Hail on Date

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.

59spotter hail reports in the metro
3.00 inlargest reported, 3 SSW Broken Arrow
1,032radar hail signatures inside the metro, 459 rated 100%
3.50 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Tulsa counties with 1032 radar hail signatures and 59 spotter hail reports on May 21, 2024 Tulsa Wagoner Rogers Creek Osage Okmulgee Pawnee 3.00 in, 3 SSW Broken Arrow
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

Where hail was reported

Reports came from 11 places in Creek, Rogers and Tulsa counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.

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.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
5:20 pm1.503 S CollinsvilleTulsa(TSA)
5:21 pm1.001 NE OwassoTulsa(TSA)
5:24 pm1.004 N CatoosaRogersReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:25 pm1.004 NW KellyvilleCreekReport from broadcast media chaser. (TSA)
5:25 pm1.754 WNW VerdigrisRogersGolf ball size hail in Stone Canyon. (TSA)
5:25 pm1.254 W VerdigrisRogersReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (TSA)
5:25 pm1.002 E OwassoTulsa(TSA)
5:31 pm1.50SapulpaCreek(TSA)
5:34 pm1.753 E SapulpaCreek(TSA)
5:34 pm1.00VerdigrisRogersReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:35 pm1.002 S SapulpaCreekReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:35 pm2.002 ESE SapulpaCreek(TSA)
5:35 pm1.253 SE JenksTulsa(TSA)
5:35 pm1.503 NW JenksTulsa(TSA)
5:36 pm1.752 S SapulpaCreekReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA)
5:36 pm1.75SapulpaCreek(TSA)
5:36 pm1.253 WSW JenksCreekpic from twitter. (TSA)
5:37 pm2.002 NE SapulpaCreekReport from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (TSA)
5:40 pm1.253 SW JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (TSA)
5:40 pm1.503 NE VerdigrisRogers(TSA)
5:41 pm1.501 E SapulpaCreek(TSA)
5:41 pm1.753 W JenksTulsa(TSA)
5:41 pm1.752 NW JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA)
5:41 pm1.003 E OwassoRogersReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:45 pm1.002 SE JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:47 pm1.002 SE JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:48 pm1.753 SW JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA)
5:48 pm1.753 E JenksTulsa(TSA)
5:48 pm1.254 W Broken ArrowTulsa(TSA)
5:48 pm1.75TulsaTulsa(TSA)
5:49 pm1.004 SSE JenksTulsa(TSA)
5:49 pm1.252 SE JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (TSA)
5:49 pm1.003 E JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:50 pm2.502.2 SW Broken ArrowTulsa101st and Aspen Ave. (TSA)
5:50 pm1.254 WSW Broken ArrowTulsa(TSA)
5:50 pm1.005 W Broken ArrowTulsa(TSA)
5:50 pm1.753 W Broken ArrowTulsa(TSA)
5:50 pm1.255 W Broken ArrowTulsa(TSA)
5:51 pm1.004 E GlenpoolTulsaReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:51 pm1.003 NE JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:52 pm1.004 WSW Broken ArrowTulsa(TSA)
5:53 pm1.003 NE BixbyTulsaReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
5:55 pm2.003 N BixbyTulsa(TSA)
5:55 pm1.754 SSW Broken ArrowTulsa(TSA)
5:55 pm3.003 SSW Broken ArrowTulsaCorrects previous hail report from 3 SSW Broken Arrow. (TSA)
5:56 pm2.004 SW Broken ArrowTulsa(TSA)
5:56 pm1.752 SW Broken ArrowTulsaReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA)
6:00 pm1.754 S Broken ArrowTulsaReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA)
6:00 pm1.003 S Broken ArrowTulsaReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
6:00 pm1.25TulsaTulsa(TSA)
6:02 pm1.004 NE BixbyTulsaReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TSA)
6:02 pm2.004 S Broken ArrowTulsaReport from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (TSA)
6:02 pm2.004 E JenksTulsa(TSA)
6:06 pm1.754 S Broken ArrowTulsaReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA)
6:16 pm1.502 SW Broken ArrowTulsaReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (TSA)
6:17 pm1.502 SW Broken ArrowTulsaReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (TSA)
6:19 pm1.753 E JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (TSA)
6:24 pm2.002 SW JenksTulsaReport from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (TSA)
6:32 pm1.753 E JenksTulsaReport 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.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KTUL32091117113.00 in1:30 pm8:22 pm
KTLX18310076133.25 in3:43 pm8:11 pm
KVNX1577966193.25 in3:48 pm7:40 pm
KSRX1377762123.00 in3:44 pm8:11 pm
KINX1175048123.50 in3:40 pm8:23 pm
KICT1055140143.50 in3:44 pm6:03 pm
KSGF1311901.50 in4:49 pm6:28 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.

Check an address for May 21, 2024

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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Central Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Tulsa when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 7 counties (Tulsa, Wagoner, Rogers, Creek, Osage, Okmulgee and Pawnee counties). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.