Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 28, 1993

Name: Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 28, 1993
Start: 1993-03-28T06:15
End: 1993-03-28T19:50
Location: Oklahoma

March 28, 1993 · 36 events in 13 counties and zones

34 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 36 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 36

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

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

Hail, Jefferson

When: March 28, 6:15 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Terral
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.111, -97.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An isolated severe thunderstorm developed in south-central Oklahoma during the early morning hours on the 28th. The storm produced dime-size hail near Terral.

Hail, Noble

When: March 28, 7:02 AM CST
Where: Noble County, 2 W Perry
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Noble

When: March 28, 7:06 AM CST
Where: Noble County, Lake McMurtry
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pawnee

When: March 28, 7:28 AM CST
Where: Pawnee County, Pawnee
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kay

When: March 28, 7:35 AM CST
Where: Kay County, Ponca City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kay

When: March 28, 7:35 AM CST
Where: Kay County, Ponca City
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Osage

When: March 28, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Osage County, Pawhuska to to Wynona
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: March 28, 8:30 AM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County, Shawnee
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.207, -96.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lincoln

When: March 28, 8:35 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Meeker
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.703, -96.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Osage

When: March 28, 8:45 AM CST
Where: Osage County, Okesa
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lincoln

When: March 28, 8:49 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Sparks
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.703, -96.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When: March 28, 8:55 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Dewey
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lincoln

When: March 28, 9:01 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Stroud
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.703, -96.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lincoln

When: March 28, 9:08 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Prague
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.703, -96.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Craig

When: March 28, 9:30 AM CST
Where: Craig County, Welch
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Creek

When: March 28, 9:30 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Shamrock
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Osage

When: March 28, 10:05 AM CST
Where: Osage County, Shidler
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: March 28, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Nw City of Tulsa
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Payne

When: March 28, 10:25 AM CST
Where: Payne County, Cushing
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Payne

When: March 28, 10:45 AM CST
Where: Payne County, Yale
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Creek

When: March 28, 11:05 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Mannford
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Craig

When: March 28, 11:10 AM CST
Where: Craig County, Hollow
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms with large hail developed in north-central and northeast Oklahoma during the morning. Hail up to golfball-size covered the ground at Shamrock and Okesa. Golfball-size hail broke out car windows on Interstate 35 about 9 miles north of Perry. Golfball-size hail also fell 3 miles west of Ponca City and near Sparks. Numerous other locations in north-central and northeast Oklahoma received dime- to quarter-size hail.

Hail, Craig

When: March 28, 11:15 AM CST
Where: Craig County, Centralia
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When: March 28, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Copan
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Osage

When: March 28, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Bowring
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When: March 28, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Copan
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Nowata

When: March 28, 5:52 PM CST
Where: Nowata County, Lenapah
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When: March 28, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Copan
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Nowata

When: March 28, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Nowata County, Lenapah
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When: March 28, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Copan
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Nowata

When: March 28, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Nowata County, Lenapah
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Nowata

When: March 28, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Nowata County, Wann to
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When: March 28, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Bartlesville to
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Nowata

When: March 28, 6:25 PM CST
Where: Nowata County, South Coffeyville to Lenapah
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Nowata

When: March 28, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Nowata County, Lenapah
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms redeveloped during the late afternoon hours on March 28th in the northeast Oklahoma counties of Osage, Nowata, and Washington. A storm in northern Nowata County produced a small F0 tornado which briefly touched down between Lenapah and Delaware at 1800 CST. Severe thunderstorm winds blew an Oklahoma Highway patrol vehicle off United States Highway 169 just north of Lenapah. Large hail also accompanied the storms. Nickel- to golfball-size hail fell in a narrow row swath from Bartlesville to 2 miles west of South Coffeyville, and golfball-size hail covered the ground at the Hulah Reservoir four miles northeast of Bowring. Dime- to quarter-size hail fell at several other locations in Nowata and Washington Counties.

Hail, Nowata

When: March 28, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Nowata County, Lenapah
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1993 Warnings in Oklahoma, March 1993

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: 10342138, 10341521, 10341522, 10341082, 10342308, 10342309, 10340991, 10345046, 10341427, 10340992, 10341428, 10345043, 10341429, 10341430, 10342844, 10343234, 10340993, 10345105, 10344301, 10344302, 10343235, 10342845, 10342918, 10345133, 10340994, 10345134, 10341652, 10345135, 10341653, 10345136, 10341654, 10341655, 10345137, 10341656, 10341721, 10341722.