The severe wind outbreak of May 23, 2019

318 wind reportsIndiana, Virginia, Ohio and 14 more states

318 damaging wind reports across 17 states between 1:00 AM and 12:09 AM the next day CDT, 27 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 83 mph in Iroquois County, IL. 141 hail reports and 19 tornadoes the same day.

Watch the day unfold

Severe wind day · May 23, 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.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged report times

Wind reports—of 318 that day

Strongest gust—measured, so far

Largest hail—so far

The day’s milestones

Wind reportsLarger and brighter with speed; filled when measured, a ring when estimated

Hail and tornadoesHail reports as diamonds; the day's tornado paths in green

Counties reportingLit at their first report, brighter with a 65-knot gust or 2-inch hail

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (wind, hail and tornado reports with their logged times and places). Each report is a damage or measurement report, not a separate storm; several can describe one gust front. Tornado paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Daylight Time.

The day in numbers

Wind reports: 318; on Thursday, May 23, 2019
75 mph or more: 27; 2 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
Strongest measured gust: 83 mph; 72 knots, Iroquois County, IL
Measured: 27; reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
Killed by wind: 0; 0 injured
Counties reporting: 134; in 17 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.

Strongest wind reports, May 23, 2019

2:35 PM	Fairfax County VA	90 mph	78	Estimated
2:37 PM	Fairfax County VA	90 mph	78	Estimated
2:04 AM	Iroquois County IL	83 mph	72	Measured
2:02 AM	Iroquois County IL	83 mph	72	Estimated
1:30 AM	Ford County IL	81 mph	70	Measured
1:50 AM	Iroquois County IL	81 mph	70	Estimated
1:55 AM	Iroquois County IL	81 mph	70	Estimated
1:57 AM	Iroquois County IL	81 mph	70	Estimated
4:54 AM	Paulding County OH	81 mph	70	Estimated
2:03 PM	Montgomery County MD	81 mph	70	Estimated
2:20 PM	Montgomery County MD	81 mph	70	Estimated
2:24 PM	Fairfax County VA	81 mph	70	Estimated
2:29 PM	Fairfax County VA	81 mph	70	Estimated
2:35 PM	Fairfax County VA	81 mph	70	Estimated
2:36 PM	Howard County MD	81 mph	70	Estimated
2:42 PM	Arlington County VA	81 mph	70	Estimated
2:46 PM	District of Columbia County DC	81 mph	70	Estimated
8:12 PM	Cambria County PA	81 mph	70	Estimated
4:13 AM	Allen County IN	76 mph	66	Measured
1:30 AM	Ford County IL	75 mph	65	Estimated
1:30 AM	Ford County IL	75 mph	65	Estimated
1:49 AM	Iroquois County IL	75 mph	65	Estimated
1:52 AM	Iroquois County IL	75 mph	65	Estimated
1:54 AM	Iroquois County IL	75 mph	65	Estimated
2:09 AM	Iroquois County IL	75 mph	65	Estimated
2:09 AM	Iroquois County IL	75 mph	65	Estimated
2:09 AM	Iroquois County IL	75 mph	65	Estimated
10:21 PM	Carson County TX	74 mph	64	Measured
3:29 AM	Kosciusko County IN	72 mph	63	Measured
1:47 AM	Ford County IL	70 mph	61	Measured
4:09 AM	Hamilton County IN	70 mph	61	Measured
4:30 AM	Wells County IN	70 mph	61	Measured
1:00 AM	McLean County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:00 AM	McLean County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:01 AM	McLean County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:03 AM	Macon County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:05 AM	McLean County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:05 AM	Macon County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:05 AM	Macon County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:08 AM	Macon County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:25 AM	Champaign County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:29 AM	Ford County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:52 AM	Macoupin County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:03 AM	Vermilion County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:06 AM	Vermilion County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:15 AM	Vermilion County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:17 AM	Vermilion County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:30 AM	Benton County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:45 AM	Fountain County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
3:10 AM	St. Louis County MO	70 mph	61	Estimated
3:25 AM	St. Louis County MO	70 mph	61	Estimated
3:30 AM	Tippecanoe County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
4:38 AM	Wells County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
4:44 AM	Clinton County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:31 PM	Clarke County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:48 PM	Loudoun County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:56 PM	Montgomery County MD	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:03 PM	Montgomery County MD	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:08 PM	Prince William County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:10 PM	Prince William County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:11 PM	Montgomery County MD	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:15 PM	Prince William County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:15 PM	Loudoun County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:20 PM	Montgomery County MD	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:23 PM	Howard County MD	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:24 PM	Fairfax County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:25 PM	Fairfax County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:27 PM	Fairfax County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:29 PM	Fairfax County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:30 PM	Howard County MD	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:30 PM	Howard County MD	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:32 PM	Howard County MD	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:32 PM	Fairfax County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:33 PM	Fairfax County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:36 PM	Fairfax County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:55 PM	Stafford County VA	70 mph	61	Estimated
3:10 PM	Anne Arundel County MD	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:34 AM	Benton County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
2:35 AM	Benton County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:15 AM	St. Joseph County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:15 AM	St. Joseph County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:20 AM	St. Joseph County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:20 AM	Fulton County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:20 AM	Fulton County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:20 AM	Marshall County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:20 AM	St. Joseph County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:20 AM	St. Joseph County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:23 AM	Cass County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:23 AM	Cass County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:35 AM	Huntington County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:35 AM	Elkhart County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:37 AM	Kosciusko County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:37 AM	Kosciusko County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:55 AM	LaGrange County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:55 AM	LaGrange County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
4:00 AM	LaGrange County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
4:02 AM	Huntington County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
4:03 AM	Noble County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
4:03 AM	Huntington County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
4:09 AM	Huntington County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated

By state

Severe weather reports by state, May 23, 2019

Indiana	87	76 mph	0	—
Virginia	45	68 mph	0	—
Ohio	43	63 mph	4	1.25
Illinois	37	83 mph	0	—
Maryland	24	67 mph	0	—
Pennsylvania	23	—	9	1.75
New York	21	—	0	—
Michigan	11	—	0	—
West Virginia	9	—	12	4.25
Missouri	5	—	1	1.50
Texas	4	74 mph	44	2.75
Oklahoma	3	58 mph	6	1.75
Massachusetts	2	—	0	—
Nebraska	1	—	11	1.75
Kentucky	1	—	5	2.00
District of Columbia	1	—	0	—
Vermont	1	—	0	—
Kansas	0	—	47	3.00
New Mexico	0	—	2	1.25

Counties with the most wind reports

Fairfax CountyVA · 13 reports
Iroquois CountyIL · 12 reports
Kosciusko CountyIN · 9 reports
Oneida CountyNY · 8 reports
Montgomery CountyMD · 8 reports
Huntington CountyIN · 7 reports
LaGrange CountyIN · 6 reports
St. Joseph CountyIN · 6 reports
Howard CountyMD · 6 reports
Tippecanoe CountyIN · 5 reports

Hail and tornadoes that day

141 hail reports, 17 of 2 inches or more; 19 tornadoes.

Largest hail, May 23, 2019

6:43 PM	Kanawha County WV	4.25
6:41 PM	Kanawha County WV	3.00
7:14 PM	Fayette County WV	3.00
7:45 PM	Thomas County KS	3.00
6:45 PM	Roberts County TX	2.75
8:30 PM	Lubbock County TX	2.75
6:27 PM	Ochiltree County TX	2.50
6:41 PM	Kanawha County WV	2.50
6:42 PM	Kanawha County WV	2.50
11:02 PM	Floyd County TX	2.50
9:57 PM	Lubbock County TX	2.25
10:49 AM	Seward County KS	2.00
10:50 AM	Seward County KS	2.00
2:50 PM	Gallatin County KY	2.00
4:07 PM	Carson County TX	2.00
6:47 PM	Terry County TX	2.00
10:24 PM	Hale County TX	2.00
9:41 AM	Texas County OK	1.75
2:40 PM	Carroll County KY	1.75
3:34 PM	Logan County KS	1.75
4:13 PM	Beaver County OK	1.75
4:15 PM	Beaver County OK	1.75
5:29 PM	Potter County TX	1.75
5:40 PM	Norton County KS	1.75
6:12 PM	Terry County TX	1.75
6:20 PM	Ochiltree County TX	1.75
6:32 PM	Jackson County WV	1.75
6:50 PM	Randall County TX	1.75
7:00 PM	Wichita County KS	1.75
7:07 PM	Lubbock County TX	1.75
7:40 PM	Thomas County KS	1.75
7:50 PM	Roberts County TX	1.75
7:58 PM	Lubbock County TX	1.75
7:58 PM	Hamilton County NE	1.75
8:00 PM	Huntingdon County PA	1.75
8:40 PM	Hitchcock County NE	1.75
9:15 PM	Hale County TX	1.75
1:24 AM	Laclede County MO	1.50
10:35 AM	Stevens County KS	1.50
11:13 AM	Seward County KS	1.50
1:55 PM	Haskell County KS	1.50
3:44 PM	Wallace County KS	1.50
6:53 PM	Kearny County KS	1.50
7:03 PM	Roberts County TX	1.50
7:35 PM	Thomas County KS	1.50
9:57 AM	Texas County OK	1.25
2:30 PM	Curry County NM	1.25
3:56 PM	Ford County KS	1.25
4:54 PM	Edwards County KS	1.25
4:55 PM	Highland County OH	1.25

EF1 tornado1:10 AM CDT
EF1 tornado1:49 AM CDT
EF1 tornado2:06 AM CDT
EF0 tornado8:15 AM CDT
EF1 tornado2:27 PM CDT
EF1 tornado4:15 PM CDT
EF0 tornado5:01 PM CDT
EF0 tornado5:13 PM CDT
EF0 tornado5:15 PM CDT
EFU tornado5:28 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:14 PM CDT
EF2 tornado6:59 PM CDT
EF0 tornado7:07 PM CDT
EF0 tornado8:14 PM CDT
EF3 tornado8:26 PM CDT
EF0 tornado8:43 PM CDT
EFU tornado9:32 PM CDT
EFU tornado9:43 PM CDT
EF1 tornado10:42 PM CDT

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.