Oklahoma, 1982Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 2, 1982
April 2, 1982 · 19 events in 11 counties and zones
12 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 30
- Property damage
- $16 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Marshall
- When
- April 2, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -96.720
Hail, Love
- When
- April 2, 2:12 PM CST
- Where
- Love County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -97.120
Tornado, Bryan
- When
- April 2, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bryan County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -95.480
Tornado, Johnston
- When
- April 2, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -96.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Coal
- When
- April 2, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coal County
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -96.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee
- When
- April 2, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -95.350
Tornado, Hughes
- When
- April 2, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -96.330
Tornado, Rogers
- When
- April 2, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -95.550
Hail, Rogers
- When
- April 2, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -95.600
Tornado, Love
- When
- April 2, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Love County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -97.120
Tornado, Mayes
- When
- April 2, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mayes County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -95.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Bryan
- When
- April 2, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bryan County
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -96.080
Tornado, Bryan
- When
- April 2, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Bryan County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -96.130
Tornado, Choctaw
- When
- April 2, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -95.950
Tornado, Choctaw
- When
- April 2, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Rating
- F5
- Path length
- 22 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 25 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -95.570
Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain
- When
- April 2, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -94.730
Tornado, McCurtain
- When
- April 2, 4:59 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 233 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -94.530
Tornado, McCurtain
- When
- April 2, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County
- Rating
- F5
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -95.170
Tornado, McCurtain
- When
- April 2, 5:21 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County
- Rating
- F5
- Path length
- 24 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -95.020
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 2, 198211 deaths · 174 injured · $56 million · F4 · 34 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 2, 198214 deaths · 90 injured · $34 million · F4 · 25 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 2, 19822 deaths · 28 injured · $51 million · F4 · 50 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 2, 198220 injured · $26 million · F3 · 27 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 2, 19825 injured · $25 million · F3 · 5 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 2, 19821 injured · $3.3 million · F3 · 6 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 2, 1982$250,000 · F1 · 3 events
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 2, 1982$25,000 · F1 · 8 events
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1982$25,000 · F1 · 8 events
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 2, 1982$250 · F1 · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 2, 19821.5 in hail · 12 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 2, 19821.75 in hail · 4 events
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: 10108757, 10108758, 10108974, 10108975, 10108976, 10108977, 10108978, 10108979, 10108980, 10108981, 10108982, 10108983, 10108984, 10108985, 10108986, 10108987, 10108988, 10108989, 10108990.