Oklahoma, 2001

Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 10, 2001

August 10, 2001 · NWS TSA · 9 events in 7 counties and zones

7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

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  • 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
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 9:15 AM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 9:15 AM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1015 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001

LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AT BEST
ACROSS THE CWA AT THIS TIME.  THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO GET A GOOD
HEAD START SO WILL BUMP THEM UP A BIT MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
HALF.  NEAR THE FRONT...TEMPS ARE WARMING MUCH SLOWER SO WE MAY BE
O.K. THERE.  FEEL THAT CLOUDS WILL REDEVELOP AS HEATING TAKES PLACE
SO WILL GO WITH BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WORDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ZONES.  KEPT PRECIP CHANCES ABOUT THE SAME WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION
LIKELY TO POP UP ANYWHERE.  UPDATE OUT ON THE HEELS OF THE
DISCUSSION.

HOWIESON
FCSTID = 44

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
108 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0740 PM    1 N BLUEJACKET            OK    WIND DAMAGE
08/09/01   CRAIG                           TRAILER HOUSE ELEVATED
                                           FOR TRANSPORTING ROLLED
                                           OVER AND TREE DAMAGE
                                           RPTD BY EM.

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The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee

When
August 10, 2:06 PM CST
Where
Okmulgee County, Bald Hill
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.733, -95.833

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew a concessions trailer over.

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When
August 10, 2:10 PM CST
Where
Muskogee County, 3 mi W of Jamesville
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.750, -95.700

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged the roof to a house and blew down several large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When
August 10, 2:10 PM CST
Where
Cherokee County, 10 mi NNE of Tahlequah
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.050, -94.900

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When
August 10, 2:35 PM CST
Where
Muskogee County, Taft
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.767, -95.533

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When
August 10, 3:45 PM CST
Where
Cherokee County, 5 mi E of Cookson
Measured
56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
35.700, -94.883

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When
August 10, 3:45 PM CST
Where
Pittsburg County, 7 mi N of Ashland
Measured
51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
34.867, -96.067

Hail, Pawnee

When
August 10, 3:50 PM CST
Where
Pawnee County, 9 mi E of Hallett
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.233, -96.400

Hail, Okfuskee

When
August 10, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Okfuskee County, Mason
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.567, -96.367

Thunderstorm Wind, Pushmataha

When
August 10, 6:41 PM CST
Where
Pushmataha County, 2 mi S of Clayton
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.550, -95.350

Thunderstorm winds blew down power poles onto Highway 2.

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.

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

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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: 5264775, 5264776, 5264777, 5264868, 5264869, 5264871, 5264870, 5264872, 5264873.