Hail, Ellis
- When
- September 14, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -99.780
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, September 14, 1957
6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 9
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kay
- When
- September 14, 1:58 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.080
Hail, Canadian
- When
- September 14, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Canadian
- When
- September 14, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.900
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- September 14, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- September 14, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.400
Tornado, Cleveland
- When
- September 14, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -97.250
Tornado, Pottawatomie
- When
- September 14, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 20.9 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -97.150
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- September 14, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- September 14, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -96.900
Tornado, Pottawatomie
- When
- September 14, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 43 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -97.020
Hail, Garvin
- When
- September 14, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Garvin County
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -97.280
Tornado, Seminole
- When
- September 14, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Seminole County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 40.7 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens
- When
- September 14, 7:21 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -98.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- September 14, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -96.900
Tornado, Hughes
- When
- September 14, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -96.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg
- When
- September 14, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -95.780
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10095842, 10095843, 10095844, 10095845, 10095846, 10095847, 10095848, 10095849, 10095850, 10095851, 10095852, 10095853, 10095854, 10095855, 10095856, 10095857, 10095858.