Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 22, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 22, 1995
Start: 1995-04-22T03:30
End: 1995-04-22T15:30
Location: Oklahoma

April 22, 1995 · 31 events in 13 counties and zones

25 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 31 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: 31

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.

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Event by event

25 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stephens

When: April 22, 3:30 AM CST
Where: Stephens County, Marlow
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.486, -97.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cotton

When: April 22, 8:30 AM CST
Where: Cotton County, Randlett
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.290, -98.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Jefferson

When: April 22, 10:40 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Hastings
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.111, -97.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Jefferson

When: April 22, 10:50 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Addington
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.111, -97.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pontotoc

When: April 22, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Pontotoc County, Stonewall
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.728, -96.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Coal

When: April 22, 11:10 AM CST
Where: Coal County, Centrahoma
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.588, -96.298 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes

When: April 22, 11:15 AM CST
Where: Hughes County, Gerty
Coordinates: 35.048, -96.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hughes

When: April 22, 11:20 AM CST
Where: Hughes County, Citra
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.048, -96.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes

When: April 22, 11:20 AM CST
Where: Hughes County, Citra
Coordinates: 35.048, -96.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Coal

When: April 22, 11:23 AM CST
Where: Coal County, Cetrahoma
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.588, -96.298 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Garvin

When: April 22, 11:30 AM CST
Where: Garvin County, Elmore City
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.705, -97.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pittsburg

When: April 22, 11:45 AM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, McAlester
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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Hail, Comanche

When: April 22, 11:47 AM CST
Where: Comanche County, E Lawton
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.662, -98.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pontotoc

When: April 22, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Pontotoc County, Francis
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.728, -96.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell

When: April 22, 12:05 PM CST
Where: Haskell County, Kinta
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Latimer

When: April 22, 12:05 PM CST
Where: Latimer County, Wilburton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.876, -95.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Haskell

When: April 22, 12:15 PM CST
Where: Haskell County, Lequire
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Haskell

When: April 22, 12:40 PM CST
Where: Haskell County, Stigler
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hughes

When: April 22, 12:55 PM CST
Where: Hughes County, Atwood
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.048, -96.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When: April 22, 1:01 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Nr Kiowa
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pittsburg

When: April 22, 1:05 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Arpelar
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: April 22, 1:05 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County, Trousdale
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.207, -96.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pushmataha

When: April 22, 1:45 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha County, Antlers
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.416, -95.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms across southern and parts of central Oklahoma produced large hail and damaging winds from early morning through early afternoon. Hail as large as golf balls was reported four miles northwest of Stonewall in Pontotoc County. In Hughes County tree limbs were downed three miles southeast of Gerty and three miles east of Citra. In Purcell in McClain County, lightning struck a large tree in front of a funeral home, splitting the trunknown and sending splinters as far as a block away. The exterior of the funeral home sustained major damage, as all windows and the glass from two doors were broken out by debris. Branches fell onto and damaged the guttering and siding of the home and a car sitting out front. The lightning bolt also traveled through the root system of the tree and caused the cement sidewalk to break in several places.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When: April 22, 1:50 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Indianola
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pushmataha

When: April 22, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha County, Antlers
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.416, -95.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pittsburg

When: April 22, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Indianola
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pittsburg

When: April 22, 2:35 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, McAlester
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pittsburg

When: April 22, 2:46 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Ashland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pittsburg

When: April 22, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, McAlester
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell

When: April 22, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Haskell County, Stigler
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the late morning and early afternoon of April 22nd. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed prefab buildings at the Army Ammunitions Plant 5 miles west of Savanna, and buildings were damaged and large trees were blown down in Alderson. A tin roof was blown off a bus barn in McAlester, and numerous trees and power lines were also blown down in McAlester. A porch was blown off a mobile home 5 miles southeast of McAlester, and power poles were snapped by the wind near Kiowa. Strong thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs in Kinta, just south of Indianola, and in Stigler. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 miles an hour 10 miles south of McAlester. Nickel size hail fell 10 miles northeast of Stigler, and dime size hail covered the ground 1 mile east of Indianola. Dime size hail also fell at Wilburton, at Lequire, and at several other locations in Pittsburg County.

Hail, Pittsburg

When: April 22, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Featherston
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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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: 10345087, 10342818, 10342208, 10342209, 10344842, 10343210, 10341946, 10341947, 10342025, 10343211, 10342765, 10344619, 10342551, 10344934, 10339131, 10342274, 10339132, 10339133, 10342026, 10344620, 10344621, 10345065, 10344309, 10344622, 10344310, 10344623, 10344624, 10344625, 10344626, 10339215, 10344627.