Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 7, 1998

Scattered severe thunderstorms developed over western and central Oklahoma during late afternoon and early evening of the 7th resulting in numerous reports of wind damage and some large hail. In the city of Clinton in Custer County thunderstorm winds toppled a semi-truck trailer at Interstate 40 and South 28th St., ripped apart a camper trailer on Petty Lane, damaged a roof at Washington Elementary and a house in the 1200 block of Avant in Neptune Park. Several mobile homes and house roofs were damaged in Weatherford in Custer County. Damaging winds from another severe thunderstorm 2 miles east of Little in Seminole County downed large limbs from a pecan tree. Large limbs were also blown down near Leedey in Dewey County. Thirteen high line poles and one tree were downed 9 miles southeast of Arnett in Ellis County leaving parts of Arnett without power for 12 hours. An observer in the same location also recorded 3 inches of rain during the storm. As the severe thunderstorm moved north to near Arnett, large limbs were blown off of 2 elm trees. In Caddo County near Eakly, severe thunderstorm winds damaged a school, blew down barns and fences, damaged many other barn roofs, and also blew the roof off from a set of bleachers at the ballpark. The same severe thunderstorm was responsible for ripping a barn roof off and destroying several awnings at a baseball park in Alfalfa, also in Caddo County. In Vici in Dewey County a 300 gallon tank was blown into a nearby house. Lastly, a severe thunderstorm 11 miles east of Buffalo in Harper County lasted for 20 minutes knocking large tree limbs from 2015 CST to 2035 CST.