The severe wind outbreak of June 22, 2022
337 wind reportsVirginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and 9 more states
337 damaging wind reports across 12 states between 9:20 AM and 11:27 PM CDT, 16 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 69 mph in Fresno County, CA. 9 hail reports the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · June 22, 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.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 337
- on Wednesday, June 22, 2022
- 75 mph or more
- 16
- 2 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 69 mph
- 60 knots, Fresno County, CA
- Measured
- 6
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 0
- 0 injured
- Counties reporting
- 149
- in 12 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.
| 3:30 PM | Fauquier County VA | 92 mph | Estimated |
| 3:20 PM | Fauquier County VA | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 1:20 PM | Fredericksburg VA | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 PM | Loudoun County VA | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Fauquier County VA | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 6:07 PM | Bedford County PA | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Culpeper County VA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 PM | Fauquier County VA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Sumner County KS | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:10 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:10 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:12 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:25 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 5:43 PM | Preston County WV | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:03 PM | Kiowa County KS | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:53 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:05 PM | Harvey County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 PM | Stafford County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:20 AM | Fresno County CA | 69 mph | Measured |
| 1:10 PM | Stafford County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 PM | Spotsylvania County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:03 PM | Butler County OH | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:05 PM | Columbiana County OH | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:11 PM | Rockingham County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:20 PM | Butler County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:22 PM | Guernsey County OH | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:28 PM | Beaver County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:30 PM | Allegheny County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:34 PM | Allegheny County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:35 PM | Fauquier County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 PM | Winchester VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 PM | Allegheny County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 PM | Allegheny County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:55 PM | Allegheny County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:58 PM | Allegheny County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:01 PM | Allegheny County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:02 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:13 PM | Allegheny County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 PM | Clarion County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:48 PM | Fayette County PA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Athens County OH | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 6:40 PM | Marion County WV | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:17 PM | Halifax County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:02 PM | Meade County KS | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 6:00 PM | Pratt County KS | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 11:27 PM | Fresno County CA | 63 mph | Measured |
| 1:18 PM | Stafford County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:22 PM | Washington County MD | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:57 PM | Jefferson County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:02 PM | Jefferson County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Clarke County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Beaver County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:22 PM | Butler County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:22 PM | Beaver County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:25 PM | Beaver County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:28 PM | Beaver County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:34 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:38 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Forest County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:57 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:58 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Rappahannock County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Rappahannock County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:01 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:01 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:04 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:04 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:06 PM | Jefferson County OH | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:08 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:08 PM | Allegheny County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:12 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:15 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 PM | Clarion County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:29 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:36 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:37 PM | Shenandoah County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 PM | Indiana County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 PM | Armstrong County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 PM | Indiana County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:06 PM | Indiana County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:32 PM | Fayette County PA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:28 PM | Monongalia County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 PM | Monongalia County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:40 PM | Marion County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:41 PM | Preston County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:52 PM | Rockbridge County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:54 PM | Rockbridge County VA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 7:09 PM | Tucker County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 7:50 PM | Greenbrier County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 8:37 PM | Summers County WV | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:12 PM | Prince William County VA | 62 mph | Measured |
| 3:30 PM | Page County VA | 62 mph | Measured |
| 8:01 PM | Seward County KS | 62 mph | Measured |
| 5:06 PM | Jessamine County KY | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 2:47 PM | Clark County IN | 61 mph | Estimated |
By state
| Virginia | 91 | 62 mph |
| Pennsylvania | 70 | — |
| Kentucky | 59 | — |
| West Virginia | 48 | — |
| Ohio | 35 | — |
| Indiana | 13 | — |
| Kansas | 9 | 62 mph |
| Maryland | 6 | — |
| California | 2 | 69 mph |
| New York | 2 | — |
| Arizona | 1 | — |
| Tennessee | 1 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Allegheny CountyPA · 19 reports
- Westmoreland CountyPA · 12 reports
- Montgomery CountyKY · 9 reports
- Caroline CountyVA · 6 reports
- Hanover CountyVA · 6 reports
- Richmond CountyVA · 6 reports
- Greenbrier CountyWV · 6 reports
- Wolfe CountyKY · 5 reports
- Shelby CountyKY · 5 reports
- Athens CountyOH · 5 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
9 hail reports, 0 of 2 inches or more; no tornadoes.
| 5:00 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.75 |
| 5:10 PM | Harvey County KS | 1.50 |
| 2:58 PM | Berkeley County WV | 1.00 |
| 3:52 PM | Centre County PA | 1.00 |
| 4:30 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.00 |
| 7:38 PM | Nicholas County WV | 1.00 |
| 4:25 PM | Westmoreland County PA | 0.88 |
| 4:00 PM | Allegheny County PA | 0.75 |
| 2:30 PM | San Bernardino County CA | 0.25 |
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.