Hail in Tulsa on Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 59 hail reports in Tulsa on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, between 5:20 pm and 6:32 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 7 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 3 SSW Broken Arrow (Tulsa County) at 5:55 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,032 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 459 rated a 100% chance of hail and 418 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 11 places in Creek, Rogers and Tulsa counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Jenks 18 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Broken Arrow 17 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Sapulpa 8 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Verdigris 4 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Bixby 3 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Owasso 3 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Tulsa 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Catoosa 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Collinsville 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Glenpool 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Kellyville 1 report, up to 1.00 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Central Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:20 pm | 1.50 | 3 S Collinsville | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:21 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Owasso | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:24 pm | 1.00 | 4 N Catoosa | Rogers | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:25 pm | 1.00 | 4 NW Kellyville | Creek | Report from broadcast media chaser. (TSA) |
| 5:25 pm | 1.75 | 4 WNW Verdigris | Rogers | Golf ball size hail in Stone Canyon. (TSA) |
| 5:25 pm | 1.25 | 4 W Verdigris | Rogers | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:25 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Owasso | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:31 pm | 1.50 | Sapulpa | Creek | (TSA) |
| 5:34 pm | 1.75 | 3 E Sapulpa | Creek | (TSA) |
| 5:34 pm | 1.00 | Verdigris | Rogers | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:35 pm | 1.00 | 2 S Sapulpa | Creek | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:35 pm | 2.00 | 2 ESE Sapulpa | Creek | (TSA) |
| 5:35 pm | 1.25 | 3 SE Jenks | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:35 pm | 1.50 | 3 NW Jenks | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:36 pm | 1.75 | 2 S Sapulpa | Creek | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:36 pm | 1.75 | Sapulpa | Creek | (TSA) |
| 5:36 pm | 1.25 | 3 WSW Jenks | Creek | pic from twitter. (TSA) |
| 5:37 pm | 2.00 | 2 NE Sapulpa | Creek | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:40 pm | 1.25 | 3 SW Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:40 pm | 1.50 | 3 NE Verdigris | Rogers | (TSA) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.50 | 1 E Sapulpa | Creek | (TSA) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.75 | 3 W Jenks | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.75 | 2 NW Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.00 | 3 E Owasso | Rogers | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:45 pm | 1.00 | 2 SE Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:47 pm | 1.00 | 2 SE Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:48 pm | 1.75 | 3 SW Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:48 pm | 1.75 | 3 E Jenks | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:48 pm | 1.25 | 4 W Broken Arrow | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:48 pm | 1.75 | Tulsa | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:49 pm | 1.00 | 4 SSE Jenks | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:49 pm | 1.25 | 2 SE Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:49 pm | 1.00 | 3 E Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:50 pm | 2.50 | 2.2 SW Broken Arrow | Tulsa | 101st and Aspen Ave. (TSA) |
| 5:50 pm | 1.25 | 4 WSW Broken Arrow | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:50 pm | 1.00 | 5 W Broken Arrow | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:50 pm | 1.75 | 3 W Broken Arrow | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:50 pm | 1.25 | 5 W Broken Arrow | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:51 pm | 1.00 | 4 E Glenpool | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:51 pm | 1.00 | 3 NE Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:52 pm | 1.00 | 4 WSW Broken Arrow | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:53 pm | 1.00 | 3 NE Bixby | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 5:55 pm | 2.00 | 3 N Bixby | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:55 pm | 1.75 | 4 SSW Broken Arrow | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:55 pm | 3.00 | 3 SSW Broken Arrow | Tulsa | Corrects previous hail report from 3 SSW Broken Arrow. (TSA) |
| 5:56 pm | 2.00 | 4 SW Broken Arrow | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 5:56 pm | 1.75 | 2 SW Broken Arrow | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:00 pm | 1.75 | 4 S Broken Arrow | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:00 pm | 1.00 | 3 S Broken Arrow | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:00 pm | 1.25 | Tulsa | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 6:02 pm | 1.00 | 4 NE Bixby | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:02 pm | 2.00 | 4 S Broken Arrow | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:02 pm | 2.00 | 4 E Jenks | Tulsa | (TSA) |
| 6:06 pm | 1.75 | 4 S Broken Arrow | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:16 pm | 1.50 | 2 SW Broken Arrow | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:17 pm | 1.50 | 2 SW Broken Arrow | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:19 pm | 1.75 | 3 E Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:24 pm | 2.00 | 2 SW Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (TSA) |
| 6:32 pm | 1.75 | 3 E Jenks | Tulsa | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,032 signatures from 7 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 459 were rated 100% and 81 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTUL | 320 | 91 | 117 | 11 | 3.00 in | 1:30 pm | 8:22 pm |
| KTLX | 183 | 100 | 76 | 13 | 3.25 in | 3:43 pm | 8:11 pm |
| KVNX | 157 | 79 | 66 | 19 | 3.25 in | 3:48 pm | 7:40 pm |
| KSRX | 137 | 77 | 62 | 12 | 3.00 in | 3:44 pm | 8:11 pm |
| KINX | 117 | 50 | 48 | 12 | 3.50 in | 3:40 pm | 8:23 pm |
| KICT | 105 | 51 | 40 | 14 | 3.50 in | 3:44 pm | 6:03 pm |
| KSGF | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1.50 in | 4:49 pm | 6:28 pm |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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