Hail, Atoka
- When
- April 15, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Atoka County, 5 mi SW of Lane
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -96.050
Hail in Oklahoma, April 15, 1998
4 hail, 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
- 4
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 Norman radar (KTLX), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Atoka
- When
- April 15, 7:42 PM CST
- Where
- Atoka County, 4 mi SW of Lane
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -96.030
Hail, Atoka
- When
- April 15, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Atoka County, 3 mi SW of Lane
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -96.020
Hail, Atoka
- When
- April 15, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Atoka County, 2 mi SW of Lane
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -96.000
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 15 to 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 15, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, April 15, 1998
- Tornado in Indiana, April 15, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, April 15, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, April 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 15 to 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, April 15 to 16, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, April 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 15, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, April 15, 1998
- Hail in Missouri, April 15, 1998
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 1998
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: 5659327, 5659328, 5659329, 5659330.