Hail, Johnston
- When
- January 3, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Johnston County, Mill Creek
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -96.817
Hail and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, January 3, 2000
3 lightning, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $118,000
- 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), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:51 UTC.
Event by event
3 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Cleveland
- When
- January 3, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Norman
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.203, -97.326 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a power line on West Main St. resulting in a loss of power to about 1500 residences for 2 hours.
Lightning, Johnston
- When
- January 3, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Johnston County, 1 mi NE of Nida
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.317, -96.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a two-story house causing a fire that completely destroyed the home.
Lightning, Murray
- When
- January 3, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Murray County, Davis
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.482, -97.068 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a house on S. Fourth St. causing a fire that resulted in major damage to the attic and master bedroom.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 3, 2000
- Tornado in Mississippi, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 3, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Indiana, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, January 3, 2000
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: 5130252, 5130253, 5130255, 5130254.