Hail, Pawnee
- When
- April 14, 5:06 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County, Maramec
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -96.670
Summary of events for April 14 1998:Scattered severe thunderstorms developed late on the afternoon of April 14 over northcentral Oklahoma well out in advance of a dryline over western Oklahoma. One thunderstorm developed near Stillwater and became severe as it travelled across Pawnee County from Maramec to just south of Cleveland early in the evening.
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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 episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Summary of events for April 14 1998:Scattered severe thunderstorms developed late on the afternoon of April 14 over northcentral Oklahoma well out in advance of a dryline over western Oklahoma. One thunderstorm developed near Stillwater and became severe as it travelled across Pawnee County from Maramec to just south of Cleveland early in the evening. The storm continued across southeastern Osage County and weakened below severe limits before entering northern Tulsa County. Another severe thunderstorm entered western Osage County south of Ponca City and travelled across northwestern Osage County, producing hail as large as 3 inches in diameter before exiting into Kansas northeast of Foraker. Finally, thunderstorms redeveloped around 830 pm CDT over northern Osage County and became severe after 900 pm CDT, moving from northeastern Osage across far northern Washington and far northern Nowata Counties before exiting into Kansas and weakening below severe levels.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:07 UTC.
11 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
3" diameter hail caused roof damage and busted windows out of a car about 4 miles east-southeast of Ponca City
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 1998
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: 5637455, 5637456, 5637457, 5637465, 5637464, 5637459, 5637458, 5637463, 5637460, 5637461, 5637462.