Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 2, 1994

Name: Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 2, 1994
Start: 1994-07-02T00:05
End: 1994-07-02T03:15
Location: Oklahoma

July 2, 1994 · 44 events in 22 counties and zones

44 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 44 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: $61,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 44

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

44 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: July 2, 12:05 AM CST
Where: Osage County, Wynona
Measured: 68 kt (78 mph)
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 2, 12:05 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Copan
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee

When: July 2, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Pawnee County, Near Pawnee
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: July 2, 12:21 AM CST
Where: Osage County, Avant
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Nowata

When: July 2, 12:22 AM CST
Where: Nowata County, Nowata
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Noble

When: July 2, 12:25 AM CST
Where: Noble County, Billings
Coordinates: 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee

When: July 2, 12:26 AM CST
Where: Pawnee County, Cleveland
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 2, 12:32 AM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Sand Springs
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 2, 12:35 AM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Collinsville
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: July 2, 12:35 AM CST
Where: Rogers County, Talala
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: July 2, 12:35 AM CST
Where: Rogers County, Oologah
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: July 2, 12:45 AM 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, Tulsa

When: July 2, 12:51 AM 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 2, 12:51 AM 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, Mayes

When: July 2, 12:55 AM CST
Where: Mayes County, Salina
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Mayes

When: July 2, 1:05 AM CST
Where: Mayes County, Pryor
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Craig

When: July 2, 1:05 AM CST
Where: Craig County, Vinita
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware

When: July 2, 1:05 AM CST
Where: Delaware County, Bernice
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: July 2, 1:08 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Sapulpa
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: July 2, 1:10 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Sapulpa
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Payne

When: July 2, 1:10 AM CST
Where: Payne County, Stillwater
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph)
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Payne

When: July 2, 1:10 AM CST
Where: Payne County, Stillwater
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph)
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: July 2, 1:11 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Bristow
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wagoner

When: July 2, 1:12 AM CST
Where: Wagoner County, Coweta
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Coordinates: 35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee

When: July 2, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Beggs
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa

When: July 2, 1:20 AM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Mounds
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Mayes

When: July 2, 1:25 AM CST
Where: Mayes County, Pryor
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When: July 2, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Tahlequah
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When: July 2, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Near Muskogee
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wagoner

When: July 2, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Wagoner County, Porter
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: July 2, 1:35 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Agra
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 35.703, -96.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: July 2, 1:40 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Slick
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee

When: July 2, 1:45 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Okmulgee
Coordinates: 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: July 2, 1:45 AM CST
Where: Creek County, Bristow
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When: July 2, 2:10 AM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Webbers
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When: July 2, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Cookson
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell

When: July 2, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Haskell County, Tamaha
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell

When: July 2, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Haskell County, Eufaula
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sequoyah

When: July 2, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Sequoyah County, Gans
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.495, -94.755 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell

When: July 2, 2:35 AM CST
Where: Haskell County, Enterprise
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes

When: July 2, 2:45 AM CST
Where: Hughes County, Holdenville
Coordinates: 35.048, -96.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms in north-central and central Oklahoma late on the 1st and during the early morning hours on the 2nd produced damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines in Billings, ripped the doors off a barn 2 miles east of Agra and downed trees in Holdenville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell

When: July 2, 2:48 AM CST
Where: Haskell County, Stigler
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When: July 2, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Quinton
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Latimer

When: July 2, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Latimer County, Panola
Coordinates: 34.876, -95.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved rapidly southeast across eastern Oklahoma during the late evening of July 1st and early morning of July 2nd and produced widespread damaging winds. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a 90-foot tower just west of Sapulpa and blew down street signs and a 2-foot diameter tree in Bristow. A roof was also blown off a building in Bristow, where winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph. Trees, power lines, and power poles were downed in Salina by 65-mph winds, and 65-mph winds in Beggs downed trees, signs, and large tree limbs. Power poles and large tree limbs were downed by 60-mph winds 3 miles east of Bernice, and power lines were downed by 60-mph winds in Quinton. Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous large tree limbs just south of Okmulgee and at Panola. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 82 mph at the mesonet automated observing site in Foraker and to 78 mph at the mesonet automated observing site in Wynona. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph at Pawhuska, and to 75 mph 5 miles west of Pawhuska and 3 miles northwest of Coweta. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 70 mph at numerous other locations throughout eastern Oklahoma.

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.

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, July 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: 10341048, 10345147, 10341091, 10341049, 10341735, 10341547, 10341092, 10344061, 10344062, 10344510, 10344511, 10343378, 10344063, 10344064, 10341368, 10341369, 10343033, 10343056, 10343379, 10343380, 10344482, 10344483, 10341813, 10345003, 10340938, 10344065, 10341370, 10339989, 10342014, 10345004, 10341972, 10341814, 10340939, 10341815, 10342015, 10339990, 10341910, 10341911, 10344747, 10341912, and more.