Hail in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Hail April 28, 2026 · Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The report was relayed through mPING.
The wider storm
The final day of a prolonged stretch of severe weather potential (beginning on the 23rd) yielded another round of significant hail, winds and tornadoes across southern Oklahoma into portions of north Texas. A pair of intense supercells (one southeast of Wichita Falls, Texas and another from near Sulphur, Oklahoma to Atoka, Oklahoma) produced large to very large hail, damaging wind gusts and several tornadoes. This included a long-track significant (EF-2) tornado that impacted portions of southern Atoka County with the easternmost supercell.
Began near Byng (34.8677, -96.6634).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1334864. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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