Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 25, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -97.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 25, 1962
6 hail, 5 tornado, 3 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
- 13
- Property damage
- $525,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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, 5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 25, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -97.780
Hail, Atoka
- When
- May 25, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Atoka County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -96.400
Tornado, Washita
- When
- May 25, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -99.170
Tornado, Washita
- When
- May 25, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -98.880
Tornado, Washita
- When
- May 25, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 7.2 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -99.200
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- May 25, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -99.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa
- When
- May 25, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -99.080
Hail, Washita
- When
- May 25, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -99.180
Tornado, Custer
- When
- May 25, 7:19 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -98.720
Hail, Canadian
- When
- May 25, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- May 25, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Carter
- When
- May 25, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -97.500
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- May 25, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -96.000
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
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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: 10092704, 10092705, 10092706, 10092707, 10092708, 10092709, 10092710, 10092711, 10093786, 10093787, 10093788, 10093789, 10093790, 10093791.