Tornado in Oklahoma, June 6, 1996

Severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Oklahoma during the evening of June 6th. The storms spawned 2 tornadoes, and also produced damaging winds and large hail.The first tornado touched down briefly at 1854CST on the north side of the Army Ammunition Plant 3 miles southwest of McAlester. No damage occurred with this F0 tornado.The second tornado touched down briefly at 2020CST 14 miles southwest of Heavener. Trees were twisted and many tree limbs were broken off, but no structural damage occurred with this F0 tornado.Damaging straight-line winds also occurred with the storms. Siding was blown off a house 8 miles south of Wilburton, trees were blown down just west of Wilburton and 2 miles southwest of Red Oak, and large tree limbs were blown down in Wister. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Wilburton, and numerous large trees were blown down over county roads in Wilburton. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 70 miles an hour in Weleetka and to 60 miles an hour in Canadian. Large hail also accompanied the storms. Quarter size hail fell at Scipio, and nickel size hail fell at Heavener.