Tornado, Carter
- When
- April 22, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -97.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 22, 1985
18 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
18 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bryan
- When
- April 22, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Bryan County
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -96.380
Hail, Washita
- When
- April 22, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -99.170
Tornado, Custer
- When
- April 22, 3:37 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -98.920
Hail, Dewey
- When
- April 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -98.720
Tornado, Custer
- When
- April 22, 4:04 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -98.750
Hail, Caddo
- When
- April 22, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -98.350
Hail, Canadian
- When
- April 22, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -97.970
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- April 22, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -97.650
Hail, Kingfisher
- When
- April 22, 6:17 PM CST
- Where
- Kingfisher County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -97.680
Hail, Canadian
- When
- April 22, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -97.750
Hail, Canadian
- When
- April 22, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -97.980
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- April 22, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -97.550
Hail, Logan
- When
- April 22, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -97.430
Hail, Blaine
- When
- April 22, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -98.320
Hail, Caddo
- When
- April 22, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -98.370
Hail, Canadian
- When
- April 22, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -98.120
Hail, Kingfisher
- When
- April 22, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Kingfisher County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -97.930
Hail, Logan
- When
- April 22, 8:13 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -97.620
Hail, Pawnee
- When
- April 22, 9:44 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -96.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- April 22, 9:44 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -96.330
Hail, Osage
- When
- April 22, 9:52 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.570, -96.170
Hail, Nowata
- When
- April 22, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nowata County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -95.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- April 22, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -96.330
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 22, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 22, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 22, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 22, 1985
- Hail in New York, April 22, 1985
- Hail in Massachusetts, April 22, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 22, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 22, 1985
- Hail in Missouri, April 22, 1985
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1985
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: 10106311, 10106312, 10106313, 10106314, 10106315, 10106316, 10106317, 10106318, 10106319, 10106535, 10106536, 10106537, 10106538, 10106539, 10106540, 10106541, 10106542, 10106543, 10106544, 10106545, 10106546, 10106547, 10106548, 10106549.