Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, January 3, 2000
Start: 2000-01-03T02:00
End: 2000-01-03T06:15
Location: Oklahoma

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $82,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:58 UTC.

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Event by event

6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When: January 3, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Mc Alester
Property damage: $100
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.933, -95.767

A tree was blown and partially blocked the intersection of Sixth Street and Elm.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When: January 3, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Pittsburg
Property damage: $900
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.717, -95.850

Eight or nine trees were blown down just to the east and south of Pittsburg.

Thunderstorm Wind, Latimer

When: January 3, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Latimer County, Wilburton
Property damage: $80,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.917, -95.317

Thunderstorm winds damaged several buildings and blew down trees across a large part of eastern Latimer County between Wilburton and Red Oak including the community of Cravens.One business in Wilburton known as The Auction House had its roof blown off and a few neighboring businesses had their plate glass windows broken. Throughout the county one mobile home and three barns were destroyed and five mobile homes and twelve barns were damaged. Numerous trees were blown down onto roads throughout the east part of the county including in the cities of Wilburton and Red Oak.

Hail, Sequoyah

When: January 3, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Sequoyah County, Blackgum
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.617, -95.000

Hail, Adair

When: January 3, 3:35 AM CST
Where: Adair County, 6 mi W of Stilwell
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.817, -94.733

Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore

When: January 3, 4:10 AM CST
Where: Le Flore County, Bokoshe
Property damage: $100
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.183, -94.783

Large tree limb blown down by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore

When: January 3, 4:26 AM CST
Where: Le Flore County, Arkoma
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 35.350, -94.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore

When: January 3, 6:15 AM CST
Where: Le Flore County, Page
Property damage: $500
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.717, -94.550

Several large tree limbs blown down by thunderstorm winds.

What these are

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.
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: 5130723, 5130724, 5130806, 5130807, 5130808, 5130809, 5130810, 5130811.