Oklahoma, 1995

Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1995

May 17, 1995 · 46 events in 25 counties and zones

34 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$170,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
46

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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34 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dewey

When
May 17, 3:45 AM CST
Where
Dewey County, Nr Camargo
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates
35.988, -99.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When
May 17, 4:00 AM CST
Where
Grant County, Medford
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
36.796, -97.786 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Woodward

When
May 17, 4:11 AM CST
Where
Woodward County, Mooreland
Measured
54 kt (62 mph)
Coordinates
36.423, -99.265 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Early morning thunderstorms in northern Oklahoma produced winds as high as 62 mph in Mooreland in Woodward County. In Medford in Grant County the roof was blown off of a plane hangar and the walls were blown out of another. Total damage was estimated at $20,000.

Hail, Okfuskee

When
May 17, 10:45 AM CST
Where
Okfuskee County, Okfuskee
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
35.466, -96.323 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Okmulgee

When
May 17, 10:53 AM CST
Where
Okmulgee County, Okmulgee
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Okmulgee

When
May 17, 11:00 AM CST
Where
Okmulgee County, Okmulgee
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Okmulgee

When
May 17, 11:00 AM CST
Where
Okmulgee County, Okmulgee
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wagoner

When
May 17, 11:20 AM CST
Where
Wagoner County, Haskell
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wagoner

When
May 17, 11:30 AM CST
Where
Wagoner County, Porter
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wagoner

When
May 17, 11:45 AM CST
Where
Wagoner County, Wagoner
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Delaware

When
May 17, 12:30 PM CST
Where
Delaware County, Colcord
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An isolated severe thunderstorm moved across northeast Oklahoma from Okfuskee County to Delaware County during the late morning and early afternoon of May 17th. Golf ball-size hail fell seven miles west of Okmulgee, and quarter-size hail fell at Haskell. Dime to nickel-size hail fell at several other locations in northeast Oklahoma.

Hail, Beaver

When
May 17, 1:38 PM CST to 2:16 PM CST
Where
Beaver County, Slapout to Follett
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.750, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Garfield

When
May 17, 2:20 PM CST
Where
Garfield County, Dover
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Beaver

When
May 17, 2:24 PM CST
Where
Beaver County
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
100 yd
Coordinates
36.750, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When
May 17, 2:45 PM CST
Where
Logan County, Hayward to (7 W Orlando)
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.919, -97.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Noble

When
May 17, 2:55 PM CST
Where
Noble County, Perry
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Texas

When
May 17, 2:55 PM CST
Where
Texas County, Eva
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved through the Oklahoma panhandle dropping large hail up to golf ball-size. The damage in Eva and Guymon was mostly to automobiles.

Hail, Harper

When
May 17, 3:00 PM CST
Where
Harper County, Laverne
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.789, -99.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Texas

When
May 17, 3:00 PM CST
Where
Texas County, Eva
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$20,000
Coordinates
36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved through the Oklahoma panhandle dropping large hail up to golf ball-size. The damage in Eva and Guymon was mostly to automobiles.

Hail, Texas

When
May 17, 3:10 PM CST
Where
Texas County, Eva
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved through the Oklahoma panhandle dropping large hail up to golf ball-size. The damage in Eva and Guymon was mostly to automobiles.

Thunderstorm Wind, Noble

When
May 17, 3:15 PM CST
Where
Noble County, Perry
Coordinates
36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Texas

When
May 17, 3:25 PM CST
Where
Texas County, Guymon
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved through the Oklahoma panhandle dropping large hail up to golf ball-size. The damage in Eva and Guymon was mostly to automobiles.

Hail, Texas

When
May 17, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Texas County, Guymon
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved through the Oklahoma panhandle dropping large hail up to golf ball-size. The damage in Eva and Guymon was mostly to automobiles.

Hail, Woods

When
May 17, 3:37 PM CST
Where
Woods County, Salt Fork
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.767, -98.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Texas

When
May 17, 3:40 PM CST
Where
Texas County, Guymon
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved through the Oklahoma panhandle dropping large hail up to golf ball-size. The damage in Eva and Guymon was mostly to automobiles.

Hail, Pawnee

When
May 17, 3:45 PM CST
Where
Pawnee County, Pawnee
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds

Tornado, Alfalfa

When
May 17, 3:52 PM CST to 4:10 PM CST
Where
Alfalfa County, Dacoma
Rating
F2
Path length
12 mi
Path width
400 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
36.470, -98.570

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When
May 17, 4:13 PM CST
Where
Creek County, Wynona
Measured
78 kt (90 mph)
Coordinates
35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Creek

When
May 17, 4:22 PM CST
Where
Creek County, Sapulpa
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Osage

When
May 17, 4:27 PM CST
Where
Osage County, Wynona
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Grant

When
May 17, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Grant County, Medford
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.796, -97.786 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Alfalfa

When
May 17, 4:33 PM CST
Where
Alfalfa County, Great Salt Plains Dam
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.731, -98.324 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tulsa

When
May 17, 4:52 PM CST
Where
Tulsa County, Bixby
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When
May 17, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Osage County, Barnsdall
Coordinates
36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wagoner

When
May 17, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Wagoner County, Oneta
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When
May 17, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Washington County, Dewey
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Grant

When
May 17, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Grant County, Medford
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.796, -97.786 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across northern Oklahoma during the afternoon. Large hail, damaging winds, and one tornado were reported. The tornado was spotted by a highway patrol officer as it touched down in Woods County about 12 miles south of Dacoma, just west of the Alfalfa County line. The tornado then moved east-northeast into Alfalfa County and evolved into a multiple-vortex tornado as it reached the Carmen area. The tornado finally lifted as it approached McWillie. Damage was concentrated in the Carmen area of Alfalfa County and included: a travel trailer flipped and destroyed south of Carmen and four houses and several outbuildings damaged from one mile south to two miles east of Carmen. In the McWillie area a barn was damaged. Highlines and trees were downed along much of this path. Based on video and eyewitness reports, the tornado was rated as an F2. Other reports from severe thunderstorms included a large peach tree blown down by straight-line winds seven miles southeast of Perry in Noble County. Hail as large as quarters was reported seven miles southwest of Perry in Noble County, in Harper County six miles south of Laverne, in Alfalfa County at the Great Salt Plains Dam, and in Grant County six miles northeast of Medford.

Hail, Tulsa

When
May 17, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Tulsa County, Broken Arrow
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When
May 17, 5:15 PM CST
Where
Washington County, Bartlesville
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds (G61)

Hail, Rogers

When
May 17, 5:35 PM CST
Where
Rogers County, Inola
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds (G61)

Hail, Mayes

When
May 17, 5:45 PM CST
Where
Mayes County, Chouteau
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms redeveloped in northeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon of May 17th. Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 to 100 miles an hour just south of Wynona blew a car off a highway into a bar ditch. Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree in Pawnee and blew down several large tree limbs seven miles northeast of Barnsdall. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 miles an hour five miles south of Bartlesville and five miles east of Inola. Quarter-size hail fell at Wynona, at Broken Arrow, and five miles south of Bartlesville. Dime to quarter-size hail fell two miles east of Chouteau, and dime to nickel- size hail fell at several other locations in northeast Oklahoma.

Hail, Latimer

When
May 17, 7:15 PM CST
Where
Latimer County, Haileyville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.876, -95.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Latimer

When
May 17, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Latimer County, Wilburton
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates
34.876, -95.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell

When
May 17, 8:05 PM CST
Where
Haskell County, McCurtain
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates
35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore

When
May 17, 8:25 PM CST
Where
Le Flore County, Spiro
Coordinates
34.900, -94.703 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the evening of May 17th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Wilburton, two miles east of McCurtain, and in Arkoma. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in Spiro, and dime-size hail fell at Haileyville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore

When
May 17, 8:40 PM CST
Where
Le Flore County, Arkoma
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates
34.900, -94.703 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the evening of May 17th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Wilburton, two miles east of McCurtain, and in Arkoma. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in Spiro, and dime-size hail fell at Haileyville.

What these are

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.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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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: 10343270, 10343005, 10344217, 10340827, 10340950, 10340951, 10340952, 10345017, 10345018, 10345019, 10343146, 10339272, 10342591, 10339273, 10341752, 10341640, 10344682, 10341895, 10344683, 10344684, 10341641, 10344685, 10344686, 10344160, 10344687, 10341148, 10339178, 10342739, 10342740, 10341029, 10343082, 10339179, 10344555, 10341030, 10345020, 10345163, 10343083, 10344556, 10345164, 10344565, and more.