Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 14, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 14, 1994
Start: 1994-07-14T12:30
End: 1994-07-14T21:00
Location: Oklahoma

July 14, 1994 · 51 events in 18 counties and zones

33 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 51 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: $171,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 51

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 Norman radar (KTLX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.

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Event by event

33 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Payne

When: July 14, 12:30 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Stillwater
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Payne

When: July 14, 12:30 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Stillwater
Measured: 74 kt (85 mph)
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pawnee

When: July 14, 12:32 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County, Maramec
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: July 14, 12:38 PM CST
Where: Creek County, Mannford
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When: July 14, 12:49 PM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Warner
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Major

When: July 14, 12:50 PM CST
Where: Major County, Ames
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.312, -98.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Payne

When: July 14, 12:50 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Glencoe
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When: July 14, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Warner
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Muskogee

When: July 14, 1:05 PM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Warner
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pawnee

When: July 14, 1:13 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County, Jennings
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: July 14, 1:14 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Sand Springs
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 1:50 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: July 14, 1:52 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)

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: July 14, 1:55 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Tulsa
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: July 14, 1:55 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 1:56 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:02 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:02 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 71 kt (82 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:06 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:10 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:13 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Okfuskee

When: July 14, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County, Paden
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.466, -96.323 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Garfield

When: July 14, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Garfield County, Garber
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Noble

When: July 14, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Noble County, Billings
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:22 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)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:24 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield

When: July 14, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Garfield County, Garber
Coordinates: 36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:30 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)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Broken Arrow to Tulsa
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:34 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)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:34 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: July 14, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Rogers County, Near Catoosa
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Seminole

When: July 14, 2:50 PM CST
Where: Seminole County, Wewoka
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 35.168, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms in northern and central Oklahoma during the morning and early afternoon hours of the 14th produced hail up to quarter-size, damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds damaged hanger doors and one terminal door and damaged a plane by blowing a dumpster into it at the Stillwater Airport 1.5 miles north of Stillwater. Thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs 6 miles east of Garber and downed power lines and toppled signs 5 miles south of Wewoka. A lightning strike produced minor damage to the roof of a church in Anadarko

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:50 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:56 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)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 14, 2:56 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Tulsa
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: July 14, 2:58 PM CST
Where: Rogers County, Near Inola
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Rogers

When: July 14, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Rogers County, Catoosa
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: July 14, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Rogers County, Catoosa
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: July 14, 3:55 PM CST
Where: Rogers County, Foyil
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Mayes

When: July 14, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Mayes County, Near Adair
Coordinates: 36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: July 14, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Rogers County, Chelsea
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Craig

When: July 14, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Craig County, Vinita
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Craig

When: July 14, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Craig County, Vinita
Coordinates: 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, McCurtain

When: July 14, 4:45 PM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Broken Bow
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa

When: July 14, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Ottawa County, Afton
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa

When: July 14, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Ottawa County, Afton
Coordinates: 36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Nowata

When: July 14, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Nowata County, Lenapah
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sequoyah

When: July 14, 6:02 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Sequoyah County, Near Muldrow to Muldrow
Coordinates: 35.495, -94.755 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of July 14th. Strong thunderstorm winds as high as 82 mph resulted in considerable wind damage in the city of Tulsa. Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout the city, and a billboard sign was blown down near the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and State Highway 51. Some roof damage occurred at Tulsa Junior College. Strong thunderstorm winds near Catoosa partially blew a sign off a building at a truck stop and damaged an air conditioner and pipes on the roof of the truck stop. Gutters were torn from a convenience store and several trees were downed 2.5 miles east of Broken Arrow. Strong thunderstorm winds in Warner blew the top of a trailer off and downed trees onto a house and car near Connors State College. Thunderstorm winds blew down a barn and several large trees just west of Paden and caused roof damage to a school in Foyil. Winds in Foyil were estimated at 60 mph. Numerous trees were downed in and near Afton, and a large tree was downed across State Highway 28 near Adair. Numerous large tree limbs were downed in Vinita, and power lines were downed near Muldrow. Trees were downed by 65-mph winds in Catoosa, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph at Broken Bow. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 70 mph at Mannford and to 65 mph near Inola. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph at Warner, 2 miles northwest of Tulsa at the Tulsa Country Club, 1 mile south of Chelsea, and at Afton. Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell in the city of Tulsa, with the largest hail falling just southwest of downtown. Most of the hail across the rest of the city was dime size or smaller. Hail up to 1.50 inches in diameter fell at Jennings. Quarter-size hail fell 6 miles west of Maramec, and nickel-size hail fell at Warner. Dime-size hail fell 3 miles west of Sand Springs, at Catoosa, at Vinita, and 1 mile east of Lenapah. The thunderstorms also produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding in the city of Tulsa. Downtown Tulsa streets were waist deep in water, and numerous other streets throughout the city were flooded. Numerous cars were stalled due to the high water. One underpass in downtown Tulsa had 14 feet of water covering it. An elderly woman was rescued from her flooded home in Tulsa. Very heavy rainfall in Sequoyah County also resulted in flash flooding in Muldrow. Several street in Muldrow were barricaded, with water as much as 3 feet deep in the Fisher Addition on the west side of town.

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.

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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: 10344484, 10344485, 10341134, 10341816, 10342102, 10341242, 10344486, 10342017, 10342018, 10341135, 10344340, 10344341, 10344342, 10341064, 10344343, 10344344, 10344345, 10344346, 10344347, 10344348, 10344349, 10340812, 10342565, 10344350, 10341548, 10344351, 10344352, 10344353, 10342566, 10344354, 10344355, 10344356, 10344357, 10344515, 10340774, 10344358, 10344359, 10344360, 10344516, 10344517, and more.