Oklahoma, 1995

Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 1995

May 22, 1995 · 19 events in 6 counties and zones

18 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 18 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
$10,000
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.

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Event by event

18 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Woodward

When
May 22, 11:50 AM CST
Where
Woodward County, Quinlan
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
36.423, -99.265 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Woods

When
May 22, 12:25 PM CST
Where
Woods County, Waynoka
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.767, -98.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Midday thunderstorms across northwest Oklahoma dropped hail as large as golf balls six miles northeast of Waynoka in Woods County.

Hail, Beckham

When
May 22, 6:51 PM CST
Where
Beckham County, Erick
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
35.269, -99.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Harmon

When
May 22, 7:02 PM CST
Where
Harmon County, Madge
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
34.744, -99.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Harmon

When
May 22, 7:03 PM CST
Where
Harmon County, Madge
Measured
2.5 in hail
Coordinates
34.744, -99.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Harmon

When
May 22, 7:25 PM CST
Where
Harmon County, Vinson
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.744, -99.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greer

When
May 22, 7:28 PM CST to 7:40 PM CST
Where
Greer County, Reed
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greer

When
May 22, 7:50 PM CST to 7:52 PM CST
Where
Greer County, Mangum
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Beckham

When
May 22, 7:55 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Beckham County, Texola
Measured
3 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
35.269, -99.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Beckham

When
May 22, 8:11 PM CST
Where
Beckham County, Texola
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
30 yd
Coordinates
35.230, -99.980

Hail, Beckham

When
May 22, 8:25 PM CST
Where
Beckham County, Erick
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.269, -99.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Beckham

When
May 22, 8:30 PM CST
Where
Beckham County, Erick
Measured
2.5 in hail
Coordinates
35.269, -99.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Beckham

When
May 22, 8:33 PM CST
Where
Beckham County, Texola
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.269, -99.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Beckham

When
May 22, 8:36 PM CST
Where
Beckham County, Erick
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
35.269, -99.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greer

When
May 22, 8:40 PM CST
Where
Greer County, Willow
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greer

When
May 22, 8:50 PM CST to 9:15 PM CST
Where
Greer County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kiowa

When
May 22, 8:52 PM CST
Where
Kiowa County, Lone Wolf
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
34.916, -98.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greer

When
May 22, 9:05 PM CST to 9:25 PM CST
Where
Greer County
Measured
2.5 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greer

When
May 22, 9:35 PM CST
Where
Greer County, Willow
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved into southwest Oklahoma from the Texas panhandle, producing giant hail and one tornado. The tornado, a brief F0, occurred in Texola in Beckham County and did no reported damage. The largest hail reported was three-inch diameter in Texola in Beckham County, where car windshields were broken. Also, baseball-size hail was reported in Harmon County three miles northeast of Vinson, in Beckham County five miles south of Texola, and in Greer County throughout a five mile radius of Reed. Tennis ball-size hail 16 miles west-northwest of Willow in Greer County knocked out house windows.

What these are

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 10344218, 10344161, 10339325, 10343450, 10343451, 10343452, 10343296, 10343297, 10339326, 10339327, 10339328, 10339329, 10339330, 10339331, 10343298, 10343299, 10342437, 10343300, 10343301.