Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 16, 1993

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 16, 1993
Start: 1993-10-16T00:16
End: 1993-10-16T20:32
Location: Oklahoma

October 16, 1993 · 36 events in 11 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 36 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: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 36

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

35 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Payne

When: October 16, 12:16 AM CST
Where: Payne County, Perkins
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Creek

When: October 16, 12:24 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Shamrock
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Payne

When: October 16, 12:34 AM CST
Where: Payne County, Ripley
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Creek

When: October 16, 12:36 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Bristow
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Creek

When: October 16, 12:45 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Iron Post
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Creek

When: October 16, 1:10 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Mounds
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Okmulgee

When: October 16, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Beggs
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Okmulgee

When: October 16, 1:20 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County to Beggs
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Okmulgee

When: October 16, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Beggs
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Muskogee

When: October 16, 2:16 AM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Jamesville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Okmulgee

When: October 16, 2:25 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Beggs
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee

When: October 16, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Preston
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Muskogee

When: October 16, 3:05 AM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Fort Gibson
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Muskogee

When: October 16, 3:05 AM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Muskogee
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sequoyah

When: October 16, 4:05 AM CST
Where: Sequoyah County, Gore
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.495, -94.755 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sequoyah

When: October 16, 4:42 AM CST
Where: Sequoyah County, Sallisaw
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.495, -94.755 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms in central and eastern Oklahoma during the late evening hours on the 15th and early morning hours on the 16th produced hail up to golf ball-size and strong winds. Strong thunderstorm winds blew shingles and the door off a shed and downed numerous tree limbs four miles west-northwest of Preston. Lightning struck a transformer and knocked out power near Braggs.

Hail, Osage

When: October 16, 3:41 PM CST
Where: Osage County, New Prue
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: October 16, 3:47 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Sand Springs
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: October 16, 3:52 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Sand Springs
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: October 16, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: October 16, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: October 16, 4:16 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: October 16, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wagoner

When: October 16, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Wagoner County, Oneta
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: October 16, 4:38 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: October 16, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: October 16, 4:42 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wagoner

When: October 16, 5:02 PM CST
Where: Wagoner County, Coweta
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Adair

When: October 16, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Adair County, Baron
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.884, -94.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Muskogee

When: October 16, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Nr Fort Gibson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cherokee

When: October 16, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Nr Cookson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cherokee

When: October 16, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Tahlequah
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Muskogee

When: October 16, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Fort Gibson
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cherokee

When: October 16, 5:57 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County to Cookson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cherokee

When: October 16, 5:59 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Pettit
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, McCurtain

When: October 16, 8:32 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Broken Bow
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms in eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours on the 16th produced hail up to baseball- size. Golf ball-size hail broke car windshields 12 miles northeast of Broken Bow. McCurtain County 8 NNE Broken Bow,18,0020CST,,,0,0,?,?,Thunderstorm Winds (G52)

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.

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 Warnings in Oklahoma, October 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: 10344367, 10343371, 10344368, 10343372, 10343373, 10343374, 10340933, 10340934, 10340935, 10341695, 10340936, 10340937, 10341696, 10341697, 10344672, 10344746, 10341042, 10344050, 10344051, 10344052, 10344053, 10344054, 10344055, 10344931, 10344056, 10344057, 10344058, 10344932, 10339866, 10341698, 10339985, 10339986, 10342012, 10339987, 10339988, 10341176.