Oklahoma, 2000

Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 2000

May 16, 2000 · NWS TSA · 12 events in 9 counties and zones

12 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:27 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

12 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Muskogee

When
May 16, 4:30 AM CST
Where
Muskogee County, Boynton
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
35.650, -95.650

Hail, Washington

When
May 16, 4:40 AM CST
Where
Washington County, Copan
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
POST OFFICE
Coordinates
36.900, -95.933

Hail, Nowata

When
May 16, 4:45 AM CST
Where
Nowata County, Delaware
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.783, -95.633

Hail, Craig

When
May 16, 5:40 AM CST
Where
Craig County, 6 mi SSW of Vinita
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.567, -95.183

Dime size hail fell in Big Cabin.

Hail, Nowata

When
May 16, 5:40 AM CST
Where
Nowata County, South Coffeyville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.983, -95.617

Hail, Latimer

When
May 16, 5:40 AM CST
Where
Latimer County, Red Oak
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.950, -95.083

Hail, Mayes

When
May 16, 5:42 AM CST
Where
Mayes County, Disney
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.483, -95.017

Hail, Craig

When
May 16, 5:45 AM CST
Where
Craig County, 10 mi SE of Vinita
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.550, -95.017

Dime size hail fell in Ketchum.

Hail, Craig

When
May 16, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Craig County, 10 mi SE of Vinita
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.550, -95.017

Dime size hail fell in Ketchum.

Hail, Adair

When
May 16, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Adair County, Baron
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.917, -94.617

Hail, Le Flore

When
May 16, 6:02 AM CST
Where
Le Flore County, Summerfield
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
34.883, -94.850

Hail, Delaware

When
May 16, 6:30 AM CST
Where
Delaware County, Jay
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.417, -94.800

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 2000

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: 5146353, 5146355, 5146354, 5146356, 5147228, 5147304, 5147226, 5146357, 5147227, 5147305, 5147225, 5147306.