Hail, Sequoyah
- When
- February 26, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County, Sallisaw
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -94.800
Hail in Oklahoma, February 26, 1998
Severe thunderstorms containing dime to nickel-sized hail developed over far eastern Oklahoma between 3:00 and 4:00 pm on Feb. 26.
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
- 7
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 TSA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms containing dime to nickel-sized hail developed over far eastern Oklahoma between 3:00 and 4:00 pm on Feb. 26. These thunderstorms moved eastward into Arkansas by 4:00 pm. Another severe thunderstorm producing dime-sized hail developed over eastern Latimer County around 4:30 pm and moved eastward to the Arkansas state line through 6:15 pm. Finally, an isolated severe thunderstorm produced dime-sized hail in Heavener around 8:00 pm.These thunderstorms developed in advance of a cold front moving into unseasonably warm and moist air. A large-scale upper level trough moving into the plains also helped to increase instability.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sequoyah
- When
- February 26, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County, 2 mi E of Sallisaw
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -94.770
Nickel-size hail along I-40 east of Sallisaw
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- February 26, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 2 mi N of Pocola
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -94.480
Hail, Latimer
- When
- February 26, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Latimer County, 3 mi S of Red Oak
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -95.080
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- February 26, 5:03 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Le Flore
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -94.980
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- February 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 2 mi E of Howe
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -94.600
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- February 26, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 1 mi N of Heavener
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -94.600
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 5631578, 5631579, 5631468, 5631577, 5631580, 5631576, 5631581.