Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, November 13, 1993

Name: Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, November 13, 1993
Start: 1993-11-13T10:10
End: 1993-11-13T23:54
Location: Oklahoma

November 13, 1993 · 19 events in 6 counties and zones

9 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 18 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $26,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 19

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.

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.

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Event by event

9 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tillman

When: November 13, 10:10 AM CST
Where: Tillman County, Frederick
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.373, -98.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kiowa

When: November 13, 10:30 AM CST
Where: Kiowa County, Snyder
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.916, -98.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Comanche

When: November 13, 10:42 AM CST
Where: Comanche County, Indiahoma
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche

When: November 13, 10:45 AM CST
Where: Comanche County, Cache
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche

When: November 13, 10:48 AM CST
Where: Comanche County, Cache
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Comanche

When: November 13, 10:49 AM CST
Where: Comanche County to Indiahoma
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Comanche

When: November 13, 10:54 AM CST
Where: Comanche County, Medicine Park
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Comanche

When: November 13, 10:58 AM CST
Where: Comanche County, Medicine Park
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Caddo

When: November 13, 11:23 AM CST
Where: Caddo County, Apache
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.174, -98.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms in southwest Oklahoma during the morning hours on the 13th produced strong winds and up to baseball- size hail. Strong thunderstorm winds downed 13 electric power poles and damaged a mobile home 2.5 miles south-southwest of Cache, tore the roof off a barn near Cache and damaged a building and downed storage sheds and trees in Frederick.

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: November 13, 3:43 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Valliant
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: November 13, 3:45 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Valliant
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, McCurtain

When: November 13, 3:48 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Valliant
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 40 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.930, -95.080

Hail, McCurtain

When: November 13, 4:02 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Glover
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: November 13, 4:38 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Nr Watson
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, McCurtain

When: November 13, 4:40 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Sherwood
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: November 13, 4:42 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Sherwood
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: November 13, 4:46 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Plunknownetville
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: November 13, 4:48 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Plunknownetville
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A large severe thunderstorm in southeast Oklahoma during the early evening hours of the 13th produced one weak tornado, strong winds and hail up to quarter-size. A weak tornado briefly touched down at 1548CST five miles south-southeast of Valliant. The F0 tornado destroyed a porch and downed numerous trees. Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and damaged outbuildings near Watson and in Plunknownetville, downed trees three miles northeast of Sherwood and five miles south-southwest of Valliant and downed numerous trees and power lines 1.5 miles northeast of Plunknownetville. Thunderstorm winds toppled a tree on a mobile home one mile west of Valliant.

Hail, Choctaw

When: November 13, 11:54 PM CST
Where: Choctaw County, Sallisaw
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.027, -95.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

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.
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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1993 Warnings in Oklahoma, November 1993

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: 10344876, 10342333, 10343345, 10343346, 10343347, 10343348, 10343349, 10343350, 10339529, 10341209, 10341210, 10341211, 10341212, 10341213, 10341214, 10341215, 10341216, 10341217, 10342693.