Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 27, 1983

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 27, 1983
Start: 1983-04-27T18:15
End: 1983-04-27T23:24
Location: Oklahoma

April 27, 1983 · 27 events in 11 counties and zones

20 hail, 7 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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $275,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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

20 hail, 7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kay

When: April 27, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.800, -97.300

Hail, Kay

When: April 27, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.700, -97.080

Hail, Kay

When: April 27, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 36.680, -97.300

Hail, Kay

When: April 27, 6:18 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.680, -97.450

Tornado, Kay

When: April 27, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Rating: F1
Path length: 12 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 36.780, -97.370

Tornado, Osage

When: April 27, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Osage County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 36.720, -96.670

Hail, Noble

When: April 27, 7:03 PM CST
Where: Noble County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.570, -97.150

Tornado, Osage

When: April 27, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Osage County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 36.680, -96.880

Tornado, Lincoln

When: April 27, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 35.500, -96.950

Hail, Payne

When: April 27, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Payne County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.030, -96.630

Hail, Lincoln

When: April 27, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.680, -97.070

Hail, Lincoln

When: April 27, 7:37 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.570, -97.070

Hail, Pawnee

When: April 27, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.430, -96.780

Tornado, Pawnee

When: April 27, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 36.500, -96.770

Tornado, Lincoln

When: April 27, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 77 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.570, -97.050

Hail, Seminole

When: April 27, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Seminole County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 35.230, -96.680

Tornado, Lincoln

When: April 27, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 35.570, -96.900

Hail, Lincoln

When: April 27, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.480, -96.680

Hail, Lincoln

When: April 27, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 35.480, -96.680

Hail, Lincoln

When: April 27, 8:49 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.500, -96.920

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: April 27, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.330, -96.920

Hail, Seminole

When: April 27, 9:05 PM CST
Where: Seminole County
Measured: 3 in hail
Coordinates: 35.300, -96.680

Hail, Okfuskee

When: April 27, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.330, -96.130

Hail, Hughes

When: April 27, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Hughes County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.270, -96.030

Hail, Pittsburg

When: April 27, 10:55 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.170, -95.780

Hail, Pittsburg

When: April 27, 11:15 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.170, -95.780

Hail, Osage

When: April 27, 11:24 PM CST
Where: Osage County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 36.700, -96.920

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 10107995, 10107996, 10107997, 10107998, 10107999, 10108000, 10108001, 10108002, 10108003, 10108004, 10108005, 10108006, 10108007, 10108008, 10108009, 10108010, 10108011, 10108012, 10108013, 10108014, 10108015, 10108016, 10108017, 10108018, 10108019, 10108020, 10108021.