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Broken Arrow, OK hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Broken Arrow city centroid, 1950 to present.

425hail events since 1950
226≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 2002-05-01
2025-08-11most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 19 2.00" (hen egg)
2024 32 3.00" (tea cup)
2023 13 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 21 1.13" (quarter)
2021 5 1.00" (quarter)
2020 5 1.00" (quarter)
2019 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 0
2017 22 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 8 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 12 1.00" (quarter)
2013 23 2.00" (hen egg)
2012 3 0.75" (penny)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-11-20 Tornado EF0 5.5 mi
2025-09-20 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 2.9 mi
2025-09-20 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 8.6 mi
2025-08-11 Hail 0.75" 5 mi
2025-06-17 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 3.1 mi
2025-06-17 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 3.6 mi
2025-06-17 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 1.2 mi
2025-06-17 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.7 mi
2025-06-17 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9 mi
2025-06-10 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 4.8 mi

2025-11-20: “A storm chaser observed a brief tornado that snapped small tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 50 to 60 mph.”

2025-09-20: “Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.”

2025-09-20: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured to 63 mph southwest of Catoosa.”

Disputing a claim at a Broken Arrow address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-06-12