Hail, Harper
- When
- April 13, 7:15 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harper forecast zone
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.789, -99.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, April 13, 1996
Severe thunderstorms in Harper and Jefferson Counties produced nickel-sized hail. Also, lightning caused damage in Woods County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 6
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms in Harper and Jefferson Counties produced nickel-sized hail. Also, lightning caused damage in Woods County.
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:15 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 3 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Woods
- When
- April 13, 7:15 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Woods forecast zone
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.767, -98.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 13, 7:15 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.111, -97.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Harper
- When
- April 13, 7:15 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harper forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.789, -99.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Woods
- When
- April 13, 7:15 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Woods forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.767, -98.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Jefferson
- When
- April 13, 7:15 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.111, -97.836 (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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Texas, April 13, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 13, 1996
- High Wind in Texas, April 13 to 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 13, 1996
- Flooding in New York, April 13 to 15, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 13 to 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 1996
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: 5560725, 5560726, 5560727, 5725100, 5725102, 5725104.