Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 6, 1994

Name: Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 6, 1994
Start: 1994-06-06T00:05
End: 1994-06-06T23:15
Location: Oklahoma

June 6, 1994 · 25 events in 12 counties and zones

12 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 24 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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Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
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Winter weather
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Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Property damage: $5.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 25

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), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:26 UTC.

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Event by event

12 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Canadian

When: June 6, 12:05 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)

Hail, Oklahoma

When: June 6, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Oklahoma County, Bethany
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Oklahoma

When: June 6, 12:34 AM CST
Where: Oklahoma County, S Oklahoma City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cleveland

When: June 6, 12:37 AM CST
Where: Cleveland County, Moore
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.203, -97.326 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Murray

When: June 6, 2:45 AM CST
Where: Murray County, Davis
Coordinates: 34.482, -97.068 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Carter

When: June 6, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Carter County, Gene Autry
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.251, -97.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms developed in northern, western, and central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 5th and spread into portions of southern Oklahoma. These storms produced hail up to quarter-size, damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a large metal hay shed seven miles northwest of Alva, blew a grain bin 75 feet, and downed numerous tree limbs one mile north of Renfrow, knocked down power lines in Enid, knocked down three-inch-diameter tree limbs three miles east of Renfrow and broke off tree limbs eight miles west-southwest of Davis. Lightning started a fire in a home in the 5700 block of Irvine Drive in the Oak Tree Addition in Edmond that caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. Lightning started a fire which produced minor damage to a warehouse on north Santa Fe in Oklahoma City. Lightning started two oil tank battery fires northwest of Enid. Lightning started a small fire in a house in Alva. Lightning killed two horses in Lexington. The horses were worth around $5,000 each.

Hail, Custer

When: June 6, 6:09 PM CST to 7:12 PM CST
Where: Custer County, Weatherford to Arapaho
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Custer

When: June 6, 7:14 PM CST
Where: Custer County, Arapaho
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Custer

When: June 6, 7:16 PM CST
Where: Custer County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Custer

When: June 6, 7:31 PM CST
Where: Custer County, N Arapaho
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Custer

When: June 6, 8:02 PM CST
Where: Custer County, Foss Lake
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Custer and Washita

When: June 6, 8:29 PM CST to 8:45 PM CST
Where: Custer and Washita County, Foss - to Foss
Rating: F1
Path length: 5.5 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 35.520, -99.230

Hail, Washita

When: June 6, 8:55 PM CST
Where: Washita County, Burns Flat
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.290, -98.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washita

When: June 6, 9:20 PM CST
Where: Washita County, Canute
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.290, -98.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tillman

When: June 6, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Tillman County, Grandfield
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Coordinates: 34.373, -98.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tillman

When: June 6, 9:55 PM CST
Where: Tillman County, Grandfield
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.373, -98.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton

When: June 6, 10:20 PM CST
Where: Cotton County, Randlett
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton

When: June 6, 10:25 PM CST
Where: Cotton County, Walters
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton

When: June 6, 10:27 PM CST
Where: Cotton County, Walters
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton

When: June 6, 10:35 PM CST
Where: Cotton County, Temple
Coordinates: 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton

When: June 6, 10:38 PM CST
Where: Cotton County, Temple
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton

When: June 6, 10:40 PM CST
Where: Cotton County, Walters
Coordinates: 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton

When: June 6, 10:55 PM CST
Where: Cotton County, Comanche
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: June 6, 11:05 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Addington
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 34.111, -97.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens

When: June 6, 11:15 PM CST
Where: Stephens County, Comanche
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 34.486, -97.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms developed in west-central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 6th and moved into portions of southern Oklahoma. These storms produced a tornado, hail up to two inches in diameter, damaging winds, damaging lightning, and flash flooding rains. A tornado developed at 2029 CST five miles north-northwest of Foss and moved south-southeast five and one-half miles before dissipating one-half mile south of Foss. This F1 tornado tore a section of the roof off an abandoned gas station, blew a pickup from a parking lot in a truck stop onto Interstate 40, overturned four cars and four tractor-semitrailers on Interstate 40 closing both directions of travel for several hours, destroyed a mobile home, damaged an antenna, the roof of a hay barn, a flagpole, a travel trailer and the roofs of homes, blew the windows out of a restaurant, tore a section of a roof off a boat storage building, damaged or destroyed several signs, uprooted trees, and broke off tree limbs. Two people received minor injuries when the vehicle they were in was overturned on Interstate 40. Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs in Comanche and nine miles east of Walters, downed a large tree in Temple, knocked over a fence in Grandfield, ripped a roof off a building at a plant farm three miles southeast of Temple, and overturned an uninhabited mobile home five and one-half miles west-southwest of Comanche. Hail up to half-dollar-size damaged automobiles in Arapaho. Hail up to golf ball-size damaged automobiles in Canute. A lightning strike nine miles south of Butler damaged several television sets. Lightning struck a house in Arapaho resulting in minor damage. Heavy rainfall resulted in water from Beaver Creek over a road one mile east of Arapaho.

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.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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 The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1994 Warnings in Oklahoma, June 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: 10339429, 10340900, 10340901, 10343026, 10341519, 10339663, 10342929, 10342930, 10342931, 10342932, 10342933, 10342962, 10344098, 10344099, 10344905, 10344906, 10342703, 10342704, 10342705, 10342706, 10342707, 10342708, 10342709, 10342164, 10344953.