Hail, Osage
- When
- May 5, 9:53 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Avant
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.483, -96.067
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 5 to 6, 2002
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 May 5, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 900 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 CLOUDS FROM STORMS TO OUR WEST HAVE MOVED IN THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST ZONES. CURRENT FORECAST HAS SITUATION WELL IN HAND AND WILL ONLY UPDATE TO FRESHEN THINGS UP. ZONES ALREADY SENT. HOWIESON FCSTID = 44 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:53 UTC.
Event by event
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 5, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Ochelata
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -95.983
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- May 5, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Foraker
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.867, -96.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Nowata
- When
- May 5, 10:52 PM CST
- Where
- Nowata County, 2 mi E of Nowata
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -95.600
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee
- When
- May 5, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County, Skedee
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 36.383, -96.700
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- May 5, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Wynona
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.550, -96.333
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- May 6, 1:08 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, 5 mi S of Broken Arrow
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.983, -95.783
Thunderstorm Wind, Wagoner
- When
- May 6, 1:21 AM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County, Coweta
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -95.650
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- May 6, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 5 mi NE of Grove
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.633, -94.700
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. The tree fell on a carport.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wagoner
- When
- May 6, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County, Wagoner
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -95.383
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines.
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
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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: 5295236, 5295237, 5295239, 5295238, 5295240, 5295241, 5295242, 5295243, 5295244, 5295245.