Hail, Carter
- When
- April 30, 12:56 AM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -97.130
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 30, 1981
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beckham
- When
- April 30, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -99.980
Tornado, Caddo
- When
- April 30, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 17.9 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -98.250
Hail, Grady
- When
- April 30, 8:14 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -97.930
Tornado, Grady
- When
- April 30, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 29.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -97.970
Tornado, Grady
- When
- April 30, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 14 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -98.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- April 30, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -98.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Grady
- When
- April 30, 8:51 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -97.950
Hail, Grady
- When
- April 30, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -97.950
Hail, Carter
- When
- April 30, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -97.480
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Grady | 1981-04-30 | Direct |
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
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1981
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: 10105313, 10105314, 10105315, 10105316, 10105532, 10105533, 10105534, 10105535, 10105536, 10105537.