Hail in Oklahoma, March 15, 1996

Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of March 14th and very early morning of March 15th. Large hail was the main severe weather occurrence with the storms, but thunderstorm winds did gust to 60 miles an hour in Collinsville.Hail up to baseball size in Glenpool covered the ground to a depth of up to 3 inches. The hail caused some structural damage in Glenpool as well where windows were broken, holes were punched through business walls, and many roofs had shingles broken. Baseball size hail also fell 5 miles north northeast of Bristow and 5 miles northeast of Bristow. Golfball size hail fell at Welch, 3 miles west of Kellyville, at Kellyville, at Mannford, at Bixby, at Leonard, 5 miles south of Broken Arrow, at Adair, 2 miles west of Jay, 5 miles west of Jay, at Jay, 7 miles west of Jay, 6 miles west of Adair, and 6 miles northwest of Pryor. Dime to half dollar size hail fell at numerous other locations in northeast Oklahoma, and the hail covered the ground 2 miles north of Bartlesville, at Delaware, and at Grainola.