Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, December 10, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, December 10, 1995
Start: 1995-12-10T16:00
End: 1995-12-10T18:56
Location: Oklahoma

December 10, 1995 · 19 events in 9 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 19 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: 19

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 Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:04 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Delaware

When: December 10, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Delaware County, Jay
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware

When: December 10, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Delaware County, Jay
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Mayes

When: December 10, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Mayes County, Salina
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Delaware

When: December 10, 4:44 PM CST
Where: Delaware County, Jay
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wagoner

When: December 10, 4:51 PM CST
Where: Wagoner County, Tullahassee
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cherokee

When: December 10, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Tahlequah
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wagoner

When: December 10, 4:56 PM CST
Where: Wagoner County, Tullahassee
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When: December 10, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Muskogee County, Muskogee
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Delaware

When: December 10, 5:08 PM CST
Where: Delaware County, Leach
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Delaware

When: December 10, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Delaware County, West Siloam Sprin
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cherokee

When: December 10, 5:21 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Tahlequah
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh

When: December 10, 5:25 PM CST
Where: McIntosh County, Checotah
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 35.374, -95.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When: December 10, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Tahlequah
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cherokee

When: December 10, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Tahlequah
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When: December 10, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Park Hill
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When: December 10, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Tahlequah
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75)

Hail, Adair

When: December 10, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Adair County, Stilwell
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 35.884, -94.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When: December 10, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Bartlesville
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When: December 10, 6:56 PM CST
Where: Tulsa County, Bixby
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon of November 10th and continued into the early evening. Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tractor-semitrailer off the road on U.S. Highway 64 one mile south of Muskogee, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph three miles west of Jay, in Tahlequah, and in Park Hill. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 mph five miles south of Checotah and to 60 mph eight miles south of Tahlequah. Golf ball-size hail fell eight miles southwest of Tahlequah, 12 miles southwest of Tahlequah, at Tahlequah, and at Park Hill, and hail up to 1.50 inches in diameter fell at Stilwell. Quarter-size hail partially covered the ground eight miles south of Tahlequah, and dime to nickel-size hail covered the ground at Jay. Dime to quarter-size hail also fell at numerous other locations in northeast Oklahoma.

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

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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: 10343160, 10343161, 10341477, 10343162, 10345041, 10342684, 10345042, 10341422, 10343243, 10343244, 10342685, 10341509, 10342686, 10342687, 10342688, 10342689, 10339156, 10344075, 10344915.