Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8 to 9, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8 to 9, 2002
Start: 2002-05-08T21:35
End: 2002-05-09T02:45
Location: Oklahoma

May 8 to 9, 2002 · NWS TSA · 27 events in 13 counties and zones

21 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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 8, 8:15 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 8:15 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
915 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

RUNNING A BIT BEHIND WITH ONGOING WEATHER AND GFE PROBLEMS.

SE KS CONVECTION HAS RACED OUT AHEAD OF COLD FRONT...WITH
WELL-DEFINED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING INTO OUR FAR NRN COUNTIES AT
THIS TIME.  ADDITIONAL SEVERE CONVECTION JUST TO THE W OF OUR NWRN
CWA CONTINUES ALONG COLD FRONT.  00Z OUN SOUNDING WAS QUITE
IMPRESSIVE WITH NEARLY 4000 J/KG OF CAPE AND JUST A SLIVER OF A CAP
LEFT.

EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY BECOME MORE LINEAR WITH TIME...AND
EVENTUALLY DEVELOP INTO A MCS OVERNIGHT. PROGGD CORFIDI VECTORS
SUGGEST MCS WILL PEEL ESE INTO FAR NE OK AND EVENTUALLY NW AR LATER
TONIGHT.

WILL UPDATE TO TWEAK POPS SOME...AND ADJUST TIMING OF CONVECTION.

UPDATE SHOULD BE OUT BETWEEN 930 AND 945 PM.

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:33 UTC.

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Event by event

21 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Osage

When: May 8, 9:35 PM CST
Where: Osage County, 4 mi N of Fairfax
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.617, -96.700

Hail, Pawnee

When: May 8, 9:48 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County, 2 mi E of Watchorn
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.417, -96.967

Hail, Pawnee

When: May 8, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County, Ralston
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.500, -96.717

Hail, Osage

When: May 8, 10:23 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Pawhuska
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.667, -96.333

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: May 8, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Osage County, 8 mi NW of Hominy
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.500, -96.500

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: May 8, 10:40 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Hominy
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.417, -96.400

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware

When: May 8, 10:48 PM CST
Where: Delaware County, Colcord
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.267, -94.683

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and a few power lines.

Hail, Washington

When: May 8, 11:10 PM CST
Where: Washington County, 3 mi S of Bartlesville
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.700, -96.000

Hail, Osage

When: May 8, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Osage County, 12 mi SE of Prue
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.117, -96.167

Hail, Tulsa

When: May 9, 12:05 AM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Owasso
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.267, -95.850

Hail, Creek

When: May 9, 12:12 AM CST
Where: Creek County, 3 mi NE of Sapulpa
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 36.033, -96.067

Hail, Creek

When: May 9, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Bristow
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.833, -96.383

Hail, Okfuskee

When: May 9, 12:35 AM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Boley
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.500, -96.483

Hail, Okfuskee

When: May 9, 12:45 AM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Welty
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.617, -96.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Okfuskee

When: May 9, 12:45 AM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Welty
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.617, -96.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee

When: May 9, 12:45 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Beggs
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.733, -96.067

Hail, Okmulgee

When: May 9, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Morris
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.600, -95.850

Hail, Muskogee

When: May 9, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Oktaha
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.583, -95.483

Hail, McIntosh

When: May 9, 1:35 AM CST
Where: McIntosh County, Checotah
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.433, -95.517

Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh

When: May 9, 1:35 AM CST
Where: McIntosh County, Checotah
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.433, -95.517

Hail, McIntosh

When: May 9, 1:47 AM CST
Where: McIntosh County, Checotah
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.433, -95.517

Hail, Muskogee

When: May 9, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Warner
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.500, -95.300

Hail, Sequoyah

When: May 9, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Sequoyah County, 5 mi W of Sallisaw
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 35.467, -94.883

Hail, Sequoyah

When: May 9, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Sequoyah County, Sallisaw
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 35.467, -94.800

Hail, Haskell

When: May 9, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Haskell County, Tamaha
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.400, -94.983

Hail, Haskell

When: May 9, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Haskell County, Keota
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.250, -94.917

Hail, Le Flore

When: May 9, 2:45 AM CST
Where: Le Flore County, Spiro
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 35.233, -94.633

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.

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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: 5294834, 5294917, 5294918, 5294919, 5294920, 5294921, 5294922, 5294923, 5294924, 5294925, 5294926, 5294927, 5294928, 5294929, 5294930, 5294931, 5294932, 5294933, 5294934, 5294935, 5294936, 5294937, 5294938, 5294939, 5294940, 5294941, 5294942.