Hail, Texas
- When
- September 12, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Hooker
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -101.220
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 12, 1999
Severe thunderstorms with devastating winds and large hail pounded the eastern and parts of the central Oklahoma panhandle during the early morning hours.
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
- $8.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms with devastating winds and large hail pounded the eastern and parts of the central Oklahoma panhandle during the early morning hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 12:17 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 5 mi W of Forgan
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -100.620
Hail, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 2 mi N of Beaver
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -100.520
Hail, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 2 mi SW of Beaver
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -100.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 1 mi SW of Beaver
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -100.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 1 mi W of Beaver
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -100.530
Hail, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 1 mi NW of Beaver
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -100.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 1 mi SW of Beaver
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -100.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 12:37 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, Beaver
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $8.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -100.520
Damage reported to be six and a half million dollars in structural damage and one and a half million dollars in damage to vehicles. Fourteen hundred homes in Beaver were damaged with two homes completely destroyed and twenty-three homes deemed to be unlivable. There were no injuries from the storm.
Hail, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 12:38 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, Beaver
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -100.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 8 mi W of Slapout
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -100.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver
- When
- September 12, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 8 mi W of Slapout
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -100.270
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
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 12, 1999
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, September 12, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, September 12, 1999
- Hail in New Mexico, September 12, 1999
- Hail in New Mexico, September 12, 1999
- Hail in Nevada, September 12, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 12, 1999
- Hail in Arkansas, September 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, September 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: 5717729, 5717730, 5717731, 5717732, 5717733, 5717734, 5717735, 5717736, 5717737, 5717738, 5717739, 5717740.