Hail, Garvin
- When
- March 31, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Garvin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -97.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 31, 1959
9 hail, 6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 14
- Property damage
- $506,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
9 hail, 6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Murray
- When
- March 31, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -97.280
Hail, Payne
- When
- March 31, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Payne County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -97.080
Tornado, Noble
- When
- March 31, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -97.030
Tornado, Pawnee
- When
- March 31, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -96.830
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- March 31, 5:11 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -96.900
Hail, Carter
- When
- March 31, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -97.080
Hail, Creek
- When
- March 31, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -96.580
Hail,
- When
- March 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -97.080
Tornado, Creek
- When
- March 31, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -96.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- March 31, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -95.900
Tornado, Love
- When
- March 31, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Love County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -96.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Love
- When
- March 31, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Love County
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -97.080
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- March 31, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -95.780
Tornado, Pittsburg
- When
- March 31, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -95.850
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- March 31, 8:14 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -95.780
Tornado, Marshall
- When
- March 31, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 13.2 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -96.800
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10094508, 10094509, 10094510, 10094511, 10094727, 10094728, 10094729, 10094730, 10094731, 10094732, 10094733, 10094734, 10094735, 10094736, 10094737, 10094738, 10094739.