Hail, Washita
- When
- July 4, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County, 9 mi E of Cordell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.290, -98.830
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 4, 2009
Thunderstorms developed along an almost stationary outflow boundary that was located from southwest into south central Oklahoma by early evening. The thunderstorms developed from west to east, with additional development occurring along other outflow boundaries generated by the storms.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $13,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along an almost stationary outflow boundary that was located from southwest into south central Oklahoma by early evening. The thunderstorms developed from west to east, with additional development occurring along other outflow boundaries generated by the storms. Marginally severe hail with very strong winds caused problems for outdoor activities, with many outdoor activities having to be postponed.
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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 2:06 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:06 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 306 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 .DISCUSSION... OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BECOMING STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH- CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND IS STARTING TO LIGHT UP WITH SCATTERED STORMS. COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY SEE MORE ISOLATED CONVECTION...BUT MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED WHEN BOUNDARIES MERGE THIS EVENING AND WEAK FORCING FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS IMPACTS ELEVATED BOUNDARIES. MOST OF THIS CONVECTION SHOULD BE WELL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE-40...BUT CONFIDENCE NOT REAL HIGH HOW FAR NORTH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL EXTEND OF SURFACE FEATURES. WILL LEAVE HIGHEST POPS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND CONSIDERED GOING EVEN HIGHER ALONG RED RIVER VALLEY TOWARD AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN COULD BE AN ISSUE LATER ON TONIGHT AND THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MARGINAL HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. BEFORE MID-UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS IN OVER THE REGION EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK...WE COULD SEE SOME NORTHWEST FLOW ACTIVITY AFFECT FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY MORNING. QUITE HOT BY LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH UPPER RIDGE OVER OR JUST NORTH OF OKLAHOMA. GFS GRIDDED DATA GENERALLY ACCEPTED WITH FIRST PERIOD TWEAKS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 71 89 67 91 / 60 10 10 10 HOBART OK 73 93 67 91 / 60 20 20 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 75 91 69 91 / 70 60 10 20 GAGE OK 65 87 63 87 / 20 10 20 20 PONCA CITY OK 69 86 63 90 / 20 0 10 10 DURANT OK 75 90 69 89 / 70 40 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 30/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 10:50 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-051200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PERRY TO
ENID... TO TALOGA AND CHEYENNE... AND INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
INITIALLY...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
HOWEVER...MULTIPLE SURFACE BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER CONVECTION...
ALONG WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL SERVE AS A SOURCE OF CONVERGING WINDS
FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S ACROSS
MUCH OF OKLAHOMA WITH TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. THIS HOT WEATHER
WILL CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WITH MODERATELY HIGH INSTABILITY...AND AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED AREAS OF
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. HAIL JUST ABOVE SEVERE LEVELS WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO
MOVE SOUTH THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS... BUT INSTABILITY WILL
DECREASE OVERNIGHT PRODUCING LOWER CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY JUL 5.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...60 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 AND HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. IF YOU ARE OUT
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE
FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY... MAINLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL BE LOW.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WITH A DEEP LAYER OF WARM AIR EXPECTED TO BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FROM MID-WEEK THROUGH FRIDAY...HOT TEMPERATURES
AND ASSOCIATED HIGH HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
SUNDAY.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:41 PM CST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 341 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 OKZ014-042100- ROGER MILLS OK- 341 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ROGER MILLS COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ONE LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEMPSEY AND ANOTHER TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEMPSEY AT 340 PM CDT...WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:45 PM CST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 345 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 OKZ028-040-042115- MCCLAIN OK-GARVIN OK- 345 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GARVIN AND MCCLAIN COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MAYSVILLE AT 346 PM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:06 PM CST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 406 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 OKZ040-041-042130- MURRAY OK-GARVIN OK- 406 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GARVIN AND MURRAY COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WHITEBEAD AT 406 PM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:16 PM CST, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 416 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 OKZ021-022-042130- BECKHAM OK-WASHITA OK- 416 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM AND WASHITA COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF ELK CITY AT 416 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:18 PM CST, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 418 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 OKZ043-042145- COAL OK- 418 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COAL COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPS AT 414 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL... WINDS AROUND 50 MPH... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN COAL COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 30
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:18 PM CST, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 418 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 OKZ033-034-042145- GREER OK-HARMON OK- 418 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GREER AND HARMON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF MADGE AT 419 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:25 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washita
- When
- July 4, 3:25 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County, 9 mi E of Cordell
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.290, -98.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Coal
- When
- July 4, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Coal County, 4.05 mi E of Olney
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -96.290
A 25-foot tall, one-foot diameter hickory tree was blown over. Monetary damages were estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Coal
- When
- July 4, 3:45 PM CST to 3:47 PM CST
- Where
- Coal County, Lehigh
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -96.220
Several tree limbs greater than six inches in diameter were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 4, 4:40 PM CST to 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Eldorado
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -99.650
A power line was blown down by strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grady
- When
- July 4, 5:05 PM CST to 5:07 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County, Tuttle
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.290, -97.810
An outbuilding was damaged by strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
Hail, Canadian
- When
- July 4, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, Yukon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -97.740
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens
- When
- July 4, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County, 7 mi NW of Velma
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 34.532, -97.757
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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- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 4, 2009
- Lightning Strike in Montana, July 4, 2009
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 4, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, July 4, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wyoming, July 4, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Idaho, July 4, 2009
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 4, 2009
- Flooding in Iowa, July 4 to 8, 2009
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 4, 2009
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, July 4, 2009
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: 170216, 170217, 170218, 170223, 170222, 170219, 170220, 170221.