Tornado, Harmon
- When
- May 15, 4:53 PM CST
- Where
- Harmon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -99.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1982
8 hail, 7 tornado, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $325,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
8 hail, 7 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Harmon
- When
- May 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harmon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -99.920
Hail, Harmon
- When
- May 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harmon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -99.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Harmon
- When
- May 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harmon County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -99.870
Hail, Greer
- When
- May 15, 5:57 PM CST
- Where
- Greer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -99.450
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 15, 6:11 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -99.300
Hail, Beckham
- When
- May 15, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -99.420
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- May 15, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -99.020
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- May 15, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -99.020
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- May 15, 7:26 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -99.130
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- May 15, 7:26 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -99.150
Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- May 15, 9:02 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -99.920
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- May 15, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -99.630
Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- May 15, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -99.670
Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- May 15, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -99.570
Tornado, Dewey
- When
- May 15, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -98.980
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10105608, 10105609, 10105610, 10105611, 10105612, 10105613, 10105614, 10105615, 10105616, 10105617, 10105618, 10105619, 10105620, 10105621, 10105622, 10105623.