Oklahoma, 2001

Hail in Oklahoma, June 21, 2001

June 21, 2001 · NWS SHV · 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.

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  • 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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1050 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001

AT 15Z VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AHEAD OF
THE MAIN FRONTAL SYSTEM. THIS SHOULD AID IN DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. EXPECT THINGS TO
GET A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING ON THE RADAR THIS AFTERNOON. WILL
LEAVE RAIN CHANCES AS IS. HIGH TEMPERATURES LOOK FINE AS WELL. WILL
TWEAK WINDS IN SOME GROUPS TO REFLECT THE MORE WESTERLY COMPONENT.
UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

20

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-211745-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001

AN UPPER LEVEL FEATURE ALONG WITH AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT
WILL ENTER INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE REGION...INTO
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION...ALONG WITH DAYTIME
HEATING...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO POP UP ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND ALONG ANY BOUNDARIES AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
IN ADDITION TO THIS SEA BREEZE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HOWEVER...ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT
COULD BECOME SEVERE WOULD BE ISOLATED IN NATURE.

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN NETWORKS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND EMERGENCY
MANAGERS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:06 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McCurtain

When
June 21, 1:05 PM CST
Where
McCurtain County, 2 mi S of Bethel
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.317, -94.850

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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Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 2001

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: 5250660.