Hail, Beaver
- When
- May 4, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -100.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 4, 1959
7 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $83,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Custer
- When
- May 4, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -99.130
Tornado, Dewey
- When
- May 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.2 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -99.230
Tornado, Dewey
- When
- May 4, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -98.880
Tornado, Alfalfa
- When
- May 4, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.530, -98.280
Hail, Blaine
- When
- May 4, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -98.280
Tornado, Beckham
- When
- May 4, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -99.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Washita
- When
- May 4, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -99.400
Tornado, Kay
- When
- May 4, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -97.320
Tornado, Washita
- When
- May 4, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -99.200
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes in Iowa, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 4, 1959
- Tornado in Missouri, May 4, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 4, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 4, 1959
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 4, 1959
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: 10094764, 10094765, 10094766, 10094767, 10094768, 10094769, 10094770, 10094771, 10094772, 10094773.