Hail, Delaware
- When
- April 23, 1:57 AM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 1 mi W of Jay
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.417, -94.817
Hail in Oklahoma, April 23, 2002
11 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 Apr 22, 8:10 PM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 8:10 PM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 910 PM CDT MON APR 22 2002 SCATTERED ELEVATED CONVECTION A POSSIBILITY LATER TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 08Z. 40-45 LOW LEVEL JET NOSES INTO NE OK AT THAT TIME...BUT FEEL ELEVATED STORMS COULD FIRE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS ERN OK. CURRENT OBS/MESONET RUNNING A TAD WARMER THAN WHAT IS ADVERTISED. CLOUDS EXPECTED TO BLANKET THE ENTIRE AREA AFTER 06Z...SO WILL GO AHEAD RAISE MINIMUMS A TAD AND ADJUST RDF TEMPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE WARMER READINGS. WILL GO AHEAD AND BROADBRUSH CHANCE POPS ACROSS ALL AREAS...THOUGH WILL INCREASE POPS SLIGHTLY ACROSS FAR ERN OK AND NW AR WHERE BEST LIFT FROM THE LOW LEVEL JET SETS UP. ATMOSPHERIC RECOVERY...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND DEBRIS CLOUDS RESULTING FROM CONVECTION THAT FIRES OVERNIGHT WILL CERTAINLY PLAY HAVOC ON PINPOINTING WHERE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION DEVELOPS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WILL LEAVE CHANCE POPS AS THEY ARE FOR THE SECOND PERIOD. UPDATED ZONE PACKAGE OUT BY 0220Z FCSTID = 23 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:56 UTC.
Event by event
11 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Osage
- When
- April 23, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Pawhuska
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.667, -96.333
Hail, Rogers
- When
- April 23, 2:55 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, Oologah
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -95.700
Hail, Mayes
- When
- April 23, 2:55 AM CST
- Where
- Mayes County, Adair
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.433, -95.267
Hail, Washington
- When
- April 23, 3:06 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Ochelata
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -95.983
Hail, Washington
- When
- April 23, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Ochelata
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -95.983
Hail, Mayes
- When
- April 23, 3:42 AM CST
- Where
- Mayes County, Locust Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -95.167
Hail, Rogers
- When
- April 23, 3:48 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, 2 mi SW of Oologah
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.433, -95.733
Hail, Delaware
- When
- April 23, 4:11 AM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 1 mi E of Leach
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -94.900
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- April 23, 4:48 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Hulbert
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.933, -95.150
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- April 23, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Tahlequah
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.917, -94.967
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
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- High Wind in South Dakota, April 23, 2002
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 23, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 23, 2002
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- Hail in Missouri, April 23, 2002
- Hail in Missouri, April 23, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, April 23, 2002
More
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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: 5289873, 5289874, 5289875, 5289876, 5289877, 5289878, 5289879, 5289880, 5289881, 5289882, 5289883.