Hail in Oklahoma, April 13, 2002

Name: Hail in Oklahoma, April 13, 2002
Start: 2002-04-13T17:55
End: 2002-04-13T19:01
Location: Oklahoma

April 13, 2002 · NWS OUN · 5 events in 1 county or zone

5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Apr 13, 2:48 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:48 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
348 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002

AFTN HEATING HAS HAS DESTABILIZED AMS OUT WEST THIS AFTN AS MCS
WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE FA THIS CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE SE.
EXPECT CONVECTION TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTN AND EVENING AND THEN
WORK EWD ACRS MUCH OF THE FA OVERNIGHT. SHEAR AND INSTAB SUFF TO
SUPPORT SEVERE. SOME RESIDUAL ACTIVITY MAY LINGER IN THE SE EARLY IN
THE MORNING. LOOKS LIKE A BREAK IN THE ACTION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY
AS S/W RDG BUILDS OVER THE AREA. WILL INTRO POPS FOR MONDAY NIGHT IN
THE WEST AS SYS NOW OVER BAJA GETS EJECTED NEWD INTO THE SRN PLAINS
IN ADVANCE OF DEVELOPING WRN U.S. UPR TROF. WILL CONT POPS INTO
TUESDAY AS THIS WAVE WORKS ITS WAY NEWD ACRS THE FA. PATTERN LOOKS
REL ACTIVE INTO THE EXTENDED PD AND WILL NOT MAKE MUCH CHANGE TO
GOING FCST.

FCSTID = 2
OKC   58  78  61  84 /  60  10   0  10
HBR   57  80  61  86 /  60  10   0  10
SPS   59  82  63  86 /  60  10   0  10
GAG   52  81  58  86 /  40  10   0  10
PNC   55  79  60  85 /  40  10   0  10
DUA   60  78  63  83 /  60  20   0  10

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 13, 12:12 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
112 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002

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

0820 AM    1 S ODELL                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
04/13/02   WILBARGER                      SPOTTER REPORT VIA
                                          QUANAH RADIO STATION

KT

Local storm report, Apr 13, 2:09 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
309 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002

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

0730 AM    6 SW GRANDFIELD           OK   3.00 INCH HAIL
04/13/02   TILLMAN                        DAMAGED TO CARS AND
                                          TREES. PUBLIC REPORT

0730 AM    MANGUM                    OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/13/02   GREER                          COUNTY SHERIFF REPORT

0800 AM    3 SE DEVOL                OK   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/13/02   COTTON                         PUBLIC REPORT

0820 AM    5 S RANDLETT              OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/13/02   COTTON                         PUBLIC REPORT

1030 AM    HOLLIDAY                  TX   WIND DAMAGE
04/13/02   ARCHER                         MOBILE HOME ROOF BLOWN
                                          OFF...POWER LINES AND
                                          TREES DOWN...FOOTBALL
                                          STADIUM LIGHTS DOWNED
                                          COUNTY SHERIFF REPORT

1030 AM    RYAN                      OK   .75 INCH HAIL
04/13/02   JEFFERSON                      PUBLIC REPORT

KT

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Woodward

When: April 13, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Woodward County, Woodward
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.433, -99.400

Hail, Woodward

When: April 13, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Woodward County, Woodward
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.433, -99.400

Hail, Woodward

When: April 13, 6:18 PM CST
Where: Woodward County, Woodward
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 36.433, -99.400

Hail, Woodward

When: April 13, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Woodward County, Woodward
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.433, -99.400

Hail, Woodward

When: April 13, 7:01 PM CST
Where: Woodward County, 2 mi S of Woodward
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 36.400, -99.400

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, April 2002

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: 5288636, 5288637, 5288638, 5288639, 5288640.