Oklahoma, 1994Hail in Oklahoma, May 7, 1994
May 7, 1994 · 2 events in 1 county or zone
2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 7, 1994$611,000 · 2.75 in hail · 21 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 7, 1994$118,000 · 1.25 in hail · 29 events
- Damaging Wind in Utah, May 7, 1994$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 7, 1994$50,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Texas, May 7, 19941.75 in hail · 10 events
- Hail in Missouri, May 7, 1994$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 7, 1994$500 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
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.