Hail, McCurtain
- When
- March 2, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County, Wright City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -95.000
Hail in Oklahoma, March 2, 2002
1 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
- 1
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 1, 11:45 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 11:45 PM CST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1145 PM CST FRI MAR 1 2002 A CLEAR AREA OVER PARTS OF NORTH LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS HAS ALLOWED THE TEMPERATURE TO DROP. CLEAR SKIES SHOULD NOT LAST LONG...AS CLOUDS WILL FILTER BACK IN SOON. WILL UPDATE FORECAST FOR TEMPS AND SKY CONDITIONS. ELEVEN .SHV...NONE.
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:20 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in Texas, March 2 to 3, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 2 to 3, 2002
- Winter Storm in Missouri, March 2, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 2, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 2, 2002
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 2 to 4, 2002
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 2 to 3, 2002
- Winter Storm in Missouri, March 2, 2002
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 2 to 3, 2002
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, March 2, 2002
- High Wind in Florida, March 2, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, March 2 to 3, 2002
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 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: 5281111.