Hail, Le Flore
- When
- April 19, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 2 mi SE of Page
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -94.530
Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 1996
Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the evening of April 19th and produced nickel size hail at Pocola and dime size hail at Lequire, at Heavener, and 2 miles southeast of Page.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 TSA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the evening of April 19th and produced nickel size hail at Pocola and dime size hail at Lequire, at Heavener, and 2 miles southeast of Page.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5565455.