Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 11 to 12, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 11 to 12, 2001
Start: 2001-03-11T23:18
End: 2001-03-12T00:45
Location: Oklahoma

March 11 to 12, 2001 · NWS TSA · 17 events in 13 counties and zones

12 thunderstorm wind, 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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $41,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 17

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 Mar 11, 9:22 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 9:22 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
922 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

APPEARS TO BE A BREAK IN THE RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AT THIS
TIME.  EVEN SO...HIGH POPS IN CURRENT FORECAST SEEM WARRANTED AS A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS HEADED INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
COULD BE SOME STRONG STORMS ACROSS THE AREA BUT BELIEVE THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA.

TEMPS IN FORECAST AREA SHOULD NOT CHANGE MUCH TONIGHT GIVEN THE
CLOUDS...SOUTH WINDS AND DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S.

CURRENT FORECAST HAS THINGS WELL IN HAND AND WILL NOT UPDATE AT THIS
TIME.

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

ABBAS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:19 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

12 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: March 11, 11:18 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Hominy
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.417, -96.400

Hail, Creek

When: March 11, 11:24 PM CST
Where: Creek County, Bristow
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.833, -96.383

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: March 11, 11:24 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Sand Spgs
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.150, -96.117

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: March 11, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Creek County, 3 mi SSE of Bristow
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.800, -96.367

Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a house and a garage. The wind also blew the cover off a hot tub and the hood off of a car. Several trees were also uprooted.

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: March 11, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Avant
Property damage: $100
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 36.483, -96.067

Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down onto Highway 20.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: March 11, 11:35 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 36.150, -95.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Okfuskee

When: March 11, 11:35 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, 10 mi N of Okemah
Property damage: $100
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.583, -96.300

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.

Hail, Washington

When: March 11, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Bartlesville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 36.750, -96.000

Hail, Okmulgee

When: March 11, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, 7 mi N of Beggs
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.833, -96.067

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: March 11, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, 3 mi W of Bixby
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 35.950, -95.933

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: March 12, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Rogers County, Talala
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.533, -95.683

Thunderstorm Wind, Wagoner

When: March 12, 12:05 AM CST
Where: Wagoner County, Coweta
Property damage: $100
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.950, -95.650

Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When: March 12, 12:06 AM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Haskell
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.817, -95.667

Thunderstorm Wind, Nowata

When: March 12, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Nowata County, Nowata
Property damage: $100
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.700, -95.633

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.

Hail, Mayes

When: March 12, 12:25 AM CST
Where: Mayes County, Pryor
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.300, -95.317

Thunderstorm Wind, Craig

When: March 12, 12:25 AM CST
Where: Craig County, 7 mi SSW of Vinita
Property damage: $100
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.550, -95.200

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs at Big Cabin.

Hail, Cherokee

When: March 12, 12:45 AM CST
Where: Cherokee County, 2 mi N of Hulbert
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.967, -95.150

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.

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: 5236436, 5236437, 5236438, 5236439, 5236440, 5236441, 5236442, 5236443, 5236444, 5236445, 5236446, 5236447, 5236448, 5236449, 5236450, 5236451, 5236580.