Hail, Canadian
- When
- March 3, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -97.970
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 3, 1985
19 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
- 13
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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
19 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- March 3, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -97.580
Tornado, Logan
- When
- March 3, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -97.370
Hail, Logan
- When
- March 3, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -97.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- March 3, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -98.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- March 3, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -98.600
Tornado, Payne
- When
- March 3, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Payne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -96.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- March 3, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- March 3, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -98.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Grady
- When
- March 3, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -97.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- March 3, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -98.250
Hail, Grady
- When
- March 3, 7:19 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -97.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Grady
- When
- March 3, 7:19 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -97.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- March 3, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -97.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- March 3, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 3, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- March 3, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -96.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- March 3, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -96.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- March 3, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -96.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- March 3, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -96.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- March 3, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Murray
- When
- March 3, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -97.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes
- When
- March 3, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -96.200
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- March 3, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -95.580
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
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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: 10105816, 10106031, 10106032, 10106033, 10106034, 10106035, 10106036, 10106037, 10106038, 10106039, 10106040, 10106041, 10106042, 10106043, 10106044, 10106045, 10106046, 10106047, 10106048, 10106049, 10106050, 10106051, 10106052, 10106053.