Hail, Kay
- When
- April 22, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -97.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 22, 1968
14 hail, 3 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
14 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kay
- When
- April 22, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.080
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- April 22, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -99.080
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- April 22, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -99.080
Hail, Canadian
- When
- April 22, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -98.280
Hail, McCurtain
- When
- April 22, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -95.080
Hail, Noble
- When
- April 22, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -97.280
Hail, Payne
- When
- April 22, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Payne County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -97.080
Hail, Noble
- When
- April 22, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -97.180
Hail, Pontotoc
- When
- April 22, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -96.780
Hail, Pontotoc
- When
- April 22, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -96.680
Tornado, Oklahoma
- When
- April 22, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- April 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- April 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -97.500
Hail, Grant
- When
- April 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -98.000
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- April 22, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -95.780
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- April 22, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -95.780
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- April 22, 5:09 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -95.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Nowata
- When
- April 22, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nowata County
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -95.580
Tornado, Latimer
- When
- April 22, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Latimer County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -95.350
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
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: 10094700, 10094701, 10094702, 10094703, 10094704, 10094705, 10094706, 10094707, 10094708, 10094709, 10094710, 10094711, 10094712, 10094713, 10094714, 10094715, 10094716, 10094717, 10094718, 10093564.