Hail, Carter
- When
- March 26, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -97.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 26, 1961
6 tornado, 5 hail, 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
- 27
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
6 tornado, 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Canadian
- When
- March 26, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 29.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -98.020
Hail, Logan
- When
- March 26, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -97.580
Tornado, Noble
- When
- March 26, 3:28 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -97.330
Hail, Pawnee
- When
- March 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -96.780
Tornado, Rogers
- When
- March 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 23 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 26 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 36.550, -96.330
Hail, Osage
- When
- March 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -96.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- March 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -96.000
Tornado, Washington
- When
- March 26, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 26.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -96.000
Tornado, McIntosh
- When
- March 26, 6:56 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 21.4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -95.720
Hail, McIntosh
- When
- March 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -95.580
Tornado, Kay
- When
- March 26, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.770, -96.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- March 26, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -96.080
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.
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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: 10091780, 10091781, 10091782, 10091783, 10091784, 10091785, 10091786, 10091787, 10091788, 10091789, 10091790, 10091791, 10091792.