | Chatham County GA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:40 PM | Colleton County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:40 PM | Colleton County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:40 PM | Colleton County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:40 PM | Colleton County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:55 PM | Dorchester County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 1:00 PM | Surry County NC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 10:30 AM | Alachua County FL | 72 mph | Estimated |
| 2:15 PM | Darlington County SC | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:20 PM | Darlington County SC | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Hardy County WV | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:07 PM | Fulton County PA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:19 PM | Huntingdon County PA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:02 PM | Mifflin County PA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:52 PM | Fairfax County VA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 10:18 AM | Bedford County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 11:51 AM | McIntosh County GA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 11:54 AM | Jasper County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 12:00 PM | Hampton County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 12:32 PM | Colleton County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 12:49 PM | Colleton County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:25 PM | Sumter County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:39 PM | Sumter County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:40 PM | Sumter County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:40 PM | Lancaster County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:55 PM | Charleston County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:04 PM | Polk County FL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:55 PM | Charleston County SC | 68 mph | Measured |
| 11:46 AM | Chatham County GA | 66 mph | Measured |
| 3:39 PM | Cumberland County NC | 64 mph | Measured |
| 2:00 PM | Florence County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 PM | Marlboro County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 PM | Dillon County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 PM | Marlboro County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:49 PM | Marlboro County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:53 PM | Robeson County NC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:53 PM | Georgetown County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 PM | Robeson County NC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Horry County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:36 PM | Bladen County NC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:38 PM | Bladen County NC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Horry County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 PM | Bladen County NC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Columbus County NC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:04 PM | Brunswick County NC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:05 PM | Columbus County NC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:07 PM | Bladen County NC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 1:40 PM | Sumter County SC | 63 mph | Measured |
| 1:55 PM | Charleston County SC | 63 mph | Measured |
| 4:54 AM | Hall County GA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 9:55 AM | Levy County FL | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 10:00 AM | Levy County FL | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 10:50 AM | Wayne County GA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 11:33 AM | Glynn County GA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 11:44 AM | Pasco County FL | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 11:44 AM | Pasco County FL | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 11:54 AM | Chatham County GA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 11:58 AM | Edgefield County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:29 PM | Colleton County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:30 PM | Surry County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:30 PM | Colleton County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:52 PM | Newberry County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:54 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:36 PM | Lancaster County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:42 PM | Charleston County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:54 PM | Lee County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:55 PM | Lee County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:00 PM | Lancaster County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:04 PM | Polk County FL | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:05 PM | Union County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 9:05 PM | Galax VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 11:47 AM | Chatham County GA | 62 mph | Measured |
| 11:54 AM | McIntosh County GA | 62 mph | Measured |
| 12:18 PM | Hernando County FL | 62 mph | Measured |
| 4:05 PM | Brevard County FL | 62 mph | Measured |
| 12:50 PM | Beaufort County SC | 61 mph | Measured |
| 8:32 PM | Chesapeake VA | 61 mph | Measured |
| 12:59 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 60 mph | Measured |
| 1:05 PM | Charleston County SC | 60 mph | Measured |
| 2:00 PM | Charleston County SC | 60 mph | Measured |
| 1:57 PM | Williamsburg County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:03 PM | Darlington County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:17 PM | Florence County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 PM | Dillon County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:00 PM | Dillon County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Columbus County NC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:20 PM | Horry County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:20 PM | Horry County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Columbus County NC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Columbus County NC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:35 PM | Brunswick County NC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:17 PM | Franklin County PA | 60 mph | Estimated |
By state
| South Carolina | 141 | 81 mph |
| Florida | 122 | 62 mph |
| Georgia | 102 | 66 mph |
| North Carolina | 93 | 64 mph |
| Virginia | 34 | 61 mph |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | — |
| West Virginia | 5 | — |
| Alabama | 3 | — |
| Maryland | 2 | — |
| Delaware | 1 | — |
| Louisiana | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Chatham CountyGA · 27 reports
- Colleton CountySC · 27 reports
- Beaufort CountySC · 23 reports
- Leon CountyFL · 21 reports
- Duval CountyFL · 16 reports
- Charleston CountySC · 16 reports
- Dorchester CountySC · 12 reports
- Marion CountyFL · 10 reports
- Berkeley CountySC · 9 reports
- Jasper CountySC · 8 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
2 hail reports, 0 of 2 inches or more; 45 tornadoes.
| 1:48 PM | Lafayette Parish LA | 0.88 |
| 1:00 PM | Surry County NC | 0.75 |
The tornado outbreak of April 19, 2019: 45 tornadoes, each with its touchdown time and path.
2019 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days
- A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
- Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
- Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.