The severe wind outbreak of May 12, 2022

459 wind reportsSouth Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and 7 more states

459 damaging wind reports across 10 states between 1:27 AM and 10:49 PM CDT, 195 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 107 mph in Hutchinson County, SD. 148 hail reports and 32 tornadoes the same day.

Watch the day unfold

Severe wind day · May 12, 2022

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 459 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: 459; 52nd of 15,807 days with wind reports since 1955
75 mph or more: 195; 63 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
Strongest measured gust: 107 mph; 93 knots, Hutchinson County, SD
Measured: 188; reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
Killed by wind: 3; 3 injured
Counties reporting: 144; 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.

Strongest wind reports, May 12, 2022

4:50 PM	McCook County SD	125 mph	109	Estimated	0
5:09 PM	Lake County SD	110 mph	96	Estimated	0
4:25 PM	Hutchinson County SD	107 mph	93	Measured	0
5:09 PM	Lake County SD	105 mph	91	Estimated	0
5:11 PM	Lake County SD	105 mph	91	Estimated	0
5:50 PM	Deuel County SD	102 mph	89	Measured	0
4:17 PM	Aurora County SD	100 mph	87	Estimated	0
5:23 PM	Kingsbury County SD	100 mph	87	Estimated	0
6:11 PM	Lac qui Parle County MN	100 mph	87	Estimated	0
5:09 PM	Lake County SD	97 mph	84	Measured	0
5:08 PM	Lake County SD	97 mph	84	Estimated	0
5:15 PM	Lake County SD	96 mph	83	Measured	0
4:07 PM	Charles Mix County SD	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
4:12 PM	Bon Homme County SD	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
4:15 PM	Charles Mix County SD	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
4:27 PM	Yankton County SD	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
4:48 PM	McCook County SD	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
4:53 PM	McCook County SD	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
4:54 PM	McCook County SD	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
4:54 PM	McCook County SD	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
4:54 PM	McCook County SD	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
6:18 PM	Lac qui Parle County MN	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
6:34 PM	Swift County MN	96 mph	83	Estimated	0
6:08 PM	Lac qui Parle County MN	94 mph	82	Measured	0
7:55 PM	Wadena County MN	94 mph	82	Measured	0
5:22 PM	Hamlin County SD	92 mph	80	Estimated	0
5:26 PM	Brookings County SD	92 mph	80	Estimated	0
5:01 PM	Beadle County SD	90 mph	78	Measured	0
5:16 PM	Lake County SD	90 mph	78	Measured	0
5:31 PM	Moody County SD	90 mph	78	Measured	0
4:25 PM	Dixon County NE	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
4:26 PM	Yankton County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
4:32 PM	Dixon County NE	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
4:34 PM	Turner County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
4:48 PM	McCook County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:00 PM	Beadle County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:05 PM	Sioux County IA	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:08 PM	Lyon County IA	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:10 PM	Minnehaha County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:11 PM	Lake County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:17 PM	Moody County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:21 PM	Moody County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:23 PM	Kingsbury County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:24 PM	Brookings County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:25 PM	Kingsbury County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:25 PM	Moody County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:25 PM	Brookings County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:26 PM	Brookings County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:26 PM	Brookings County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:34 PM	Lincoln County MN	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:53 PM	Murray County MN	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
5:54 PM	Lyon County MN	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
6:04 PM	Deuel County SD	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
6:11 PM	Lac qui Parle County MN	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
6:35 PM	Big Stone County MN	90 mph	78	Estimated	0
2:30 PM	Valley County NE	89 mph	77	Measured	0
4:25 PM	Yankton County SD	89 mph	77	Measured	0
3:29 PM	Holt County NE	87 mph	76	Measured	0
4:23 PM	Bon Homme County SD	87 mph	76	Measured	0
4:55 PM	McCook County SD	87 mph	76	Measured	0
7:15 PM	Douglas County MN	87 mph	76	Measured	0
7:56 PM	Lyon County IA	87 mph	76	Measured	0
4:28 PM	Clay County SD	86 mph	75	Estimated	0
4:10 PM	Bon Homme County SD	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
4:17 PM	Yankton County SD	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
4:24 PM	Yankton County SD	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
4:56 PM	Minnehaha County SD	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
5:09 PM	Minnehaha County SD	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
5:14 PM	Moody County SD	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
5:14 PM	Lake County SD	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
6:00 PM	Lyon County MN	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
6:20 PM	Grant County SD	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
7:12 PM	Union County SD	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
7:24 PM	Otter Tail County MN	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
7:26 PM	Todd County MN	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
7:27 PM	Otter Tail County MN	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
7:29 PM	Todd County MN	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
7:33 PM	Otter Tail County MN	85 mph	74	Estimated	0
4:35 PM	Hutchinson County SD	84 mph	73	Measured	0
6:36 PM	Roberts County SD	84 mph	73	Measured	0
6:11 PM	Lac qui Parle County MN	83 mph	72	Estimated	0
6:52 PM	Pope County MN	83 mph	72	Estimated	0
1:40 PM	Dawson County NE	82 mph	71	Measured	0
4:40 PM	Clay County SD	82 mph	71	Measured	0
5:55 PM	Osceola County IA	82 mph	71	Measured	0
4:49 PM	Hanson County SD	81 mph	70	Measured	0
5:05 PM	Minnehaha County SD	81 mph	70	Measured	1
5:21 PM	Spink County SD	81 mph	70	Measured	0
5:31 PM	Pipestone County MN	81 mph	70	Measured	0
5:43 PM	Lyon County MN	81 mph	70	Measured	0
5:54 PM	Lyon County MN	81 mph	70	Measured	0
6:00 PM	Codington County SD	81 mph	70	Measured	0
6:30 PM	Day County SD	81 mph	70	Measured	0
7:04 PM	Big Stone County MN	81 mph	70	Measured	0
1:50 AM	Meade County SD	81 mph	70	Estimated	0
3:30 PM	Holt County NE	81 mph	70	Estimated	0
3:38 PM	Antelope County NE	81 mph	70	Estimated	0
4:00 PM	Madison County NE	81 mph	70	Estimated	0
4:00 PM	Knox County NE	81 mph	70	Estimated	0
4:14 PM	Cedar County NE	81 mph	70	Estimated	0

By state

Severe weather reports by state, May 12, 2022

South Dakota	177	107 mph	28	2.00
Minnesota	144	94 mph	59	2.00
Nebraska	91	89 mph	20	2.50
Iowa	20	87 mph	0	—
Mississippi	9	—	1	0.75
North Dakota	8	78 mph	4	1.50
Wisconsin	4	—	19	2.00
Kansas	4	62 mph	7	2.00
Michigan	1	59 mph	4	1.00
Louisiana	1	—	0	—
Oklahoma	0	—	3	1.00
Texas	0	—	2	1.00
Alabama	0	—	1	1.00

Counties with the most wind reports

Minnehaha CountySD · 12 reports
Codington CountySD · 12 reports
Yankton CountySD · 11 reports
Otter Tail CountyMN · 10 reports
Lake CountySD · 10 reports
McCook CountySD · 10 reports
Stevens CountyMN · 9 reports
Brookings CountySD · 9 reports
Union CountySD · 9 reports
Lyon CountyMN · 8 reports

Hail and tornadoes that day

148 hail reports, 7 of 2 inches or more; 32 tornadoes.

Largest hail, May 12, 2022

7:07 PM	Saline County NE	2.50
4:00 AM	Ziebach County SD	2.00
7:28 AM	Benton County MN	2.00
9:35 AM	Todd County MN	2.00
11:06 AM	Stearns County MN	2.00
1:20 PM	Burnett County WI	2.00
5:31 PM	Lincoln County KS	2.00
1:00 AM	Lyman County SD	1.75
3:00 AM	Ziebach County SD	1.75
3:05 AM	Meade County SD	1.75
11:02 AM	Stearns County MN	1.75
11:03 AM	Stearns County MN	1.75
11:10 AM	Stearns County MN	1.75
11:12 AM	Stearns County MN	1.75
11:19 AM	Stearns County MN	1.75
11:24 AM	Stearns County MN	1.75
11:25 AM	Stearns County MN	1.75
1:17 PM	Burnett County WI	1.75
3:25 PM	Menominee County WI	1.75
4:41 PM	Hall County NE	1.75
7:14 PM	Gage County NE	1.75
7:19 PM	Lancaster County NE	1.75
7:42 PM	Lancaster County NE	1.75
7:33 AM	Benton County MN	1.50
1:33 PM	Phillips County KS	1.50
2:28 PM	Custer County NE	1.50
2:35 PM	Valley County NE	1.50
2:47 PM	Hall County NE	1.50
3:00 PM	Oconto County WI	1.50
3:40 PM	Cass County MN	1.50
4:05 PM	Itasca County MN	1.50
5:54 PM	McLean County ND	1.50
9:15 PM	Itasca County MN	1.50
2:20 AM	Meade County SD	1.25
3:55 AM	Hamlin County SD	1.25
7:22 AM	Benton County MN	1.25
7:40 AM	Stearns County MN	1.25
12:08 PM	Mille Lacs County MN	1.25
12:46 PM	Isanti County MN	1.25
1:02 PM	Chisago County MN	1.25
1:22 PM	Burnett County WI	1.25
1:30 PM	Norton County KS	1.25
3:10 PM	Rusk County WI	1.25
3:37 PM	Aitkin County MN	1.25
3:42 PM	Madison County NE	1.25
3:45 PM	Aitkin County MN	1.25
3:45 PM	Aitkin County MN	1.25
4:15 PM	Itasca County MN	1.25
4:39 PM	Adams County NE	1.25
6:55 PM	Jefferson County NE	1.25

EF2 tornado5:39 PM CDT
EF1 tornado5:40 PM CDT
EF2 tornado5:45 PM CDT
EF0 tornado5:45 PM CDT
EF0 tornado5:45 PM CDT
EF2 tornado5:58 PM CDT
EF1 tornado5:59 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:02 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:02 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:05 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:09 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:13 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:15 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:19 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:19 PM CDT
EF0 tornado6:50 PM CDT
EF1 tornado6:51 PM CDT
EF0 tornado6:52 PM CDT
EF0 tornado6:52 PM CDT
EF0 tornado6:59 PM CDT
EFU tornado7:01 PM CDT
EF1 tornado7:07 PM CDT
EF1 tornado7:10 PM CDT
EF1 tornado7:12 PM CDT
EF2 tornado7:16 PM CDT
EF0 tornado7:17 PM CDT
EF1 tornado7:31 PM CDT
EF1 tornado7:33 PM CDT
EF0 tornado7:40 PM CDT
EF0 tornado7:46 PM CDT
EF2 tornado7:50 PM CDT
EF1 tornado7:51 PM CDT

2022 · 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.