Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 11, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 11, 1995
Start: 1995-09-11T20:30
End: 1995-09-11T23:35
Location: Oklahoma

September 11, 1995 · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 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: 6

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

5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Alfalfa

When: September 11, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Alfalfa County, Selman
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.731, -98.324 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Alfalfa

When: September 11, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, Western, Ce to Byron
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.731, -98.324 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Alfalfa

When: September 11, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Alfalfa County, Byron
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Coordinates: 36.731, -98.324 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield

When: September 11, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Garfield County, Hillsdale
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms in northern Oklahoma produced winds as strong as 80 mph and hail as large as quarters in Byron in Alfalfa County. One-inch hail was also reported in Medford in Grant County.

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: September 11, 11:15 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Burbank
Coordinates: 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee

When: September 11, 11:35 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County, Ralston
Coordinates: 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the late evening of September 11th. Strong thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs 10 miles west southwest of Burbank, and several large tree limbs up to four inches in diameter were blown down in Ralston.

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, September 1995

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: 10339194, 10339195, 10339196, 10342645, 10341121, 10344300.