Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 8, 1994

Thunderstorms in central and southern Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 7th and the early morning hours on the 8th produced hail up to baseball-size, damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs 2 miles east of Clarita, 6 miles west of Byars, 2 miles west of Stratford, 2.5 miles east of Oscar, 13 miles east of Chickasha, 10.5 miles west-southwest of Duncan, in Hastings, Lexington, Rosedale, and Ratliff City, downed power lines, and damaged trees in Ada, Davis, and Marietta, knocked down a sign and uprooted a tree in Coleman, blew a tree on top of a carport and broke off tree limbs in Lehigh, blew over a flagpole and several billboards and signs in Durant. Thunderstorm winds damaged outbuildings, trees, and the roofs of homes and flipped over a travel trailer in Lindsay, knocked power lines down in Mannsville and just south of Madill, and downed power lines and broke out windows in Ardmore. Lightning struck a woman 7.5 miles south-southeast of Chickasha. The woman was injured and taken to a hospital. Lightning damaged a house antenna in Fletcher, started a fire in the attic of a house in Lawton, and started a fire which destroyed 20 bales of hay near the Municipal Airport in Lawton. A lightning strike resulted in minor damage to a home near Rosedale and an outbuilding in Duncan. Lightning destroyed more than 20 transformers in Lindsay and hit a transformer which started a small fire in Duncan. Hail up to golf ball-size broke out skylights in Elgin.

Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the evening of July 7th and continued into the early morning of July 8th. The storms produced four small, brief F-0 tornadoes in Osage County. The first tornado touched down briefly at 1942CST in open country 5 miles southeast of Foraker. The second tornado touched down briefly at 2007CST 5 miles northwest of Hominy. The third tornado touched down briefly at 2015CST 7 miles northwest of Hominy. The fourth tornado touched down briefly at 2023CST 5.5 miles north of Hominy. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 90 mph at Nowata, where numerous large trees were downed blocking some roads and signs were also downed. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 85 mph 10 miles west of Bartlesville, and quarter-size hail also fell at this location. A barn was damaged and numerous large trees were downed by 70-mph winds in Verdigris, and several large tree limbs and one tree with a 10 inch diameter trunk were downed by 70-mph winds in Welch. Strong thunderstorm winds pushed a large metal building off its foundation and downed numerous large trees in Miami, and power poles were downed 5 miles west of Jay. Thunderstorm winds downed trees, large tree limbs, and signs near New Alluwe, and numerous trees were downed in Stilwell. A large tree was toppled through a picture window of a house 4 miles east of Wagoner, and a large tree was downed near White Karen Cove in Wagoner County. A large tree was blown down onto power lines in Avant, and numerous large tree limbs were downed from just west of Skiatook in Osage County into Skiatook in Tulsa County. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph at Tahlequah and to 65 mph at Locust Grove and Wyandotte. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph 2 miles south of Wynona, at Avant, 3 miles north of Oologah, and 6 miles north of Claremore. Golfball-size hail fell at the intersection of 41st Street South and 145th East Avenue in the city of Tulsa, and at the intersection of 61st Street South and Elm Street in Broken Arrow. Half dollar-size hail fell at the intersection of 71st Street South and Kenosha Street in Broken Arrow. Dime to quarter-size hail fell at several other locations in northeast Oklahoma.