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Walters, 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 Walters city centroid, 1950 to present.

157hail events since 1950
102≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1984-03-22
2025-05-22most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 3 1.00" (quarter)
2018 0
2017 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 2 2.75" (baseball)
2015 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2014 0
2013 8 2.25" (hen egg)
2012 0

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
2025-05-25 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 2.9 mi
2025-05-22 Hail 1.50" 8.1 mi
2025-05-22 Hail 1.25" 2.7 mi
2025-05-22 Hail 1.25" 7.5 mi
2025-05-02 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.4 mi
2025-05-02 Tornado EF0 5.6 mi
2025-05-02 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 2.9 mi
2025-04-30 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.3 mi
2025-04-30 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.9 mi
2025-04-30 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.9 mi

2025-05-25: “Walters (WAL2) Mesonet observation. A heat burst was likely responsible for this event.”

2025-05-22: “The event time is estimated from radar observations.”

2025-05-02: “A semi-trailer was blown over due to thunderstorm winds. The event time and location are estimated from a phone call report and radar observations.”

Disputing a claim at a Walters 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