Hail, Le Flore
- When
- March 1, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 1 mi SW of Heavener
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -94.620
Hail in Oklahoma, March 1, 1997
3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 3
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- March 1, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 4 mi SW of Heavener
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -94.650
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- March 1, 1:12 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 3 mi W of Pocola
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -94.530
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in Le Flore County of southeast Oklahoma during the early afternoon of March 1st. The storms produced nickel size hail 1 mile southwest of Heavener and 4 miles southwest of Heavener and dime size hail 3 miles west of Pocola.
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
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flood in Kentucky, March 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flooding in Tennessee, March 1 to 11, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 1997
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 1997
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: 5613233, 5613234, 5613235.