Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 30, 2009

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 30, 2009
Start: 2009-03-30T18:22
End: 2009-03-30T22:30
Location: Oklahoma

March 30, 2009 · NWS OUN · 39 events in 16 counties and zones

A strengthening upper level storm system moved through the central plains during the afternoon, with a cold front pushing southeast into Oklahoma and a dry line set up over west central Oklahoma. A line of thunderstorms developed along the front, and quickly developed southward as the front overtook the retreating dry line, mainly east of Interstate 44.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 39

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.

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 Mar 30, 5:14 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 5:14 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
614 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

.AVIATION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...
PROBABLY PRODUCING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL AFFECT
KPNC... KOKC... AND KOUN UNTIL ABOUT 3104Z. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT... MAINLY ACROSS THE WEST. WINDS WILL
DECREASE SOMEWHAT LATE THIS EVENING... AND LITTLE CHANGE IS THEN
EXPECTED THROUGH 3124Z. EXCEPT FOR THUNDERSTORMS... VFR CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009/

DISCUSSION...

A SURFACE LOW CENTERED OVER NEBRASKA ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEPENING
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING OUR WEATHER
OVER THE SHORT TERM. A DRYLINE HAS SET UP ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...WHILE MODEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS WORKED
ITS WAY INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. LIFT ALONG THE COLD FRONT
MAY RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EARLY THIS EVENING. SHORT
TERM MODELS INDICATE A LINE OF STORMS INITIATING OVER NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA INITIALLY...POSSIBLY BUILDING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA LATER THIS EVENING. AS THE UPPER STORM MOVES EASTWARD...THE
COLD FRONT WILL AS WELL...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES ENDING FROM
WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT.

A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT PROMPTED THE
ISSUANCE OF A WIND ADVISORY EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS ADVISORY STILL
EXTENDS FROM 5 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. RUC SURFACE WIND FORECASTS
INDICATE THAT WIND SPEEDS MAY BE SOMEWHAT MARGINAL OVER MUCH OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...BUT BASED ON SPEEDS
MEASURED OUT IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON IT IS STILL
EXPECTED THAT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL BE MEASURED IN A SUBSTANTIAL
PORTION OF THE AREA.

PRECIP CHANCES RETURN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS ANOTHER
S/W TROUGH MOVES FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. MODEL
PRECIP AMOUNTS ARE ON THE LIGHT SIDE...WITH THE FORECAST SURFACE LOW
TRACK INDICATING THAT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CWA MAY FIND ITSELF IN
THE DRY SLOT. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH IN THE
SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY TIME FRAME.

TAYLOR

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  40  61  43  70 /  40   0   0  10
HOBART OK         35  64  42  69 /  20   0   0  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  45  67  46  80 /  20   0   0  10
GAGE OK           30  58  36  62 /  10   0   0  10
PONCA CITY OK     33  55  40  64 /  50   0   0  10
DURANT OK         47  68  43  72 /  50  10   0  10

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR OKZ004>007-009>012-
     014>018-021>024-033>038.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ033-034-036-
     037-044.

TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR TXZ083>085-087-088.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ083>090.

&&

24/23/23

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 10:55 AM CST, 7 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-311200-
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-
1155 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS EVENING ACROSS
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35
CORRIDOR.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE
EVENING HOURS.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA MAY NEED TO IMPLEMENT SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FOR A TIME
THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT THE
SURFACE... A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AT MIDDAY
WILL EXTEND FROM NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BY EARLY EVENING. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE
EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...
WITH THE A SOMEWHAT BETTER CHANCE BEING ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...
NEARER TO THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
WILL BE CONSTRAINED BY RATHER LIMITED AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY AND
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE HAIL
UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.
THE COLD FRONT AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OUT OF THE RISK
AREA BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY MAR 31.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...70 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE
DANGER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ADDITIONAL STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON... AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 7 AM
TUESDAY MORNING.

CJS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 5:04 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
604 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

OKZ007-008-302330-
KAY OK-GRANT OK-
604 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GRANT AND KAY COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RENFROW TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMONT AT 604 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN GRANT AND KAY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

24

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 5:38 PM CST, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
638 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

OKZ008-012-013-018>020-310030-
LOGAN OK-KINGFISHER OK-GARFIELD OK-NOBLE OK-KAY OK-PAYNE OK-
638 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GARFIELD...KAY...
KINGFISHER...LOGAN...NOBLE AND PAYNE COUNTIES.

A LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PECKHAM TO 6 MILES WEST OF CRESCENT AT 638 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY
WITH THESE STORMS.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP.

PEOPLE IN GARFIELD...KAY...KINGFISHER...LOGAN...NOBLE AND PAYNE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GUTHRIE AND PONCA CITY...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

CMS

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 6:09 PM CST, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
709 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

OKZ008-012-013-018>020-023>029-310100-
LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-KINGFISHER OK-GARFIELD OK-NOBLE OK-KAY OK-
CANADIAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-CADDO OK-PAYNE OK-CLEVELAND OK-GRADY OK-
MCCLAIN OK-
709 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CADDO...CANADIAN...
CLEVELAND...GARFIELD...GRADY...KAY...KINGFISHER...LINCOLN...LOGAN...
MCCLAIN...NOBLE...OKLAHOMA AND PAYNE COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR PONCA CITY TO
NEAR ANADARKO AT 708 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY
RAIN... GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH... AND DIME-SIZE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH
THE STRONGEST STORMS.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP.

PEOPLE IN CADDO...CANADIAN...CLEVELAND...GARFIELD...GRADY...KAY...
KINGFISHER...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MCCLAIN...NOBLE...OKLAHOMA AND PAYNE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EDMOND...EL RENO...GUTHRIE...
OKLAHOMA CITY...PONCA CITY AND STILLWATER...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

CMS

The radar

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Event by event

38 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Caddo

When: March 30, 6:22 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, 3 mi S of Anadarko
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.037, -98.240

Hail, Logan

When: March 30, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Logan County, 4 mi N of Guthrie
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.938, -97.420

Hail, Caddo

When: March 30, 6:33 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, 5 mi S of Anadarko
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.008, -98.240

Dime- to quarter-size hail was reported.

Hail, Caddo

When: March 30, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, 2 mi W of Cyril
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.900, -98.235

Hail, Logan

When: March 30, 6:43 PM CST
Where: Logan County, 3 mi SSE of Guthrie
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.840, -97.400

Hail, Grady

When: March 30, 6:56 PM CST
Where: Grady County, 2.07 mi S of Amber
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 35.130, -97.880

The hail was reported on Highway 92.

Hail, Grady

When: March 30, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Grady County, 3.53 mi SSE of Chickasha Arpt
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.036, -97.939

Dime- to nickel-size hail was reported on the south and east sides of town.

Hail, Comanche

When: March 30, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Comanche County, 8 mi S of Sterling
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.634, -98.170

Hail, Grady

When: March 30, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Grady County, 8 mi S of Amber
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.044, -97.880

The hail covered the ground.

Hail, Grady

When: March 30, 7:14 PM CST
Where: Grady County, 3.43 mi SSW of Middleberg
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.066, -97.767

The hail was reported on Highway 62, northeast of Tabler.

Hail, Lincoln

When: March 30, 7:14 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, 3 mi NW of Tryon
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.901, -96.998

Hail, Lincoln

When: March 30, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Tryon to 0.02 mi ENE of Carney
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 35.870, -96.960

Dime- to nickel-size hail was reported. The hail accumulated on the grass and roadways.

Hail, Grady

When: March 30, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Grady County, 3 mi NE of Middleberg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 35.141, -97.703

Hail, McClain

When: March 30, 7:26 PM CST
Where: McClain County, Blanchard
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.140, -97.660

Hail, Stephens

When: March 30, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Stephens County, 4.77 mi SW of Marlow
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.595, -98.011

The hail was reported on Highway 7.

Hail, Stephens

When: March 30, 7:31 PM CST
Where: Stephens County, 4.04 mi W of Marlow
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.640, -98.030

Hail, Stephens

When: March 30, 7:34 PM CST
Where: Stephens County, Marlow
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.650, -97.960

Hail, Cleveland

When: March 30, 7:47 PM CST
Where: Cleveland County, 2.99 mi SSE of Norman
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.180, -97.420

Up to nickel-size hail covered the ground.

Hail, Cleveland

When: March 30, 7:48 PM CST
Where: Cleveland County, 2.61 mi S of Norman
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 35.182, -97.439

The hail was reported at the National Weather Center by National Weather Service Employees.

Hail, Jefferson

When: March 30, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, 5 mi ENE of Terral
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 33.928, -97.859

The hail stones were described as large and flat. The hail was brief, but covered the ground.

Hail, Stephens

When: March 30, 7:53 PM CST
Where: Stephens County, 2.84 mi E of Bray
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.640, -97.770

Hail, McClain

When: March 30, 7:54 PM CST
Where: McClain County, 1 mi E of Goldsby
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.150, -97.462

Hail, Cleveland

When: March 30, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Cleveland County, 2.07 mi S of Noble
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.110, -97.390

Hail, Cleveland

When: March 30, 7:56 PM CST
Where: Cleveland County, Noble
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 35.140, -97.390

Hail, Cleveland

When: March 30, 7:58 PM CST
Where: Cleveland County, 2.75 mi SSE of Norman
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 35.184, -97.418

The hail was reported near the intersection of Highways 9 and 77.

Hail, Cleveland

When: March 30, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Cleveland County, 1.89 mi N of Slaughterville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.117, -97.336

Up to penny-size hail covered the ground near 72nd and Cemetery Road.

Hail, Stephens

When: March 30, 8:06 PM CST
Where: Stephens County, 0.3 mi SSW of Duncan
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.496, -97.963

The hail was reported on the south side of the town of Duncan.

Hail, Cleveland

When: March 30, 8:08 PM CST
Where: Cleveland County, 3.28 mi ESE of Lexington
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.000, -97.283

The hail was reported three miles east and one mile south of Lexington.

Hail, Stephens

When: March 30, 8:13 PM CST
Where: Stephens County, 4.85 mi ENE of Lake Fuqua Dam
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.637, -97.598

The hail was reported at the intersection of Highways 29 and 76.

Thunderstorm Wind, Garvin

When: March 30, 8:16 PM CST
Where: Garvin County, Whitebead
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.760, -97.300

Pea-size hail was also reported.

Hail, Garvin

When: March 30, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Garvin County, 1 mi N of Elmore City
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.635, -97.400

Nickel- to quarter-size hail was reported.

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: March 30, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County, Wanette
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.960, -97.030

Hail, Love

When: March 30, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Love County, 2 mi E of Rubottom
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 33.940, -97.425

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: March 30, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County, St Louis
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.070, -96.860

Hail, Pontotoc

When: March 30, 9:10 PM CST
Where: Pontotoc County, Roff
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.630, -96.840

Hail, Hughes

When: March 30, 9:35 PM CST
Where: Hughes County, Atwood
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Post Office
Coordinates: 34.960, -96.340

Hail, Coal

When: March 30, 9:39 PM CST
Where: Coal County, 1 mi NW of Tupelo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 34.610, -96.432

Hail, Coal

When: March 30, 10:05 PM CST
Where: Coal County, Lehigh
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 34.470, -96.220

Hail, Atoka

When: March 30, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Atoka County, 3.99 mi E of Stringtown
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.470, -95.980

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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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: 160393, 160394, 160396, 160397, 160399, 160400, 160401, 160402, 160404, 160406, 160407, 160409, 160411, 160412, 160414, 160415, 160416, 160417, 160418, 160419, 160420, 160421, 160422, 160423, 160438, 160424, 160425, 160439, 160426, 160427, 160428, 160429, 160430, 160431, 160432, 160433, 160434, 160435, 160436.