Wynona, Tulsa, Bartlesville, and Fort Smith Face Baseball Size Hail as Long Track Supercell Drops 200 Mile Hail Swath Across Northeast Oklahoma Friday Night
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA — A powerful long-track supercell dropped a 200-mile long swath of hail across northeast Oklahoma on Friday night, May 8, 2026, with numerous reports of hail larger than golf balls and a baseball-size hail report confirmed in Wynona, Oklahoma. The 24-hour hail swath radar valid at 6:30 AM on May 9, 2026 shows the full extent of the damage corridor stretching from Ponca City through Tulsa, Bartlesville, Okmulgee, and eastward toward Fort Smith, Arkansas.
The 200-Mile Hail Swath
The MRMS 24-hour hail swath map shows a continuous and well-defined hail track stretching across a 200-mile corridor from the Ponca City and Stillwater area in northwest Oklahoma eastward through:
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma
- Fort Smith, Arkansas
The swath represents the ground track of a single long-track supercell that maintained intensity across an extraordinary distance through Friday night.
Hail Reports Along the Track
Hail reports along the swath included:
- Baseball-size hail confirmed in Wynona, Oklahoma
- Numerous reports of hail larger than golf ball size across northeast Oklahoma
- The most intense hail returns on the MRMS swath map concentrated between Ponca City and Tulsa
What a 200-Mile Hail Swath Means
A supercell capable of maintaining a continuous hail swath across 200 miles represents a significant and long-lived storm. The damage potential across a track of this length is substantial, with large to very large hail capable of:
- Destroying crops across the agricultural corridor
- Causing severe vehicle damage
- Breaking windows and damaging roofs
- Injuring anyone caught outdoors
Residents Should Assess Damage Saturday
Anyone across the Ponca City, Bartlesville, Tulsa, Okmulgee, and Fort Smith corridor who has not yet assessed property damage from Friday night should do so carefully Saturday morning. Hail damage to roofs, vehicles, and outdoor equipment may not always be immediately visible and should be thoroughly inspected.
Stay with CabarrusWeekly.com for continuing updates on storm damage and severe weather impacts across northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas.
