Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, October 18, 1984

Name: Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, October 18, 1984
Start: 1984-10-18T13:50
End: 1984-10-18T16:22
Location: Oklahoma

October 18, 1984 · NWS AT · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

4 hail, 1 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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

4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mayes

When: October 18, 1:50 PM CST
Where: Mayes County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.200, -95.170

Hail, Adair

When: October 18, 3:05 PM CST
Where: Adair County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.820, -94.630

Tornado, Sequoyah

When: October 18, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Sequoyah County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 3 yd
Coordinates: 35.620, -94.800

Hail, Le Flore

When: October 18, 4:22 PM CST
Where: Le Flore County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.050, -94.820

Hail, Le Flore

When: October 18, 4:22 PM CST
Where: Le Flore County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.880, -94.620

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1984 Every state in 1984 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1984

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: 10109445, 10109446, 10109447, 10109448, 10109449.