Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 30 to 31, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 30 to 31, 2001
Start: 2001-05-30T23:11
End: 2001-05-31T01:10
Location: Oklahoma

May 30 to 31, 2001 · NWS OUN · 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.

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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 30, 9:31 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 9:31 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1031 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

SAME SONG...DIFFERENT VERSE...ANOTHER ACTIVE NIGHT ACROSS THE CWA.
HOWEVER...THINGS SEEM TO BE ON THE DOWNWARD TREND...AS SUPERCELL
PROPAGATING ALONG OLD SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER NORTH TEXAS BECOMES MORE
DISORGANIZED WITH TIME. MAIN CONCERN WITH ZONE UPDATE IS WHAT TO DO
WITH POPS. ALREADY SENT UPDATED ZONES TO INCREASE THEM ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL ZONES TO HANDLE SOUTHEASTERLY MOVING CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
ACROSS TEXAS PANHANDLE. HOWEVER...NORTHERN EDGE OF COMPLEX CONTINUES
TO SHOW A DOWNWARD TREND. WITH ABSENCE OF LOW LEVEL FORCING
MECHANISM...HAVE REMOVED POPS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND LOWERED THEM
ACROSS THE CENTRAL ZONES. LEFT POPS HIGH ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA...TO ACCOUNT FOR WEST TEXAS MCS...AND PRESENCE OF 850
BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. OTHERWISE...MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO
TEMPS AND WINDS.

LANE

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 7:04 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
804 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0801 PM    LAKE ARROWHEAD            TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   CLAY                           SPOTTER REPORT

0750 PM    LAKE ARROWHEAD            TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   CLAY                           SPOTTER REPORT

0800 PM    4 N SCOTLAND              TX   .88 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   ARCHER                         SPOTTER REPORT

0805 PM    SCOTLAND                  TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   ARCHER                         SPOTTER REPORT

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Local storm report, May 30, 7:51 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
851 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0850 PM    WINDTHORST                TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   ARCHER                         SPOTTER REPORT

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:38 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
938 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0935 PM    7W. MUNDAY                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   KNOX                           SPOTTER REPORT

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:44 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
944 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0940 PM    11nSSW WINDTHORST          TX   .88 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   ARCHER                         PUBLIC REPORT

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:53 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
953 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0945 PM    E eSIDE MUNDAY             TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   KNOX                           CO-OP OBSERVER

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Local storm report, May 30, 9:23 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1023 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

1010 PM    10SW HOLLIDAY             TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   ARCHER                         PUBLIC AT LAKE KICKAPOO

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The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:17 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Atoka

When: May 30, 11:11 PM CST
Where: Atoka County, Atoka
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.383, -96.133

Hail, Atoka

When: May 31, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Atoka County, Atoka
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.383, -96.133

Thunderstorm Wind, Bryan

When: May 31, 1:10 AM CST
Where: Bryan County, Roberta
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.933, -96.300

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, May 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: 5248739, 5248740, 5248741.