Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3, 1995
Start: 1995-07-03T00:00
End: 1995-07-03T05:30
Location: Oklahoma

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 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: $500
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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

7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Coal

When: July 3, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Coal County, Clarita
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.588, -96.298 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Osage

When: July 3, 12:10 AM CST
Where: Osage County, Grainola
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: July 3, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Osage County, Bowring
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc

When: July 3, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Pontotoc County, Fittstown
Coordinates: 34.728, -96.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston

When: July 3, 12:45 AM CST
Where: Johnston County, Pontotoc
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 34.317, -96.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Coal

When: July 3, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Coal County, Clarita
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.588, -96.298 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Nowata

When: July 3, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Nowata County, Lenapah
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the very early morning of July 3rd. Strong thunderstorm wind blew the tin siding off a barn in Nowata and also blew down large tree limbs in Nowata. Large tree limbs were also blown down in Delaware, and 60 mph winds blew down large tree limbs at Wah-sha-she State Park six miles northeast of Bowring. Thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour in Lenapah. Nickel-size hail fell at Copan, and dime-size hail fell at Grainola and at Delaware.

Thunderstorm Wind, Nowata

When: July 3, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Nowata County, Delaware
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the very early morning of July 3rd. Strong thunderstorm wind blew the tin siding off a barn in Nowata and also blew down large tree limbs in Nowata. Large tree limbs were also blown down in Delaware, and 60 mph winds blew down large tree limbs at Wah-sha-she State Park six miles northeast of Bowring. Thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour in Lenapah. Nickel-size hail fell at Copan, and dime-size hail fell at Grainola and at Delaware.

Hail, Nowata

When: July 3, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Nowata County, Delaware
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the very early morning of July 3rd. Strong thunderstorm wind blew the tin siding off a barn in Nowata and also blew down large tree limbs in Nowata. Large tree limbs were also blown down in Delaware, and 60 mph winds blew down large tree limbs at Wah-sha-she State Park six miles northeast of Bowring. Thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour in Lenapah. Nickel-size hail fell at Copan, and dime-size hail fell at Grainola and at Delaware.

Thunderstorm Wind, Nowata

When: July 3, 1:45 AM CST
Where: Nowata County, Nowata
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the very early morning of July 3rd. Strong thunderstorm wind blew the tin siding off a barn in Nowata and also blew down large tree limbs in Nowata. Large tree limbs were also blown down in Delaware, and 60 mph winds blew down large tree limbs at Wah-sha-she State Park six miles northeast of Bowring. Thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour in Lenapah. Nickel-size hail fell at Copan, and dime-size hail fell at Grainola and at Delaware.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When: July 3, 5:30 AM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Moodys
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm produced 60 mph winds in Moodys.

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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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: 10343212, 10341073, 10341074, 10344946, 10342302, 10343213, 10340790, 10340791, 10358508, 10340792, 10342662.