Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 11, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 11, 1994
Start: 1994-04-11T00:00
End: 1994-04-11T16:55
Location: Oklahoma

April 11, 1994 · 41 events in 17 counties and zones

29 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 41 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: $161,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 41

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

29 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kingfisher

When: April 11, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Kingfisher County, Okarche
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.945, -97.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washita

When: April 11, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Washita County, Retrop
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.290, -98.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Beckham

When: April 11, 12:10 AM CST
Where: Beckham County, Retrop
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.269, -99.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Beckham

When: April 11, 12:10 AM CST
Where: Beckham County, Retrop
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.269, -99.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greer

When: April 11, 12:10 AM CST
Where: Greer County, Reed
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Canadian

When: April 11, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Canadian County, Nr Piedmont
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kingfisher

When: April 11, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Kingfisher County, Cashion
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.945, -97.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greer

When: April 11, 12:46 AM CST
Where: Greer County, Mangum
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Greer

When: April 11, 12:55 AM CST
Where: Greer County, Granite
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: April 11, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Logan County, Crescent
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 35.919, -97.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greer

When: April 11, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Greer County, Willow
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Greer

When: April 11, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Greer County, Willow
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Harmon

When: April 11, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Harmon County, McKnight
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.744, -99.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: April 11, 1:02 AM CST
Where: Logan County, Crescent
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.919, -97.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Garfield

When: April 11, 1:05 AM CST
Where: Garfield County, Hayward
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kiowa

When: April 11, 1:14 AM CST
Where: Kiowa County, Hobart
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.916, -98.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Noble

When: April 11, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Noble County, Perry
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Noble

When: April 11, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Noble County, Perry
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washita

When: April 11, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Washita County, Lake to Valley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.290, -98.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa

When: April 11, 1:38 AM CST
Where: Kiowa County, Hobart
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Coordinates: 34.916, -98.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Caddo

When: April 11, 2:05 AM CST
Where: Caddo County, Eakly
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.174, -98.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Caddo

When: April 11, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Caddo County, Binger
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.174, -98.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Canadian

When: April 11, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Canadian County, El Reno
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Canadian

When: April 11, 2:36 AM CST
Where: Canadian County, El Reno
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Canadian

When: April 11, 2:49 AM CST
Where: Canadian County, Yukon
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Logan

When: April 11, 3:02 AM CST
Where: Logan County, Crescent
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 35.919, -97.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Oklahoma

When: April 11, 3:05 AM CST
Where: Oklahoma County, Edmond
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: April 11, 3:30 AM CST
Where: Logan County, Meridian
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.919, -97.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Payne

When: April 11, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Payne County, Stillwater
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma

When: April 11, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Oklahoma County, Nw Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Logan

When: April 11, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Logan County, Meridian
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph)
Coordinates: 35.919, -97.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tillman

When: April 11, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Tillman County, Frederick
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.373, -98.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tillman

When: April 11, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Tillman County, Frederick
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.373, -98.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kiowa

When: April 11, 5:30 AM CST
Where: Kiowa County, Roosevelt
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.916, -98.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Garvin

When: April 11, 5:35 AM CST
Where: Garvin County, Pauls Valley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.705, -97.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pontotoc

When: April 11, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Pontotoc County, Byng
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.728, -96.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms developed in southwest Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 10th and early on the 11th and moved east and northeast into much of central and portions of southeast Oklahoma. These storms produced hail up to 2.25 inches in diameter, winds up to 75 mph and damaging lightning and flash flooding rains. Strong thunderstorm winds at the high school in Snyder damaged the roof over the auditorium and destroyed a green house. Damage at the high school was estimated in excess of $10,000. Strong thunderstorm winds in Snyder resulted in $3,000 in damage to windows, doors, and the roof at an engine shop, $1,500 in damage to the roof of a barn, $1,200 to business signs, and $800 to a glass plate window at a cafe. Strong thunderstorm winds also blew over a brick chimney in Snyder, damaged buildings, destroyed a barn, blew down fences, and damaged a mobile home in Granite, damaged a barn in McKnight, damaged a roof, and downed large trees 4.5 miles east-northeast of McKnight, tore the roofs off a few houses 3.5 miles south of Crescent, lifted a roof off a house, knocked down a tin building, and damaged a carport and a car three miles northeast of Willow, damaged the roof of a tin barn and downed tree limbs two miles southeast of Hayward, knocked down a large tree five miles north of Stillwater, and downed tree limbs in northwest Oklahoma City, three miles south of Meridian. Hail in excess of two inches in diameter damaged automobiles, broke out automobile windshields, and damaged roofs of homes in Altus. Dime size hail covered the ground three miles northeast of Willow. Flash flooding from heavy rains resulted in the closing of route 51 four miles north-northeast of Mulhall. Numerous county roads were closed in Logan county due to high water. This resulted in the closing of the Mullhall-Orlando schools on the 11th. Heavy rains resulted in water over a road with a section of the road washed out four miles south of Cashion. Lightning started a fire which resulted in an estimated $35,000 in damage to a house on the south side of Edmond.

Hail, Pontotoc

When: April 11, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Pontotoc County, Fittstown
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.728, -96.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An isolated severe thunderstorm in southeast Oklahoma produced dime size hail around noon on the 11th.

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: April 11, 4:30 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Nr Bethel
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms in far southeast Oklahoma on the 11th produced damaging winds during the late afternoon hours. Strong thunderstorms winds blew down numerous trees near Bethel and five miles southwest of Glover. In Idabel, strong thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees with one falling on a house and another falling on power lines. Strong winds tore a roof off a mobile home just north of Idabel.

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: April 11, 4:40 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Glover
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: April 11, 4:55 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Idabel
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: April 11, 4:55 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, N Idabel
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

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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: 10342492, 10344089, 10339305, 10339306, 10343171, 10339409, 10342493, 10343172, 10343173, 10341674, 10343174, 10343175, 10343431, 10341675, 10341845, 10342349, 10341535, 10341536, 10344090, 10342350, 10339538, 10339539, 10339410, 10339411, 10339412, 10341676, 10340892, 10341677, 10344390, 10340893, 10341678, 10344886, 10344887, 10342351, 10342657, 10344838, 10344839, 10341221, 10341270, 10341271, and more.