Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- March 27, 7:04 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, Bristow
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -96.380
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 27, 1997
37 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 39
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 Tulsa radar (KINX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:02 UTC.
Event by event
37 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Creek
- When
- March 27, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, Kellyville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -96.220
Hail, Creek
- When
- March 27, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, Kellyville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -96.220
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 3 mi W of Jenks
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -96.020
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 2 mi NW of Jenks
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -96.000
Hail, Creek
- When
- March 27, 7:44 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, 4 mi NE of Sapulpa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -96.050
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:44 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 2 mi W of Jenks
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -96.000
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:52 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:52 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 2 mi SW of Catoosa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -95.780
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:53 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 7:59 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 8:02 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Hail, Rogers
- When
- March 27, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, Catoosa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -95.750
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 8:06 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 3 mi SW of Catoosa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.780
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 2 mi SW of Catoosa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -95.780
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 8:09 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 2 mi SW of Catoosa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -95.780
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 3.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Hail, Rogers
- When
- March 27, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, Catoosa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -95.750
Hail, Rogers
- When
- March 27, 8:11 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, Catoosa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -95.750
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 27, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 2 mi SW of Catoosa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -95.780
Hail, Rogers
- When
- March 27, 8:13 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, Catoosa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -95.750
Hail, Wagoner
- When
- March 27, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County, 3 mi SE of Catoosa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.720
Hail, Rogers
- When
- March 27, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, 6 mi W of Inola
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.600
Hail, Wagoner
- When
- March 27, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County, 7 mi ESE of Catoosa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.630
Hail, Rogers
- When
- March 27, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, 2 mi NW of Inola
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -95.530
Hail, Mayes
- When
- March 27, 8:43 PM CST
- Where
- Mayes County, 4 mi W of Pryor
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -95.380
Hail, Mayes
- When
- March 27, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mayes County, 4 mi W of Pryor
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -95.380
Hail, Mayes
- When
- March 27, 8:54 PM CST
- Where
- Mayes County, Pryor
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -95.320
Hail, Mayes
- When
- March 27, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mayes County, Pryor
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -95.320
Hail, Mayes
- When
- March 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Mayes County, Salina
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -95.150
Hail, Delaware
- When
- March 27, 9:22 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 9 mi W of Jay
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -94.970
Hail, Delaware
- When
- March 27, 9:23 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 9 mi W of Jay
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -94.970
Hail, Delaware
- When
- March 27, 9:27 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 9 mi W of Jay
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -94.970
Hail, Delaware
- When
- March 27, 9:28 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 9 mi W of Jay
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -94.970
A severe thunderstorm moved across Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner, Rogers, Mayes, and Delaware Counties of northeast Oklahoma during the evening of March 27th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 miles an hour at the intersection of Interstate 44 and 129th East Avenue in the city of Tulsa and to 60 miles an hour in Bristow, but large hail was the main feature with this storm. Hail ranging from dime size to 3.75 inches in diameter fell across the city of Tulsa, and hail up to golfball size fell at Kellyville, 2 miles southwest of Catoosa, and at Catoosa. Golfball size hail also fell 3 miles west of Jenks, 2 miles northwest of Jenks, 2 miles west of Jenks, 6 miles west of Inola, and 7 miles east southeast of Catoosa. Hail up to half dollar size covered the ground in Pryor, and half dollar size hail also fell 9 miles west of Jay. Nickel to quarter size hail fell at several other locations in northeast Oklahoma.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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
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- Flooding in Minnesota, March 27 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in South Dakota, March 27 to 31, 1997
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- Flood in South Dakota, March 27 to 29, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, March 27, 1997
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: 5614575, 5614576, 5614577, 5614578, 5614579, 5613371, 5613372, 5613373, 5613374, 5613375, 5613376, 5613377, 5613378, 5613379, 5613380, 5613381, 5613382, 5613383, 5613384, 5613385, 5613386, 5613387, 5613388, 5613389, 5613390, 5613391, 5613392, 5613393, 5613394, 5613395, 5613396, 5613397, 5613398, 5613399, 5613400, 5613401, 5613402, 5613403, 5613538.