Hail, Woods
- When
- March 15, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County, 2 mi NW of Alva
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.817, -98.700
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 15, 2000
Severe thunderstorms developed across portions of western and central Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of the 15th, producing large hail and spawning 2 tornadoes.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 31
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 OUN wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed across portions of western and central Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of the 15th, producing large hail and spawning 2 tornadoes.
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
Event by event
27 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, Burlington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -98.417
Hail, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 3:58 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, 2 mi W of Burlington
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -98.450
Hail, Dewey
- When
- March 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, 2 mi S of Taloga
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -98.967
Hail, Custer
- When
- March 15, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 2 mi S of Moorewood
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -99.350
Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- March 15, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County, 1 mi N of Hammon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -99.383
Hail, Woodward
- When
- March 15, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County, 10 mi SE of Mutual
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 36.133, -99.033
Hail, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, Driftwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 36.883, -98.350
Hail, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, 5 mi SE of Byron
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -98.217
Hail, Dewey
- When
- March 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, Camargo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.017, -99.283
Hail, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, 6 mi E of Ingersoll
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -98.267
Hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 11 and Highway 38.
Tornado, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 4:52 PM CST to 4:56 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, 8 mi SE of Byron
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 36.817, -98.183
This tornado formed about 7.5 miles southeast of Byron and tracked southeast for 2.5 miles, crossing State Route 11 before dissipating. No damage was reported.
Hail, Dewey
- When
- March 15, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, 7 mi NNE of Leedey
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.967, -99.300
Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- March 15, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County, 1 mi N of Hammon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -99.383
Hail, Grant
- When
- March 15, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, 5 mi SW of Wakita
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 36.833, -97.983
Hail, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, Cherokee
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -98.350
Hail, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, 3 mi N of Cherokee
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -98.350
Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- March 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County, 2 mi NW of Angora
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -99.483
Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- March 15, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County, 4 mi NW of Hammon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.667, -99.433
Tornado, Grant
- When
- March 15, 5:43 PM CST to 5:44 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, 3 mi SW of Wakita
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -97.950
This tornado formed about 2.5 miles southwest of Wakita and was described as brief and rope-like. No damage was observed or reported.
Hail, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, Cherokee
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -98.350
Funnel Cloud, Alfalfa
- When
- March 15, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, Jet
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.731, -98.324 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Grant
- When
- March 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Nash
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.667, -98.050
Hail, Beckham
- When
- March 15, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County, 5 mi N of Elk City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.483, -99.417
Hail, Custer
- When
- March 15, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 5 mi W of Clinton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.517, -99.050
Hail, Kay
- When
- March 15, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County, 4 mi NW of Tonkawa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.717, -97.350
Hail, Kay
- When
- March 15, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County, 2 mi SW of Tonkawa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.667, -97.333
Hail, Washita
- When
- March 15, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County, 4 mi W of Canute
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.417, -99.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Kay
- When
- March 15, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County, Braman
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 36.933, -97.333
Power lines were downed.
Hail, Dewey
- When
- March 15, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, 1 mi S of Cestos
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 36.133, -99.100
Hail, Washita
- When
- March 15, 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County, 1 mi NE of Bessie
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -98.967
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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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- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 15 to 16, 2000
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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: 5136197, 5136198, 5136199, 5136565, 5136567, 5136566, 5136480, 5136481, 5136490, 5136563, 5136562, 5136576, 5136488, 5136489, 5136482, 5136485, 5136486, 5136578, 5136484, 5136575, 5136487, 5136577, 5136483, 5136570, 5136564, 5136568, 5136569, 5136571, 5136574, 5136572, 5136573.