Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- March 23, 4:15 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.688, -99.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Oklahoma, March 23, 1996
Severe thunderstorms moved across western Oklahoma, producing large hail. Hail as large as baseballs was reported in Arapaho in Custer County with these storms.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- 8
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 moved across western Oklahoma, producing large hail. Hail as large as baseballs was reported in Arapaho in Custer County with these storms.
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Major
- When
- March 23, 4:15 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Major forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.312, -98.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Dewey
- When
- March 23, 4:15 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.988, -99.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Custer
- When
- March 23, 4:15 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Custer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Blaine
- When
- March 23, 4:15 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.875, -98.433 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Garfield
- When
- March 23, 4:15 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Kingfisher
- When
- March 23, 4:15 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kingfisher forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.945, -97.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jackson
- When
- March 23, 4:15 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.588, -99.415 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 23 to 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, March 23 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Kansas, March 23, 1996
- Blizzard in South Dakota, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 23, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 23 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 23 to 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 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: 5550845, 5550846, 5550847, 5550848, 5550849, 5550850, 5550851, 5550852.