Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1989

Name: Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1989
Start: 1989-05-15T01:05
End: 1989-05-15T19:45
Location: Oklahoma

May 15, 1989 · NWS OKC · 63 events in 31 counties and zones

58 hail, 4 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: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 63

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

58 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ellis

When: May 15, 1:05 AM CST
Where: Ellis County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.270, -99.880

Hail, Ellis

When: May 15, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Ellis County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.200, -99.830

Hail, Harper

When: May 15, 7:45 AM CST
Where: Harper County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.830, -99.320

Hail, McClain

When: May 15, 8:00 AM CST
Where: McClain County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.900, -97.530

Thunderstorm Wind, Woods

When: May 15, 8:20 AM CST
Where: Woods County
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.950, -99.100

Hail, McClain

When: May 15, 8:30 AM CST
Where: McClain County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.980, -97.370

Hail, Woods

When: May 15, 8:45 AM CST
Where: Woods County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.700, -98.980

Hail, Alfalfa

When: May 15, 9:50 AM CST
Where: Alfalfa County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.800, -98.350

Hail, Grant

When: May 15, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Grant County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.800, -98.050

Hail, Woods

When: May 15, 10:20 AM CST
Where: Woods County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.580, -98.730

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: May 15, 10:40 AM CST
Where: Grant County
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.820, -97.730

Hail, Major

When: May 15, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Major County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.370, -98.650

Hail, Major

When: May 15, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Major County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.400, -98.170

Hail, Garfield

When: May 15, 11:08 AM CST
Where: Garfield County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.570, -97.980

Hail, Major

When: May 15, 11:10 AM CST
Where: Major County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.270, -98.480

Hail, Garfield

When: May 15, 11:25 AM CST
Where: Garfield County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.550, -97.820

Hail, Major

When: May 15, 11:30 AM CST
Where: Major County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.380, -98.130

Hail, Alfalfa

When: May 15, 11:30 AM CST
Where: Alfalfa County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.500, -98.420

Hail, Garfield

When: May 15, 11:45 AM CST
Where: Garfield County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.400, -97.750

Hail, Grant

When: May 15, 11:55 AM CST
Where: Grant County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.700, -97.550

Hail, Garfield

When: May 15, 12:20 PM CST
Where: Garfield County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.430, -97.580

Hail, Noble

When: May 15, 12:35 PM CST
Where: Noble County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.530, -97.430

Hail, Kay

When: May 15, 12:35 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 36.700, -97.080

Hail, Noble

When: May 15, 12:40 PM CST
Where: Noble County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.320, -97.280

Hail, Kingfisher

When: May 15, 12:50 PM CST
Where: Kingfisher County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.100, -97.800

Hail, Noble

When: May 15, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Noble County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 36.300, -97.280

Hail, Kingfisher

When: May 15, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Kingfisher County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.970, -97.920

Hail, Payne

When: May 15, 1:13 PM CST
Where: Payne County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.120, -97.070

Hail, Lincoln

When: May 15, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.700, -96.880

Hail, Pawnee

When: May 15, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.330, -96.920

Hail, Osage

When: May 15, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Osage County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.570, -96.700

Hail, Logan

When: May 15, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Logan County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.880, -97.430

Hail, Logan

When: May 15, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Logan County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.150, -97.380

Hail, Payne

When: May 15, 1:47 PM CST
Where: Payne County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 35.970, -97.030

Hail, Tulsa

When: May 15, 1:50 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.100, -95.950

Hail, Kingfisher

When: May 15, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Kingfisher County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.800, -97.780

Tornado, Lincoln

When: May 15, 2:07 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 35.650, -96.820

Hail, Osage

When: May 15, 2:10 PM CST
Where: Osage County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.420, -96.080

Hail, Tulsa

When: May 15, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.380, -95.970

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When: May 15, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County
Coordinates: 35.170, -95.650

Hail, Canadian

When: May 15, 2:21 PM CST
Where: Canadian County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.650, -97.750

Hail, Creek

When: May 15, 2:23 PM CST
Where: Creek County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.000, -96.100

Hail, Lincoln

When: May 15, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.720, -96.670

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 15, 2:38 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.480, -97.530

Hail, Tulsa

When: May 15, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.070, -95.950

Hail, Lincoln

When: May 15, 2:53 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.700, -96.880

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 15, 2:55 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.650, -97.480

Hail, Creek

When: May 15, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Creek County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.800, -96.500

Hail, Atoka

When: May 15, 3:01 PM CST
Where: Atoka County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.320, -96.050

Hail, Delaware

When: May 15, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Delaware County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.200, -94.800

Hail, McIntosh

When: May 15, 3:20 PM CST
Where: McIntosh County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.200, -95.880

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 15, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 35.450, -97.400

Hail, Atoka

When: May 15, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Atoka County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.280, -96.130

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 15, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.500, -97.270

Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland

When: May 15, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Cleveland County
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.320, -97.180

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: May 15, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.250, -96.930

Hail, Dewey

When: May 15, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Dewey County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 35.830, -99.230

Hail, Pittsburg

When: May 15, 4:27 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.000, -95.680

Hail, Grady

When: May 15, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Grady County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.980, -98.000

Hail, Roger Mills

When: May 15, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Roger Mills County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.620, -99.670

Hail, Pushmataha

When: May 15, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.430, -95.420

Hail, Texas

When: May 15, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Texas County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.770, -101.630

Hail, Pushmataha

When: May 15, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.330, -95.370

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.

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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: 10101608, 10101609, 10101610, 10101611, 10101612, 10101613, 10101614, 10101827, 10101828, 10101829, 10101830, 10101831, 10101832, 10101833, 10101834, 10101835, 10101836, 10101837, 10101838, 10101839, 10101840, 10101841, 10101842, 10101843, 10101844, 10101845, 10101846, 10101847, 10101848, 10101849, 10101850, 10101851, 10101852, 10101853, 10101854, 10101855, 10101856, 10101857, 10101858, 10101859, and more.