Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- September 15, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -97.530
Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 15, 1987
16 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 31
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Canadian
- When
- September 15, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -97.750
Hail, Kingfisher
- When
- September 15, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kingfisher County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -97.680
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- September 15, 4:14 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -97.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- September 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -97.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Canadian
- When
- September 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -97.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- September 15, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -97.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Grady
- When
- September 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -98.020
Tornado, Payne
- When
- September 15, 5:13 PM CST
- Where
- Payne County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -97.000
Hail, Grady
- When
- September 15, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -97.930
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- September 15, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -97.020
Hail, Canadian
- When
- September 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -97.750
Hail, Payne
- When
- September 15, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Payne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -96.600
Hail, Creek
- When
- September 15, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -96.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- September 15, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -97.600
Hail, Grady
- When
- September 15, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -97.770
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- September 15, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -97.450
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- September 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -97.070
Hail, Creek
- When
- September 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -96.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- September 15, 6:34 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -97.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes
- When
- September 15, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -96.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- September 15, 6:54 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -97.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes
- When
- September 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -96.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- September 15, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -96.380
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- September 15, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -97.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- September 15, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -97.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- September 15, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -97.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers
- When
- September 15, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -95.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- September 15, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- September 15, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -94.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Craig
- When
- September 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Craig County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.650, -95.150
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 15, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 15, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 15, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 15, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 15, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 15, 1987
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: 10101631, 10101632, 10101633, 10101634, 10101635, 10101636, 10101637, 10101638, 10101639, 10101640, 10101641, 10101642, 10101643, 10101644, 10101645, 10101646, 10101647, 10101648, 10101649, 10101650, 10101651, 10101652, 10101653, 10101654, 10101655, 10101656, 10101657, 10101658, 10101659, 10101660, 10101661.