Hail, Okmulgee
- When
- May 6, 3:25 AM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee County, 3 mi W of Henryetta
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -96.030
Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1996
Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the late evening of May 5th and early morning of May 6th. Nickel size hail fell at Drumright and at Pharoah, and dime size hail fell 7 miles north of Beggs, at Porter, at Henryetta, and 3 miles west of Henryetta.
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 northeast Oklahoma during the late evening of May 5th and early morning of May 6th. Nickel size hail fell at Drumright and at Pharoah, and dime size hail fell 7 miles north of Beggs, at Porter, at Henryetta, and 3 miles west of Henryetta. Very heavy rainfall from the thunderstorms resulted in street flooding in Wagoner. Some schools in Wagoner were also closed due to minor flooding.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:22 UTC.
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
- Wildfire in New Mexico, May 6 to 11, 1996
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 6, 1996
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: 5562720.