Hail, Sequoyah
- When
- May 10, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County, Sallisaw
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -94.800
Hail in Oklahoma, May 10, 1996
Severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of May 10th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Hulbert, and quarter size hail fell at Peggs, at Broken Arrow, 1 mile south of Crowder, 4 miles west of Wilburton, and at Gowen.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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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 eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of May 10th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Hulbert, and quarter size hail fell at Peggs, at Broken Arrow, 1 mile south of Crowder, 4 miles west of Wilburton, and at Gowen. Dime size hail fell at Bartlesville, at Okay, and at Sallisaw. Thunderstorms in Muskogee County produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding. Major street flooding occurred in Muskogee, where some roads were closed, and a pickup was washed down a creek north of Fort Gibson. 3 kids were trapped in the pickup, but they were rescued unharmed.
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
- Hail in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 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: 5562734.