Oklahoma, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 27, 2001

June 27, 2001 · NWS TSA · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
3

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 Jun 27, 9:10 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 9:10 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1010 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS SET UP ACROSS CENTRAL OK JUST
TO THE WEST OF THE AREA OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS.  ACTIVITY SHOULD
REMAIN JUST TO THE WEST AS STORMS DRIFTS TO THE SOUTH IN CIRCULATION
AROUND WESTERN SKY/TAN UPPER LOW.  OTHER CONVECTION ONGOING OVER
SOUTHWESTERN MO CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW...WHILE ALLS QUIET OVER
EASTERN OK AND NORTHWEST AR FOR THE MOMENT.

MORNING SOUNDINGS SHOW MID LEVEL TEMPS (ROUGHLY 750MB AND ABOVE)
HAVE COOLER A FEW DEGREES OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS WITH UPPER LOW
DRAWING CLOSER.  WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE
MAINLY IN EASTERN AREAS AGAIN SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY.

CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS FINE...SO WILL WAIT AND UPDATE AROUND 16Z.
WILL MAINLY JUST REMOVE ANY REFERENCE TO AFTERNOON WORDING...BUT SEE
IF TEMPS/WINDS NEED ANY TWEAKING AT THAT TIME.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:30 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
930 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

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

0430 PM    ST PAUL                   AR    WIND DAMAGE
06/26/01   MADISON                         NUMBEROUS TREE LIMBS
                                           DOWN PUBLIC REPORT
Local storm report, Jun 27, 11:22 AM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1222 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

DELAYED FROM TUESDAY JUNE 26...

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

0455 PM    1 E BALDWIN               AR    WIND DAMAGE
06/26/01   WASHINGTON                      SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND
                                           LARGE LIMBS DOWN (PUBLIC)

0455 PM    1 N BAL8DWIN               AR    .88 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   WASHINGTON                      (PUBLIC RPT)

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 194 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:42 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Choctaw

When
June 27, 11:42 AM CST
Where
Choctaw County, Bluff
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
33.933, -95.700

Hail, Pittsburg

When
June 27, 1:56 PM CST
Where
Pittsburg County, 9 mi NW of Scipio
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.150, -96.083

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When
June 27, 1:56 PM CST
Where
Pittsburg County, 9 mi NW of Scipio
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.150, -96.083

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

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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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: 5252863, 5252864, 5252865.