Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 26, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -99.620
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1991
13 hail, 4 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
- $278,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
13 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Woodward
- When
- May 26, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -99.530
Hail, Woods
- When
- May 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.950, -99.270
Hail, Woodward
- When
- May 26, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -99.400
Tornado, Woodward
- When
- May 26, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -99.330
Tornado, Woodward
- When
- May 26, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 12.5 mi
- Path width
- 1,000 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -99.330
Tornado, Woodward
- When
- May 26, 5:59 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -99.320
Hail, Woodward
- When
- May 26, 6:06 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -99.200
Hail, Harper
- When
- May 26, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Harper County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -99.330
Hail, Garfield
- When
- May 26, 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.570, -98.020
Hail, Woodward
- When
- May 26, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -99.120
Hail, Woods
- When
- May 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.770, -99.100
Hail, Major
- When
- May 26, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Major County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -98.500
Tornado, Major
- When
- May 26, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Major County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -98.380
Hail, Woods
- When
- May 26, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -98.670
Hail, Noble
- When
- May 26, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.570, -97.300
Hail, Garfield
- When
- May 26, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.570, -97.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- May 26, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -96.350
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 26, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 26, 1991
- Hail in Wyoming, May 26, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 26, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 26, 1991
- Hail in New Mexico, May 26, 1991
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 26, 1991
- Hail in Texas, May 26, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 26, 1991
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: 10104714, 10104715, 10104716, 10104717, 10104718, 10104719, 10104720, 10104721, 10104722, 10104723, 10104724, 10104725, 10104726, 10104727, 10104728, 10104729, 10104730, 10104731.