The severe wind outbreak of August 29, 2022
362 wind reportsIllinois, Indiana, Michigan and 12 more states
362 damaging wind reports across 15 states between 11:43 AM and 10:53 PM CDT, 8 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 81 mph in Lake County, IN. 23 hail reports and 1 tornado the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · August 29, 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
- 362
- on Monday, August 29, 2022
- 75 mph or more
- 8
- 1 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 81 mph
- 70 knots, Lake County, IN
- Measured
- 52
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 1
- 4 injured
- Counties reporting
- 152
- in 15 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.
| 7:06 PM | Ford County KS | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 1:42 PM | Lake County IN | 81 mph | Measured |
| 9:08 PM | Kiowa County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:00 PM | Jasper County IN | 78 mph | Measured |
| 3:58 PM | Randall County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:05 PM | Randall County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:35 PM | Ford County KS | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 10:33 PM | Hansford County TX | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 1:25 PM | Will County IL | 74 mph | Measured |
| 5:10 PM | Yates County NY | 74 mph | Measured |
| 9:32 PM | Moultrie County IL | 74 mph | Measured |
| 5:46 PM | Hockley County TX | 72 mph | Measured |
| 5:15 PM | Wayne County MI | 70 mph | Measured |
| 12:32 PM | Payne County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 1:46 PM | Lyon County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:09 PM | Starke County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 PM | Marshall County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:51 PM | Fulton County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:25 PM | Rogers County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:43 PM | Whitley County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:56 PM | Randall County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Pottawatomie County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 PM | Paulding County OH | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:26 PM | Franklin County MO | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:34 PM | Ottawa County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Fulton County OH | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Van Wert County OH | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Washington County AR | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 PM | Van Wert County OH | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Crawford County AR | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:12 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:15 PM | Marion County MO | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:22 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:30 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:35 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:35 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:35 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:40 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:40 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:45 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:32 PM | Moultrie County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 1:24 PM | Will County IL | 69 mph | Measured |
| 12:04 PM | Kane County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 12:06 PM | Kane County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 12:30 PM | LaSalle County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 12:33 PM | Cook County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:05 PM | Will County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:20 PM | Will County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:25 PM | Kankakee County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:25 PM | Kankakee County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:27 PM | Kankakee County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:27 PM | Kankakee County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:27 PM | Lake County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 PM | Kankakee County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:31 PM | Lake County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:36 PM | Lake County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:41 PM | Lake County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:50 PM | Newton County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 PM | Nolan County TX | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Sandusky County OH | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 6:10 PM | Lubbock County TX | 68 mph | Measured |
| 6:18 PM | Lubbock County TX | 68 mph | Measured |
| 4:24 PM | Lenawee County MI | 68 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 PM | Miami County IN | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 PM | Macomb County MI | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 2:15 PM | Allegan County MI | 66 mph | Measured |
| 3:55 PM | Allen County IN | 66 mph | Measured |
| 5:55 PM | St. Clair County MI | 66 mph | Estimated |
| 5:04 PM | Lamb County TX | 64 mph | Measured |
| 5:12 PM | Monroe County MI | 64 mph | Measured |
| 6:03 PM | Hockley County TX | 64 mph | Measured |
| 6:48 PM | Lubbock County TX | 64 mph | Measured |
| 7:27 PM | Crosby County TX | 64 mph | Measured |
| 7:33 PM | Garza County TX | 64 mph | Measured |
| 11:56 AM | Putnam County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:20 PM | Starke County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:26 PM | St. Joseph County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 PM | St. Joseph County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 PM | Marshall County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:29 PM | Wabash County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:31 PM | Midland County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:35 PM | Whitley County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:43 PM | Branch County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:43 PM | DeKalb County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:10 PM | Spencer County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:23 PM | Livingston County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:29 PM | Genesee County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:35 PM | Tuscola County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:40 PM | Gasconade County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Oakland County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:23 PM | Macomb County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:23 PM | Macomb County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Macomb County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 7:15 PM | Adams County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 7:51 PM | Marion County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:06 PM | Ottawa County MI | 63 mph | Measured |
| 5:35 PM | Macomb County MI | 63 mph | Measured |
| 7:04 PM | Sangamon County IL | 63 mph | Measured |
| 12:21 PM | Cook County IL | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:22 PM | Cook County IL | 63 mph | Estimated |
By state
Counties with the most wind reports
- Cook CountyIL · 40 reports
- Kankakee CountyIL · 11 reports
- Will CountyIL · 11 reports
- Chautauqua CountyNY · 11 reports
- Vermilion CountyIL · 9 reports
- Whitley CountyIN · 8 reports
- Kosciusko CountyIN · 7 reports
- Wayne CountyMI · 7 reports
- Greene CountyMO · 6 reports
- Lucas CountyOH · 6 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
23 hail reports, 0 of 2 inches or more; 1 tornado.
| 7:00 PM | Livingston County IL | 1.75 |
| 6:40 AM | Adair County IA | 1.50 |
| 6:05 PM | Rush County KS | 1.50 |
| 7:26 PM | Wabaunsee County KS | 1.50 |
| 1:57 PM | Porter County IN | 1.25 |
| 2:45 PM | Johnson County MO | 1.25 |
| 6:10 PM | Lewis County MO | 1.25 |
| 6:25 PM | Hamilton County IL | 1.25 |
| 7:30 PM | De Baca County NM | 1.25 |
| 4:07 AM | Randall County TX | 1.00 |
| 6:39 AM | Guthrie County IA | 1.00 |
| 10:00 AM | Muscatine County IA | 1.00 |
| 3:25 PM | Potter County TX | 1.00 |
| 3:34 PM | Randall County TX | 1.00 |
| 3:35 PM | Randall County TX | 1.00 |
| 3:35 PM | Midland County MI | 1.00 |
| 3:44 PM | Texas County OK | 1.00 |
| 3:50 PM | Franklin County MO | 1.00 |
| 6:44 PM | Hamilton County IL | 1.00 |
| 7:11 PM | Livingston County IL | 1.00 |
| 9:05 AM | Wapello County IA | 0.88 |
| 4:30 PM | Cleveland County OK | 0.75 |
| 7:40 PM | Vermilion County IL | 0.75 |
- EF0 tornado4:29 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.