Hail in Oklahoma, March 11 to 12, 2001

Name: Hail in Oklahoma, March 11 to 12, 2001
Start: 2001-03-11T20:18
End: 2001-03-12T00:00
Location: Oklahoma

March 11 to 12, 2001 · NWS OUN · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

5 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Mar 11, 3:40 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 3:40 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
340 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

STRONG UPPER SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL BE LIFTING OUT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT. AS IT DOES SO...
LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER
WESTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND SPREAD EAST. QUITE
A BIT OF HIGH BASED SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED IN THE DRIER AIR
OVER WESTERN TEXAS WHERE AIRMASS HAS BEEN DESTABILIZING.
MEANWHILE... SLOWLY OOZING COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL PICK UP A LITTLE MORE SPEED LATER TONIGHT AS
THE UPPER SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE AREA. LOOKS LIKE TEMPS WILL REMAIN
WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP PCPN LIQUID ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT.
ALL OF THE PCPN EXPECTED TO EXIT THE FA BY MORNING. A SECOND WAVE
ROTATES THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT BUT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE
MOISTURE SHOULD BE SCOURED OUT BY THE FIRST WAVE... THUS LEAVING
LITTLE CHANCE FOR ANY SIGNIFCANT PCPN. DUE TO HEAVY CLOUD COVER OVER
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTIONS TODAY... TEMPS ON MONDAY NOT EXPECTED
TO BE MUCH COOLER. IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS...DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER... WILL SEE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS/TSTMS ON THURSDAY AS ANOTHER WAVE IS FORECAST TO DIG
SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND THEN MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS.

FCSTID = 32
OKC   44  55  36  62 /  60   0   0   0
HBR   39  57  36  63 /  40   0   0   0
SPS   43  60  38  65 /  60   0   0   0
GAG   32  52  30  60 /  40   0   0   0
PNC   41  52  35  59 /  60   0   0   0
DUA   50  58  37  64 /  70   0   0   0

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 11, 7:47 PM CST, 31 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
747 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

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

0720 PM    2 NW HENRIETTA            TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/11/01   CLAY                           PUBLIC REPORT

0737 PM    5 S HENRIETTA             TX   .88 INCH HAIL
03/11/01   CLAY                           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

0737 PM    5 NW HENRIETTA            TX   .88 INCH HAIL
03/11/01   CLAY                           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

0748 PM    5 S PETROLIA              TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/11/01   CLAY                           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

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The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:15 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jefferson

When: March 11, 8:18 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Addington
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.850, -97.400

Hail, Caddo

When: March 11, 9:48 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, 2 mi W of Cyril
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 34.267, -97.983

Hail, Logan

When: March 11, 10:04 PM CST
Where: Logan County, 5 mi S of Crescent
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 34.883, -98.233

Hail, McClain

When: March 12, 12:00 AM CST
Where: McClain County, 6 mi SW of Wayne
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 35.883, -97.600

Hail, Garvin

When: March 12, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Garvin County, 3 mi N of Maysville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 34.850, -97.383

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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, March 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: 5230915, 5230700, 5230701, 5230702, 5230703.