High Wind, Beaver
- When
- May 1, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Inflow gusts as reported by Oklahoma Mesonet at Beaver.
Hail and High Wind in Oklahoma, May 1, 1997
Thunderstorms across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle produced large hail and high winds.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 6
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 AMA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle produced large hail and high winds.
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:55 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Beaver
- When
- May 1, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 5 mi E of Turpin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -100.800
Hail, Beaver
- When
- May 1, 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, Balko
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.630, -100.680
Near Bryans Corner.
Hail, Beaver
- When
- May 1, 6:29 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 7 mi S of Beaver
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -100.520
Hail, Beaver
- When
- May 1, 7:02 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, Slapout
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -100.120
Hail, Beaver
- When
- May 1, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, Slapout
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -100.120
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 1 to 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 1, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, May 1, 1997
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Ohio, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Montana, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 1, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, May 1 to 9, 1997
- Flooding in Texas, May 1 to 9, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, May 1, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 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: 5610160, 5610161, 5610162, 5610163, 5610164, 5610165.