Hail, Garfield
- When
- October 21, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -97.900
Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, October 21, 1979
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- October 21, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- October 21, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -98.000
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- October 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -97.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- October 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -96.380
Hail, Carter
- When
- October 21, 8:06 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -97.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Carter
- When
- October 21, 8:06 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -97.480
Tornado, Murray
- When
- October 21, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -96.970
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- October 21, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -97.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- October 21, 8:32 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- October 21, 8:37 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- October 21, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -96.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Carter
- When
- October 21, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Murray
- When
- October 21, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -96.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- October 21, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg
- When
- October 21, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -95.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Mayes
- When
- October 21, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mayes County
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -95.050
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
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: 10105740, 10105741, 10105742, 10105743, 10105744, 10105745, 10105960, 10105961, 10105962, 10105963, 10105964, 10105965, 10105966, 10105967, 10105968, 10105969, 10105970.