Hail, Alfalfa
- When
- July 31, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -98.420
Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, July 31, 1985
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Woods
- When
- July 31, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -98.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Woods
- When
- July 31, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -98.570
Tornado, Woods
- When
- July 31, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -98.720
Hail, Woods
- When
- July 31, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -98.680
Hail, Woods
- When
- July 31, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -98.880
Hail, Woods
- When
- July 31, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Woods County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -98.830
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 31, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 31, 1985
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 31, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 31, 1985
- Hail in Kansas, July 31, 1985
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 31, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 31, 1985
- Tornado in Wyoming, July 31, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 31, 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: 10108431, 10108432, 10108433, 10108434, 10108435, 10108436, 10108437.