Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 24, 1988

Name: Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 24, 1988
Start: 1988-03-24T15:20
End: 1988-03-24T21:45
Location: Oklahoma

March 24, 1988 · NWS OKC · 31 events in 20 counties and zones

27 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
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

27 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Creek

When: March 24, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Creek County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.030, -96.150

Hail, Tulsa

When: March 24, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.150, -96.120

Hail, Osage

When: March 24, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Osage County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.150, -95.950

Hail, Tulsa

When: March 24, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.150, -95.950

Hail, Tulsa

When: March 24, 3:42 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.370, -95.830

Tornado, Rogers

When: March 24, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Rogers County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 36.530, -95.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: March 24, 3:55 PM CST
Where: Rogers County
Coordinates: 36.320, -95.600

Hail, Mayes

When: March 24, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Mayes County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.300, -95.320

Hail, Seminole

When: March 24, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Seminole County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.980, -96.520

Hail, Hughes

When: March 24, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Hughes County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.230, -96.250

Hail, Cherokee

When: March 24, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.920, -94.970

Hail, Muskogee

When: March 24, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Muskogee County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.750, -95.370

Hail, Craig

When: March 24, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Craig County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.530, -95.120

Hail, Hughes

When: March 24, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Hughes County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.080, -96.400

Hail, Hughes

When: March 24, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Hughes County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.970, -96.250

Hail, McIntosh

When: March 24, 5:45 PM CST
Where: McIntosh County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.430, -95.520

Hail, Hughes

When: March 24, 5:48 PM CST
Where: Hughes County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.820, -96.100

Hail, Pittsburg

When: March 24, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.930, -95.770

Hail, Cherokee

When: March 24, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.630, -94.970

Hail, Sequoyah

When: March 24, 6:02 PM CST
Where: Sequoyah County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.630, -94.970

Hail, Haskell

When: March 24, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Haskell County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.250, -95.130

Hail, Adair

When: March 24, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Adair County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.980, -94.570

Hail, Atoka

When: March 24, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Atoka County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.470, -96.050

Hail, Le Flore

When: March 24, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Le Flore County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.130, -94.670

Hail, Latimer

When: March 24, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Latimer County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.670, -95.320

Hail, Le Flore

When: March 24, 7:39 PM CST
Where: Le Flore County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.970, -94.720

Hail, Pushmataha

When: March 24, 7:48 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.450, -95.570

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: March 24, 8:22 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County
Coordinates: 34.400, -94.930

Hail, McCurtain

When: March 24, 8:30 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.470, -94.630

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: March 24, 9:05 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County
Coordinates: 33.900, -94.830

Hail, McCurtain

When: March 24, 9:45 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.730, -94.570

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 1988 Every state in 1988 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1988 Warnings in Oklahoma, March 1988

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: 10107746, 10107747, 10107748, 10107749, 10107750, 10107751, 10107752, 10105460, 10105461, 10105462, 10105463, 10105464, 10105465, 10105466, 10105467, 10105468, 10105469, 10105470, 10105471, 10105472, 10105473, 10105474, 10105475, 10105476, 10105477, 10105478, 10105479, 10105480, 10105481, 10105482, 10105483.