Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- January 21, 4:19 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, Clayton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -95.350
Hail in Oklahoma, January 21, 1999
Summary of events for January 21 1999:Several rounds of severe thunderstorms affected southeast Oklahoma on the evening of January 21. The first batch of storms was the worst as it developed in northern Pushmataha County and pushed northeast across extreme southeast Latimer County and on into Le Flore County to the state line near Rock Island.
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
- $2.6 million
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Summary of events for January 21 1999:Several rounds of severe thunderstorms affected southeast Oklahoma on the evening of January 21. The first batch of storms was the worst as it developed in northern Pushmataha County and pushed northeast across extreme southeast Latimer County and on into Le Flore County to the state line near Rock Island. While this was a small storm, it packed quite a punch with hail as large as golfballs at Wister and Poteau. Other storms that evening produced hail to the size of dimes and nickels.These thunderstorms developed in very unstable air in advance of a dryline as a powerful upper level jet approached the area.
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:21 UTC.
Event by event
22 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- January 21, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, Stanley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -95.470
Hail, Latimer
- When
- January 21, 5:29 PM CST
- Where
- Latimer County, Bengal
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -95.070
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Le Flore
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -94.980
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- January 21, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, 8 mi SW of Clayton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -95.450
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Wister
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -94.720
Hail, Choctaw
- When
- January 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County, Bluff
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -95.700
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 6:09 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Kennady
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -94.750
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- January 21, 6:13 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, 1 mi N of Clayton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -95.350
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Poteau
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2.6 million
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -94.620
Golfball-sized hail caused major damage in Poteau. Many cars had their windshields broken out, their mirrors and antennae knocked off, and some cars were dented so badly that it knocked off paint. The entire police fleet suffered dents. Roof damage on many buildings was considerable. State Farm Insurance alone had 800 building damage claims and 350 auto claims stemming from the storm. The awning on the Black Angus restaurant on Broadway was shredded by the force of the hail. State Farm reported $1.6 million in claims, and the Reed-Williams Insurance Company reported $1 million in claims two weeks after the storm, and more claims were still coming in. All in all, this was a historic hailstorm for Poteau.
Hail, Latimer
- When
- January 21, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Latimer County, 12 mi S of Wilburton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -95.320
Hail, Latimer
- When
- January 21, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Latimer County, 7 mi S of Bengal
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -95.070
Hail, Haskell
- When
- January 21, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, Lequire
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -95.100
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- January 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, 13 mi ENE of Cloudy
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -95.070
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 7:21 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 1 mi S of Heavener
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -94.600
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 7:24 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Summerfield
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -94.850
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 7:53 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 2 mi NNE of Heavener
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -94.580
Location: Heavener Runestone State Park
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Hodgen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -94.620
Hail, Choctaw
- When
- January 21, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County, 2 mi N of Goodland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -95.550
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- January 21, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, Nashoba
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -95.220
Dime-sized hail covered the ground at Nashoba.
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Muse
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -94.770
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- January 21, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Panama
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -94.670
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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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5678483, 5678482, 5678484, 5678485, 5678487, 5678486, 5678495, 5678489, 5678488, 5678490, 5678491, 5678481, 5678492, 5678599, 5678479, 5678480, 5678493, 5678494, 5678496, 5678497, 5678498, 5678499.