Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1994

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1994
Start: 1994-05-06T15:30
End: 1994-05-06T23:45
Location: Oklahoma

May 6, 1994 · 28 events in 5 counties and zones

16 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 28

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

16 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kay

When: May 6, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Peckham
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kay

When: May 6, 3:35 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Newkirk
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kay

When: May 6, 3:58 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Kildare
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Kay

When: May 6, 3:58 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Kildare
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kay

When: May 6, 4:02 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Ponca City
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Kay

When: May 6, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Northern Kildare
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Coordinates: 36.820, -97.050

Hail, Kay

When: May 6, 4:57 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Kildare
Measured: 2.25 in hail
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kay

When: May 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Kildare
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kay

When: May 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Newkirk
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Kay

When: May 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Newkirk
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Kay

When: May 6, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Kaw City
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Kay

When: May 6, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Kay County, Ponca City
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Payne

When: May 6, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Northern Lela
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Payne

When: May 6, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Payne County to Glencoe
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Payne

When: May 6, 8:46 PM CST
Where: Payne County, S Glencoe
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Payne

When: May 6, 8:49 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Yale
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Payne

When: May 6, 8:50 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Yale
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Coordinates: 36.080, -96.620

Thunderstorm Wind, Payne

When: May 6, 8:53 PM CST
Where: Payne County, N Yale
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Payne

When: May 6, 8:55 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Yale
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Payne

When: May 6, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Yale
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Payne

When: May 6, 9:12 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Ripley
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Coordinates: 36.050, -96.880

Hail, Payne

When: May 6, 9:45 PM CST
Where: Payne County, Mehan
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lincoln

When: May 6, 10:00 PM CST to 10:10 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Nne Stroud
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.703, -96.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Lincoln

When: May 6, 10:45 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Stroud
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Coordinates: 35.650, -96.670

Hail, Seminole

When: May 6, 11:23 PM CST
Where: Seminole County, Schoolton
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.168, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Seminole

When: May 6, 11:25 PM CST
Where: Seminole County, Schoolton
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.168, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Seminole

When: May 6, 11:40 PM CST
Where: Seminole County, Cromwell
Coordinates: 35.168, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hughes

When: May 6, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Hughes County, Dustin
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.048, -96.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms developed in portions of north-central Oklahoma during the afternoon and early evening hours on the 6th and moved south through portions of central and into southeast Oklahoma. These storms produce four weak brief tornadoes, hail up to softball-size and damaging winds. Weak tornadoes briefly touched down near Kildare at 1630 CST, four miles east-southeast of Yale at 2050 CST, two miles north-northeast of Ripley at 2112 CST, and six miles south of Stroud at 2245 CST. All of these tornadoes touched down in open fields and no damage was reported. Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a well house eight miles southeast of Newkirk, destroyed a barn three miles north of Yale and just north of Yale, downed power lines one and one-half miles east of Yale and one mile west of Kaw City, and downed tree limbs in Cromwell.

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.

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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, May 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: 10342376, 10342377, 10342378, 10342379, 10342380, 10342381, 10342382, 10342383, 10342384, 10342385, 10342386, 10342387, 10344392, 10344393, 10344394, 10344395, 10344396, 10344397, 10344398, 10344399, 10344400, 10344401, 10341968, 10341969, 10340771, 10340772, 10340773, 10342016.