Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 15, 1982

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 15, 1982
Start: 1982-03-15T15:45
End: 1982-03-15T19:20
Location: Oklahoma

March 15, 1982 · NWS NG · 18 events in 13 counties and zones

10 tornado, 7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 94
Property damage: $29 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

10 tornado, 7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Caddo

When: March 15, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Caddo County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 35.070, -98.250

Hail, Grady

When: March 15, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Grady County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 35.320, -97.930

Hail, Oklahoma

When: March 15, 4:14 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.480, -97.530

Hail, Garvin

When: March 15, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Garvin County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.830, -97.600

Tornado, Seminole

When: March 15, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Seminole County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.950, -96.770

Hail, Logan

When: March 15, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Logan County
Measured: 4.5 in hail
Coordinates: 36.150, -97.380

Hail, Pontotoc

When: March 15, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Pontotoc County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 34.780, -96.670

Tornado, Pontotoc

When: March 15, 5:57 PM CST
Where: Pontotoc County
Rating: F3
Path length: 6 mi
Path width: 60 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 36 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 34.800, -96.700

Tornado, Hughes

When: March 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hughes County
Rating: F2
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.080, -96.430

Tornado, Osage

When: March 15, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Osage County
Rating: F2
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 36.670, -96.320

Tornado, Osage

When: March 15, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Osage County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 36.550, -96.320

Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes

When: March 15, 6:52 PM CST
Where: Hughes County
Coordinates: 35.070, -96.420

Tornado, Washington

When: March 15, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 36.880, -95.930

Hail, McIntosh

When: March 15, 7:00 PM CST
Where: McIntosh County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.280, -95.580

Tornado, Washington

When: March 15, 7:02 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Rating: F2
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 177 yd
Injuries: 57 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 36.730, -96.020

Tornado, Nowata

When: March 15, 7:10 PM CST
Where: Nowata County
Rating: F2
Path length: 12 mi
Path width: 177 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 36.820, -95.850

Tornado, Nowata

When: March 15, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Nowata County
Rating: F2
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 36.870, -95.620

Tornado, Haskell

When: March 15, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Haskell County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.250, -95.120

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, Pontotoc	1982-03-15				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.
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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1982 Every state in 1982 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1982

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: 10107874, 10107875, 10107876, 10107877, 10107878, 10107879, 10107880, 10107881, 10107882, 10107883, 10107884, 10107885, 10108750, 10108751, 10108752, 10108753, 10108754, 10108755.