Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- May 30, 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -97.630
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 30, 1976
13 hail, 5 tornado, 3 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
13 hail, 5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- May 30, 3:24 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -95.880
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 30, 4:31 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -97.780
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- May 30, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -95.820
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 30, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -97.450
Hail, Creek
- When
- May 30, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -96.380
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -97.880
Hail, Grady
- When
- May 30, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -97.670
Tornado, Creek
- When
- May 30, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -96.370
Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 30, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -97.680
Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 30, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -97.970
Hail, Creek
- When
- May 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -96.600
Hail, Wagoner
- When
- May 30, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -95.720
Tornado, Tulsa
- When
- May 30, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -95.780
Tornado, Wagoner
- When
- May 30, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -95.770
Hail, Harmon
- When
- May 30, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harmon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -99.830
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 30, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -99.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 30, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -99.270
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- May 30, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -99.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- May 30, 10:33 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -98.400
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 30, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -99.130
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 30, 1976
- Tornado in Colorado, May 30, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 30, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 30, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 30, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 1976
- Hail in Kansas, May 30, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Montana, May 30, 1976
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 30, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 30, 1976
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: 10094471, 10094472, 10094473, 10094474, 10094475, 10094476, 10094477, 10094478, 10094479, 10094480, 10094481, 10094482, 10094483, 10094484, 10094485, 10094486, 10094487, 10094488, 10094489, 10094490, 10094491.