Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 19, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 19, 1994
Start: 1994-08-19T16:40
End: 1994-08-19T23:40
Location: Oklahoma

August 19, 1994 · 21 events in 10 counties and zones

13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 21 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: $5,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 21

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

13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Garfield

When: August 19, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Garfield County, Garber
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Garfield

When: August 19, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Garfield County, Garber
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield

When: August 19, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Garfield County, Garber
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Coordinates: 36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Noble

When: August 19, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Noble County, Billings
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Noble

When: August 19, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Noble County, Billings
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Major

When: August 19, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Major County, Fairview
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.312, -98.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kay

When: August 19, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Kay County, To 3 W
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Kay

When: August 19, 7:10 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Chilocco
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Woods

When: August 19, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Woods County, Alva
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.767, -98.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Woods

When: August 19, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Woods County, Alva
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Coordinates: 36.767, -98.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Woods

When: August 19, 9:10 PM CST
Where: Woods County, Alva
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.767, -98.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: August 19, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Foraker
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Osage

When: August 19, 9:51 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Bowring
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Osage

When: August 19, 10:33 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Pawhuska
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: August 19, 10:33 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Pawhuska
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: August 19, 10:59 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Wynona
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: August 19, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Collinsville
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: August 19, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Collinsville
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: August 19, 11:20 PM CST
Where: Rogers County, Near Oologah
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: August 19, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Skiatook
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee

When: August 19, 11:40 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County, Westport
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the late evening of August 19th. A large tree was downed by strong thunderstorm winds at the Zink Ranch 7 miles southwest of Skiatook, and small trees and signs were downed by 65 mile an hour winds near Oologah. Signs were downed by 60 mile an hour winds in Wynona. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 73 miles an hour at the mesonet automated observing site in Foraker and to 70 miles an hour 7 miles north of Pawhuska. Nickel size hail also fell 7 miles north of Pawhuska. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 miles an hour along U.S. Highway 75 on the Tulsa/Washington County line 6 miles northwest of Collinsville. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour at Westport, and dime size hail fell 5 miles west northwest of Bowring.

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 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, August 1994

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: 10342572, 10342573, 10342574, 10341549, 10341550, 10341247, 10342396, 10342397, 10344153, 10344154, 10344155, 10341101, 10341102, 10341103, 10341104, 10341105, 10344454, 10345153, 10344522, 10341106, 10341136.