The severe wind outbreak of July 22, 2019
317 wind reportsNew Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and 16 more states
317 damaging wind reports across 19 states between 12:30 PM and 12:06 AM the next day CDT, 22 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 81 mph in Accomack County, VA. 15 hail reports and 1 tornado the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · July 22, 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
- 317
- on Monday, July 22, 2019
- 75 mph or more
- 22
- 1 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 81 mph
- 70 knots, Accomack County, VA
- Measured
- 19
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 2
- 2 injured
- Counties reporting
- 111
- in 19 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.
| 2:34 PM | Carroll County MD | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 10:39 PM | Accomack County VA | 81 mph | Measured |
| 2:09 PM | Montgomery County MD | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:09 PM | Frederick County MD | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 PM | Carroll County MD | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:44 PM | Baltimore County MD | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:47 PM | Baltimore County MD | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:51 PM | Baltimore County MD | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 3:03 PM | Harford County MD | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 3:08 PM | Harford County MD | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 3:11 PM | Harford County MD | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 4:15 PM | Delaware County PA | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 4:22 PM | Delaware County PA | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 4:32 PM | Camden County NJ | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 5:09 PM | Monmouth County NJ | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 6:08 PM | Denver County CO | 79 mph | Measured |
| 4:16 PM | New Castle County DE | 78 mph | Estimated |
| 4:57 PM | Burlington County NJ | 76 mph | Measured |
| 4:42 PM | Burlington County NJ | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 5:14 PM | Middlesex County NJ | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 5:16 PM | Monmouth County NJ | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 5:24 PM | Monmouth County NJ | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 8:26 PM | Graham County AZ | 71 mph | Measured |
| 1:41 PM | Loudoun County VA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:38 PM | Baltimore County MD | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:56 PM | Harford County MD | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:00 PM | Harford County MD | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Harford County MD | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:23 PM | Harford County MD | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:35 PM | Harford County MD | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 PM | Philadelphia County PA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:35 PM | Camden County NJ | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Nelson County VA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:58 PM | Orange County VA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:33 PM | Camden County NJ | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:38 PM | Burlington County NJ | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:40 PM | Burlington County NJ | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Burlington County NJ | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Burlington County NJ | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:46 PM | Burlington County NJ | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:34 PM | Monmouth County NJ | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:30 PM | Lancaster County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:20 PM | Barnstable County MA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:48 PM | Bucks County PA | 68 mph | Measured |
| 6:30 PM | Pima County AZ | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 8:17 PM | Pima County AZ | 66 mph | Measured |
| 6:07 PM | Nassau County NY | 64 mph | Measured |
| 6:15 PM | Suffolk County NY | 64 mph | Measured |
| 5:00 PM | Cherokee County TX | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 PM | Cherokee County TX | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:05 PM | Cherokee County TX | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Cherokee County TX | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 PM | Cherokee County TX | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:42 PM | Bucks County PA | 63 mph | Measured |
| 2:12 PM | Sussex County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:25 PM | Montgomery County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:42 PM | Patrick County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:18 PM | Botetourt County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:25 PM | Bedford County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:41 PM | Warren County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:52 PM | Botetourt County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | New Castle County DE | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:07 PM | Bedford County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:11 PM | Lehigh County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:12 PM | Chester County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:28 PM | Gloucester County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 PM | Northampton County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:37 PM | Bucks County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:37 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:37 PM | Camden County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:37 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:38 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:40 PM | Camden County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:40 PM | Bucks County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:44 PM | Warren County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:44 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:44 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Camden County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Morris County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:47 PM | Camden County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:48 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:55 PM | Mercer County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:05 PM | Burlington County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:09 PM | Buckingham County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:11 PM | Mercer County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:12 PM | Middlesex County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Mercer County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:18 PM | Middlesex County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:19 PM | Ocean County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 PM | Monmouth County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 PM | Ocean County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 PM | Monmouth County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:25 PM | Monmouth County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Middlesex County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:35 PM | Monmouth County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Middlesex County NJ | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:57 PM | Rockingham County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
By state
| New Jersey | 101 | 76 mph |
| Virginia | 61 | 81 mph |
| Maryland | 40 | 58 mph |
| Pennsylvania | 37 | 68 mph |
| North Carolina | 20 | — |
| New York | 18 | 64 mph |
| Arizona | 12 | 71 mph |
| Delaware | 7 | — |
| Texas | 5 | — |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 58 mph |
| Massachusetts | 3 | — |
| Rhode Island | 2 | — |
| West Virginia | 2 | — |
| Colorado | 1 | 79 mph |
| Connecticut | 1 | — |
| Florida | 1 | — |
| Mississippi | 1 | — |
| Nevada | 1 | — |
| South Carolina | 1 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Burlington CountyNJ · 23 reports
- Monmouth CountyNJ · 18 reports
- Harford CountyMD · 12 reports
- Camden CountyNJ · 10 reports
- Middlesex CountyNJ · 10 reports
- Warren CountyNJ · 10 reports
- Morris CountyNJ · 9 reports
- Suffolk CountyNY · 7 reports
- Baltimore CountyMD · 7 reports
- Pima CountyAZ · 6 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
15 hail reports, 0 of 2 inches or more; 1 tornado.
| 3:09 PM | Bergen County NJ | 1.75 |
| 2:50 PM | Morris County NJ | 1.50 |
| 3:01 PM | Bergen County NJ | 1.50 |
| 3:05 PM | Bergen County NJ | 1.50 |
| 3:14 PM | Bergen County NJ | 1.50 |
| 2:55 PM | Morris County NJ | 1.00 |
| 3:02 PM | Passaic County NJ | 1.00 |
| 3:09 PM | Bergen County NJ | 1.00 |
| 6:02 PM | Arapahoe County CO | 1.00 |
| 6:52 PM | Weld County CO | 1.00 |
| 7:30 PM | Gila County AZ | 1.00 |
| 2:10 PM | Morris County NJ | 0.88 |
| 2:20 PM | Morris County NJ | 0.88 |
| 6:52 PM | Douglas County CO | 0.88 |
| 2:55 PM | Passaic County NJ | 0.75 |
- EF0 tornado5:30 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.