Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- May 18, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -95.650
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1989
18 hail, 4 tornado, 2 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
- 1
- 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
18 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tulsa
- When
- May 18, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -95.850
Hail, Wagoner
- When
- May 18, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -95.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg
- When
- May 18, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -95.770
Hail, Rogers
- When
- May 18, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.530, -95.680
Tornado, Rogers
- When
- May 18, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -95.600
Tornado, Mayes
- When
- May 18, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Mayes County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -95.400
Tornado, Mayes
- When
- May 18, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Mayes County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -95.380
Tornado, Wagoner
- When
- May 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -95.780
Hail, Haskell
- When
- May 18, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -95.380
Hail, Muskogee
- When
- May 18, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -95.270
Hail, Sequoyah
- When
- May 18, 2:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -95.120
Hail, Haskell
- When
- May 18, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -95.380
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 18, 2:27 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -95.030
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 18, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -94.900
Hail, Muskogee
- When
- May 18, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -95.270
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 18, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -94.970
Hail, Sequoyah
- When
- May 18, 3:13 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -94.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Latimer
- When
- May 18, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Latimer County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -95.430
Hail, Haskell
- When
- May 18, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -95.050
Hail, McCurtain
- When
- May 18, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -94.780
Hail, McCurtain
- When
- May 18, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -94.820
Hail, McCurtain
- When
- May 18, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -94.570
Hail, McCurtain
- When
- May 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -94.820
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 Winds in Louisiana, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 18, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1989
- Hail in Texas, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 18, 1989
More
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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: 10102985, 10102986, 10102987, 10102988, 10102989, 10102990, 10102991, 10102992, 10102993, 10102994, 10102995, 10102996, 10102997, 10102998, 10102999, 10103000, 10103001, 10103002, 10103003, 10103004, 10103005, 10103006, 10103007, 10103008.