Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 29 to 30, 1997

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 29 to 30, 1997
Start: 1997-03-29T21:30
End: 1997-03-30T00:11
Location: Oklahoma

March 29 to 30, 1997 · NWS TSA · 22 events in 11 counties and zones

12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $21,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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 03:29 UTC.

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Event by event

12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Creek

When: March 29, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Creek County, Bristow
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.830, -96.380

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: March 29, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Creek County, Bristow
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 35.830, -96.380

Hail, Okfuskee

When: March 29, 9:35 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Okfuskee
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.600, -96.230

Hail, Okfuskee

When: March 29, 9:39 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Welty
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.620, -96.400

Hail, Okmulgee

When: March 29, 9:46 PM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, 8 mi W of Okmulgee
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.630, -96.120

Hail, Okfuskee

When: March 29, 9:52 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Bearden
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.350, -96.380

Hail, Okfuskee

When: March 29, 9:55 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Bearden
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.350, -96.380

Hail, Okmulgee

When: March 29, 10:07 PM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Okmulgee
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.630, -95.970

Hail, Okfuskee

When: March 29, 10:08 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Clearview
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.400, -96.180

Hail, Okfuskee

When: March 29, 10:08 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, 4 mi N of Weleetka
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.380, -96.130

Hail, Okfuskee

When: March 29, 10:10 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Weleetka
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.330, -96.130

Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee

When: March 29, 10:10 PM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Henryetta
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.450, -95.980

Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee

When: March 29, 10:12 PM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, 2 mi W of Dewar
Property damage: $100
Coordinates: 35.470, -95.970

Thunderstorm Wind, Okfuskee

When: March 29, 10:24 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, 5 mi S of Okemah
Property damage: $100
Coordinates: 35.370, -96.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When: March 29, 10:40 PM CST
Where: Muskogee County, 5 mi N of Webbers Falls
Property damage: $100
Coordinates: 35.580, -95.130

Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh

When: March 29, 10:48 PM CST
Where: McIntosh County, 7 mi W of Checotah
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.430, -95.630

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When: March 29, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, 10 mi S of Tahlequah
Property damage: $100
Coordinates: 35.770, -94.970

Thunderstorm Wind, Sequoyah

When: March 29, 11:05 PM CST
Where: Sequoyah County, Gore
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 35.530, -95.120

Hail, Pittsburg

When: March 29, 11:20 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, 6 mi ESE of Mc Alester
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.900, -95.670

Thunderstorm Wind, Adair

When: March 29, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Adair County, Stilwell
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.820, -94.630

Hail, Latimer

When: March 29, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Latimer County, Panola
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.920, -95.220

Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore

When: March 30, 12:11 AM CST
Where: Le Flore County, Talihina
Property damage: $15,000
Coordinates: 34.750, -95.050

Severe thunderstorms moved across eastern Oklahoma during the evening of March 29th and very early morning of March 30th. Strong thunderstorm winds damaged the press building at a football field in Talihina, and an outbuilding was blown over in Henryetta. Trees and power poles were blown down in Gore, and trees were also downed 2 miles west of Dewar, 5 miles north of Webbers Falls, and 10 miles south of Tahlequah. Large tree limbs were blown down 5 miles south of Okemah, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 miles an hour in Bristow and to 60 miles an hour 7 miles west of Checotah and in Stilwell. Quarter size hail fell at Bristow, at Clearview, 4 miles north of Weleetka, and at Weleetka, and dime to nickel size hail fell at several other locations in eastern Oklahoma.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 5613542, 5613543, 5613544, 5613545, 5613546, 5613547, 5613548, 5613549, 5613550, 5613551, 5613552, 5613553, 5613554, 5613555, 5613556, 5613557, 5613558, 5613559, 5613560, 5613561, 5613562, 5613657.