Hail, McClain
- When
- March 30, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- McClain County, Wayne
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -97.320
Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 30, 2016
Scattered storms formed east of a dryline across north central to south central Oklahoma throughout the day. Some of the storms produced some severe hail and winds.
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
- 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.
Scattered storms formed east of a dryline across north central to south central Oklahoma throughout the day. Some of the storms produced some severe hail and winds.
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, 10:52 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 10:52 AM CST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1152 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
.DISCUSSION...
PRIMARY FORECAST FOCUS IS ON THE EVOLVING CONVECTIVE AND FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY/TONIGHT.
CURRENTLY... I/VE STARTED... STOPPED... AND RE-WROTE THIS AFD
SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST HOUR... SO YES... IT/S A MESSY CONVECTIVE
SET UP TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. FROM 16Z
SFC ANALYSIS... CONVERGENCE OF SFC WINDS AND HIGHER DEW POINTS...
MID TO UPPER 60S... HAVE POOLED ALONG A SUBTLE 850/700MB FRONT
ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE AND PUSH
EASTWARD THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SEVERE CHANCES FROM THIS
ACTIVITY WILL BE FOCUSED ON HAIL... WITH 1 TO 1 AND HALF INCH HAIL
EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST UPDRAFTS. BIG DISCUSSION IN THE OFFICE
AT THE MOMENT IS THE THOUGHT THAT THIS MAY BE THE EVENT FOR TODAY...
AS THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE SOME... POSSIBLY MODERATE IMPACT... ON
ANY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE DRY LINE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THAT IN
MIND... THE EXPERIMENTAL HRRR HAS DONE WELL OVER ITS LAST THREE RUNS
WITH THIS INITIAL CONVECTION AND WE/LL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT
INTO THE AFTERNOON. I/LL TOUCH MORE ON THAT BELOW.
FIRST... DON/T FORGET FIRE WEATHER... IMPRESSIVE DEW POINTS UP
STREAM IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO/NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... SINGLE
DIGITS TO TEENS... WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT EASTWARD AS THE DRY LINE
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP JUST OFF THE LLANO ESTACADO IN THE EASTERN
PANHANDLES. AS THE DRY LINE SURGES EAST THROUGH 1 TO 3 PM ACROSS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... RH VALUES WILL TANK INTO
THE LOW TO MID TEENS... WHILE ALREADY BREEZY S/SW WINDS INCREASE...
BECOMING MORE W/SW WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET. AT PRESENT TIME... DO NOT PLAN ON MAKING
ANY CHANGES TO THE GOING RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT WITH THE
AFTERNOON FORECAST ISSUANCE.
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... AS MENTIONED
ABOVE... 16Z SFC ANALYSIS REVEALS THE SFC TROUGH/ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY
EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL KANSAS INTO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST
INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. WITH THE PUSH OF THIS BOUNDARY... CLOUD
COVER CONTINUES TO BREAK ALONG/AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY... BUT
DISSIPATION IS SLOW... HAVE SEEN A FEW BREAKS AT THE OFFICE... AND
ON VIS... SO EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON AS THE CURRENT/INITIAL CONVECTION PUSHES EAST. COULD SEE A
SHORT BREAK IN ACTIVITY ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BEFORE THE DRY LINE
MAKES ITS SURGE INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THROUGH 2 TO 4 PM.
LATEST EXPERIMENTAL HRRR... 30/13Z HAS COME IN MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH
OVERALL COVERAGE OF CONVECTION... AROUND 19 TO 20Z. THIS IS STILL
A MESSY CONVECTIVE SETUP... HOW THE ATMOSPHERE REBOUNDS FROM EARLY
CONVECTION WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE THIS AFTERNOON. STILL... WITH
SIGNIFICANT SFC DEW POINTS... IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S APPROACHING
70... SBCAPE VALUES WILL POOL AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE IN THE 1500 TO
3000 J/KG RANGE. DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUGGESTS SUPPORT FOR DAMAGING
HAIL... UP TO GOLF BALLS... POSSIBLY LARGER... NEAR TENNIS BALLS.
AS FOR TORNADO POTENTIAL... LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND SFC WINDS ARE NOT
OVERLY IMPRESSIVE... 0-1 KM AND 0-3 KM HELICITIES ARE WEAK AS THE
DRY LINE PUSHES THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON... WITH
VALUES OF 0-1 KM HELICITY ONLY 50 TO 120 S2/H2. HOWEVER... WITH
LOWER LCLS AND STRONG UPDRAFT DEVELOPMENT... A TORNADO OR TWO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. NOW... AS WE MOVE INTO THE AFTERNOON... THE
CHANCE FOR DAMAGING HAIL AND MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION LOOKS TO
DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. AFTER SUNSET...
THE LLJ WILL INCREASE AS THE H500 SHORT WAVE BEGINS TO SWING EAST
OFF THE HIGH PLAINS... INCREASING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... LIKELY EAST OF OUR CWA IN TULSA AND
SHREVEPORT/S AREAS. JUST A QUICK LOOK... BUT 0-1KM COMPUTED CAPE
AND 0-3KM SHEAR COMPARED TO CORFIDI VECTORS... A DECENT MCS WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX
TOWARDS THE OUACHITAS AND SOUTHERN OZARKS.
LATER AFDS ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON TODAY AND
TONIGHT.
KURTZ
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 78 47 67 40 / 40 10 0 0
HOBART OK 80 44 68 37 / 20 0 0 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 83 46 70 42 / 30 10 0 0
GAGE OK 77 39 64 33 / 0 0 0 0
PONCA CITY OK 78 44 65 37 / 30 20 0 0
DURANT OK 74 54 70 44 / 70 40 10 0
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ004>006-
009>011-014>016-021-022-033>037.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ083>085-087-
088.
&&
09/04Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 11:00 AM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1200 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-311700- 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- 1200 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY IN LOCATIONS EAST OF DURANT AND ATOKA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM SEYMOUR...FREDERICK...WATONGA AND WAKITA. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED...FORMING NEAR OR JUST WEST OF I-35. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING STORMS WILL BE LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL...POSSIBLY UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE LOW. .FIRE WEATHER... EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTHERN TEXAS. CRITICAL FIRE DANGER WILL EXTEND FARTHER EAST AND INCLUDE AREAS WEST OF CHEROKEE...WEATHERFORD...HOBART...AND SEYMOUR TEXAS. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD LEAD TO FIRES SHOULD BE AVOIDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .FIRE WEATHER... AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST MOST AFTERNOONS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 8:19 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 919 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 OKZ043-047-048-301445- ATOKA OK-COAL OK-JOHNSTON OK- 919 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ATOKA...SOUTHERN COAL AND EAST CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT... AT 917 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAPANUCKA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... LAT...LON 3423 9641 3431 9655 3465 9634 3457 9605 TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 212DEG 41KT 3433 9641 WR
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 8:36 AM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
936 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKZ043-047-048-051-301515-
ATOKA OK-COAL OK-MARSHALL OK-JOHNSTON OK-
936 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ATOKA...COAL...
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND EASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM
CDT...
AT 933 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
4 MILES WEST OF COALGATE TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
&&
LAT...LON 3436 9631 3411 9654 3411 9659 3408 9657
3396 9666 3402 9682 3476 9628 3471 9609
3468 9609 3468 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 207DEG 31KT 3454 9630 3412 9664Special weather statement, Mar 30, 10:00 AM CST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1100 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKZ019-020-025-026-028>030-301630-
OKLAHOMA OK-POTTAWATOMIE OK-LOGAN OK-LINCOLN OK-MCCLAIN OK-
CLEVELAND OK-PAYNE OK-
1100 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWESTERN
POTTAWATOMIE...SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN...CENTRAL LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN
MCCLAIN...NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL PAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL
1130 AM CDT...
AT 1058 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF NEWCASTLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
LAT...LON 3503 9751 3535 9767 3577 9716 3607 9689
3590 9662 3588 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 220DEG 29KT 3539 9736 3519 9759
WRSpecial weather statement, Mar 30, 10:06 AM CST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1106 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKZ048-301630-
ATOKA OK-
1106 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY UNTIL
1130 AM CDT...
AT 1104 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAISY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
LAT...LON 3451 9567 3451 9575 3456 9584 3460 9581
3460 9574 3459 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 1604Z 220DEG 29KT 3457 9570The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:59 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 30, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Ryan
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -97.950
No damage was reported.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 30, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 9.84 mi ESE of Addington
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -97.820
Two power poles were downed by winds near highway 70. A 67 mph gust was recorded by a personal anemometer.
Hail, Kay
- When
- March 30, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County, Ponca City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.080
Hail, Kay
- When
- March 30, 3:38 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County, Ponca City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.080
Hail, Kay
- When
- March 30, 3:46 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County, Ponca City
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.080
No damage was reported.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- March 30, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 4.82 mi SE of Carney
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 35.760, -96.960
No damage was reported.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- March 30, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 3.94 mi SE of Chandler
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -96.830
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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- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Illinois, March 30, 2016
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: 617893, 617895, 617897, 617896, 617898, 617899, 617900, 617901.