Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 24, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Sand Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -96.117
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 24 to 25, 2002
30 hail, 4 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.
- 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 34
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 24, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 645 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002 HV GONE AHEAD AND UPDATED ZFP TO INCLUDE WS 33. PREVIOUS FCST ON TRACK ATTM...WITH SVR WORDING ACROSS ALL NRN ZNS. CONVECTION STARTING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WRN BORDER OF THE CWFA ATTM. STORMS STRUGGLING A BIT BUT SHOULD BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. GOOD POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL TNGT WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR/WBZ HEIGHTS. UDPATED ZFP ALREADY SENT... MANNING FCSTID = 24 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:50 UTC.
Event by event
30 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Creek
- When
- March 24, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, 1 mi E of Kellyville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -96.200
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 24, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 4 mi W of Owasso
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.267, -95.917
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- March 24, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, 2 mi N of Kiefer
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.983, -96.067
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 24, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Glenpool
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -96.000
Hail, Okfuskee
- When
- March 24, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee County, Paden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -96.567
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 24, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 1 mi NE of Owasso
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.283, -95.833
Hail, Rogers
- When
- March 24, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, 2 mi SE of Oologah
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.433, -95.667
Hail, Pawnee
- When
- March 24, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County, Ralston
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -96.717
Hail, Okfuskee
- When
- March 24, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee County, Okemah
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.433, -96.300
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 24, 8:43 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Bixby
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -95.883
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- March 24, 8:43 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Bixby
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -95.883
Hail, Okfuskee
- When
- March 24, 8:47 PM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee County, Pharoah
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.417, -96.117
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- March 24, 8:54 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Broken Arrow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -95.783
Hail, Okmulgee
- When
- March 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee County, Henryetta
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -95.983
Hail, Okfuskee
- When
- March 24, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee County, Bearden
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -96.383
Hail, Okmulgee
- When
- March 24, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee County, Grayson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -95.867
Hail, Osage
- When
- March 24, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Wynona
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.550, -96.333
Hail, McIntosh
- When
- March 24, 9:24 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, Checotah
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.433, -95.517
Hail, McIntosh
- When
- March 24, 9:29 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, Rentiesville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.517, -95.500
Hail, Wagoner
- When
- March 24, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County, Porter
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.867, -95.517
Hail, McIntosh
- When
- March 24, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, 3 mi SW of Checotah
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -95.550
Hail, Pawnee
- When
- March 24, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County, Cleveland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.317, -96.467
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- March 24, 9:51 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County, Canadian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -95.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg
- When
- March 24, 9:51 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County, Canadian
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -95.650
Hail, McIntosh
- When
- March 24, 9:57 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, 2 mi S of Eufaula
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -95.583
Hail, Muskogee
- When
- March 24, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, Muskogee
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -95.367
Hail, Haskell
- When
- March 24, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, Enterprise
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -95.383
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- March 24, 10:28 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 10 mi NNE of Tahlequah
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -94.900
Hail, Sequoyah
- When
- March 24, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County, Marble City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.583, -94.817
Hail, Rogers
- When
- March 24, 10:41 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, Claremore
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.317, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- March 24, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 4 mi SE of Grove
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.550, -94.717
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged the roofs of a few outbuildings.
Hail, Adair
- When
- March 25, 1:03 AM CST
- Where
- Adair County, 3 mi N of Baron
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.967, -94.617
Hail, Adair
- When
- March 25, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Adair County, Westville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.983, -94.567
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, March 24, 2002
- Winter Storm in Ohio, March 24 to 25, 2002
- Wildfire in New Mexico, March 24 to 26, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 24 to 25, 2002
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 24 to 25, 2002
- Tornado in Hawaii, March 24, 2002
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 24 to 25, 2002
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 24, 2002
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 24 to 25, 2002
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 24, 2002
- High Wind in California, March 24, 2002
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 24 to 25, 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: 5286297, 5286289, 5286291, 5286290, 5286292, 5286298, 5286293, 5286296, 5286308, 5286299, 5286294, 5286295, 5286300, 5286307, 5286301, 5286305, 5286302, 5286306, 5286303, 5286304, 5286309, 5286310, 5286314, 5286315, 5286316, 5286312, 5286311, 5286424, 5286313, 5286425, 5286426, 5286427, 5286428, 5286429.