Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- September 12, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Near Lake Ellsworth
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 12, 1993
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Canadian
- When
- September 12, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, N Calumet
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Canadian
- When
- September 12, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, El Reno
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Canadian
- When
- September 12, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, Near Union City
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Caddo
- When
- September 12, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Stecker
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.174, -98.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- September 12, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Stecker
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.174, -98.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- September 12, 5:41 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Anadarko
- Coordinates
- 35.174, -98.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Canadian
- When
- September 12, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, El Reno
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms during the evening hours on the 12th produced strong winds and large hail. Strong thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a trailer house, downed a power pole, slightly damaged two boats and damaged signs and trees near Lake Ellsworth, damaged a barn and farm equipment 4.5 miles west-southwest of El Reno and downed trees in Anadarko. Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 mph blew a large shed into pieces 2 miles east of Stecker. Near Union City, strong thunderstorm winds damaged a barn. Debris from the barn killed two cows and a calf. A lightning strike hit a substation on the eastern side of Anadarko, knocking out the power in the eastern half of Anadarko for 3 hours.
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.
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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: 10343340, 10339638, 10339639, 10339640, 10339526, 10339527, 10339528, 10339397.