Hail, Creek
- When
- March 22, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, Drumright
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -96.600
Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 22 to 23, 1999
Summary of events for March 22-23 1999:On the evening of March 22, a strong cold front pushed southeast out of Kansas. Eventually, a strong cap of warm air in the mid-levels of the atmosphere broke and allowed severe thunderstorms to form along the front over northeast Oklahoma.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 11
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 March 22-23 1999:On the evening of March 22, a strong cold front pushed southeast out of Kansas. Eventually, a strong cap of warm air in the mid-levels of the atmosphere broke and allowed severe thunderstorms to form along the front over northeast Oklahoma. The first severe thunderstorm developed over Payne County and then moved east through northern Creek County and then into the northern part of the city of Tulsa. As the front moved south into southeast and east central Oklahoma, thunderstorms became less organized with shorter life cycles, creating a more random pattern to the severe weather reports. Except for the first and strongest severe thunderstorm of the night, the remainder of the severe storms contained only marginally severe hail.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:51 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Creek
- When
- March 22, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, Oilton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -96.580
Hail, Creek
- When
- March 22, 9:01 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, Mannford
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -96.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- March 22, 9:27 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Location: near the Tisdale Expressway and Pine
Hail, Adair
- When
- March 22, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County, Bunch
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -94.770
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- March 23, 12:12 AM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County, Kiowa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -95.900
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- March 23, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, 8 mi W of Eubanks
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -95.720
Hail, Okfuskee
- When
- March 23, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee County, Bearden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -96.380
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- March 23, 1:09 AM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, 4 mi NNE of Finley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -95.470
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- March 23, 1:36 AM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Fanshawe
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -94.900
Hail, Latimer
- When
- March 23, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Latimer County, Gowen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -95.470
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Massachusetts, March 22, 1999
- Storm Surge in Maine, March 22, 1999
- High Wind in Maine, March 22, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 22 to 23, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, March 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, March 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, March 22, 1999
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Jersey, March 22 to 24, 1999
- Flood and Strong Wind in Connecticut, March 22 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 1999
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: 5689013, 5689014, 5689012, 5689015, 5689016, 5689017, 5689019, 5689020, 5689018, 5689022, 5689021.