Hail, Cotton
- When
- October 3, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County, Devol
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 3, 1994
12 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
12 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cotton
- When
- October 3, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County, Devol
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton
- When
- October 3, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County, Devol
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Tillman
- When
- October 3, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tillman County, Grandfield
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.373, -98.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Cotton
- When
- October 3, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County, Devol
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Comanche
- When
- October 3, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Faxon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Comanche
- When
- October 3, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Cache
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Comanche
- When
- October 3, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Medicine Park
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- October 3, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Mountain View
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.916, -98.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- October 3, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Gotebo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.916, -98.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Washita
- When
- October 3, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County, Cowden
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.290, -98.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Canadian
- When
- October 3, 10:14 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, El Reno
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Kingfisher
- When
- October 3, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kingfisher County, Cashion
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.945, -97.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A line of severe thunderstorms moved northward into southern Oklahoma late in the afternoon and then continued to develop and move northward across central Oklahoma into the evening. Hail as large as Ping-Pong balls and wind gusts to 60 mph were reported.
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
More
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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: 10342722, 10342723, 10342724, 10344977, 10342725, 10339128, 10339129, 10342538, 10342426, 10342427, 10344113, 10339457, 10342256.