Hail in Jackson County, Oklahoma

Hail April 15, 2000 · Jackson County, Oklahoma

2.75 in

Hail diameter

$2.6M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Baseball size hail (2.75 inches in diameter) caused an estimated 2 million dollars in damage to homes and businesses and 600 thousand dollars to vehicles.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms affected a large part of western Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of the 15th before the storms eventually weakened across central Oklahoma. The most significant damage resulted from baseball size hail which fell in Altus in Jackson County, with an estimated 2.6 million dollars in damage.

Began near Altus (34.6333, -99.3333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5139417. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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