Oklahoma, 1994

Hail in Oklahoma, May 7, 1994

May 7, 1994 · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:02 UTC.

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2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hughes

When
May 7, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Hughes County, Dustin
Measured
4.5 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.

Hail, Hughes

When
May 7, 12:40 AM CST
Where
Hughes County, Lamar
Measured
0.88 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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 10341942, 10341943.