Storm reports for March 24, 1997

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On March 24, 1997, 113 hail, 29 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Leavenworth County, KS.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (113)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.2 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (166 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Noble County, OK (near Perry) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “Three mobile homes were destroyed and five others were heavily damaged by severe thunderstorm winds at a mobile home park 8 miles east of Perry. On US 64, a camping trailer 6 miles east of Perry was completely destroyed. It was described by the owner as having been "put in a press and squashed".”
• Noble County, OK (near Morrison) · Thunderstorm wind · $36,000
  “A mobile home was blown across a road and into a pasture by severe thunderstorm winds. At a house northwest of Morrison, numerous large trees were uprooted, a corral and a stock trailer were destroyed, and a barn sustained extensive damage.”
• Payne County, OK (near Stillwater) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “An unoccupied mobile home was overturned on HWY 177 north of Stillwater.”
• Benton County, AR (near Maysville) · Thunderstorm wind · $0
  “A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds which downed a tree and several power lines in Maysville.”
• Okmulgee County, OK (near Henryetta) · Hail 0.75″
  “Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the late evening of March 24th and early morning of March 25th. Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour caused considerable damage in Hominy, where windows were blown out, roofs were damaged, and signs, trees, and large tree limbs…”
• Payne County, OK (near Stillwater) · Thunderstorm wind
  “Severe thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs throughout town.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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