Hail, Love
- When
- May 27, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Love County, Overbrook
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -97.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 27, 1994
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Love
- When
- May 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Love County, Overbrook
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -97.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- May 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Lebanon
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.025, -96.769 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms in southern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 27th produced damaging lightning, damaging winds, and hail up to dime-size. Thunderstorm winds near Willis destroyed one mobile home, damaged two homes, one barn, and several recreation vehicles, blew a tree onto a boat, destroyed a gas pump and a sign, tore roofing material off a business resulting in water damage, and downed trees. Near Willis, a man seeking shelter from the storm in a tent was blown into Lake Texoma. The man was able to get out of the tent and reach land safely. A lightning strike knocked a hole in the roof of a house and destroyed a transformer on the east side of Lawton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- May 27, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Northern Willis
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 34.025, -96.769 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms in southern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 27th produced damaging lightning, damaging winds, and hail up to dime-size. Thunderstorm winds near Willis destroyed one mobile home, damaged two homes, one barn, and several recreation vehicles, blew a tree onto a boat, destroyed a gas pump and a sign, tore roofing material off a business resulting in water damage, and downed trees. Near Willis, a man seeking shelter from the storm in a tent was blown into Lake Texoma. The man was able to get out of the tent and reach land safely. A lightning strike knocked a hole in the roof of a house and destroyed a transformer on the east side of Lawton.
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
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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: 10340747, 10340748, 10341299, 10341300.