Hail, Cimarron
- When
- May 28, 6:26 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -102.250
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 28, 1980
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Roger Mills
- When
- May 28, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -99.980
Tornado, Roger Mills
- When
- May 28, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -99.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Washita
- When
- May 28, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -99.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Washita
- When
- May 28, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -98.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Washita
- When
- May 28, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -98.980
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1980
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 28, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 28, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 28, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 28, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 28, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 28, 1980
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: 10107534, 10107535, 10107536, 10107537, 10107538, 10107539.