Oklahoma, 2001

Hail in Oklahoma, April 23, 2001

April 23, 2001 · NWS OUN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 8:45 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 8:45 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
945 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001

TSTMS NOW MAINLY CONFINED TO XTRM SERN PORTIONS OF THE FA THIS
EVENING. DRY LINE WHICH PUNCHED INTO CNTRL OK DURING THE LATE AFTN
AND EARLY EVE HAS NOW RETREATED SLIGHTLY WWD. WINDS HAVE WKND ALG
THIS FTR WITH MINIMAL CONVERGENCE. MESONET SHOWS THAT CDFNT HAS HOW
PUSHED INTO NWRN PARTS OF THE FA. EXPECT FNT TO CONT SEWD ACRS THE
FA OVERNIGHT. BEST CHCS FOR TSTSM WILL REMAIN IN THE SE BUT WILL
HANG ON TO SOME LOW POPS IN CNTRL ZONES AS FNTL BNDRY PUSHES INTO
BETTER MOISTR AND AREA REMAINS IN RIGHT REAR QUAD OF UPR JET.  WILL
LET WIND ADVY DIE AS WINDS AHD OF THE FNT HAVE DIMINISHED. WINDS
JUST BEHIND THE FNT HAVE BEEN FAIRLY STG BUT THINK THAT CAUTION
CRITERIA SHUD HOLD FOR TONIGHT.

02

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bryan

When
April 23, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Bryan County, Achille
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.833, -96.383

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

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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: 5236045.