Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, November 12, 1988

Name: Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, November 12, 1988
Start: 1988-11-12T00:25
End: 1988-11-12T04:30
Location: Oklahoma

November 12, 1988 · NWS OKC · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $250,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Grady

When: November 12, 12:25 AM CST
Where: Grady County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.050, -97.950

Hail, Grady

When: November 12, 12:25 AM CST
Where: Grady County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.170, -97.830

Hail, Cleveland

When: November 12, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Cleveland County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.330, -97.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Choctaw

When: November 12, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Choctaw County
Coordinates: 34.100, -95.520

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When: November 12, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Pittsburg County
Coordinates: 34.930, -95.770

Tornado, Latimer

When: November 12, 4:30 AM CST
Where: Latimer County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 123 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 34.750, -95.080

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1988 Every state in 1988 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1988 Warnings in Oklahoma, November 1988

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: 10101539, 10101540, 10101541, 10101542, 10101543, 10101756.