Hail, Harmon
- When
- May 29, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Harmon County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -99.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 29, 1980
12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Canadian
- When
- May 29, 1:17 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -97.750
Thunderstorm Wind, McClain
- When
- May 29, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- McClain County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, McClain
- When
- May 29, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- McClain County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -97.670
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 29, 1:34 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -99.580
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 29, 1:59 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -99.270
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 29, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -99.450
Hail, Woodward
- When
- May 29, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -99.400
Hail, Comanche
- When
- May 29, 3:22 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -98.380
Hail, Cotton
- When
- May 29, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -98.380
Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 29, 3:52 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -97.970
Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 29, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -97.970
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 29, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -99.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Murray
- When
- May 29, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -97.170
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 29, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -99.330
Hail, Greer
- When
- May 29, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Greer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -99.670
Hail, Tillman
- When
- May 29, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tillman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -99.020
Hail, Tillman
- When
- May 29, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tillman County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -99.080
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 Nebraska, May 29, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 29, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 29, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 29, 1980
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 29, 1980
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 29, 1980
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 29, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 29, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 29, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 29, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 29, 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: 10107753, 10107754, 10107755, 10107756, 10107757, 10107758, 10107759, 10107760, 10107761, 10107762, 10107763, 10107764, 10107765, 10107766, 10107767, 10107768, 10107769, 10107770.