Hail, Garfield
- When
- June 19, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, 1 mi W of Enid
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -97.880
Hail in Oklahoma, June 19, 1998
Summary of events of June 19, 1998:Severe thunderstorms affected several areas in the state the evening of the 19th. 5 inches in Hinton(Caddo County).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 28
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Summary of events of June 19, 1998:Severe thunderstorms affected several areas in the state the evening of the 19th. The largest hail reported was 3.5 inches in Hinton(Caddo County). In north-central Oklahoma, hail as large as baseballs fell in Garfield County; in southwest Oklahoma, Tillman and Comanche Counties reported hail as large as quarters; and in central Oklahoma hail to the size of golf balls fell in Canadian Counties.See preceding individual Storm Data entries for further details and additional reports.
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
Event by event
28 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Garfield
- When
- June 19, 4:52 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, 1 mi N of Enid
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -97.870
Hail, Tillman
- When
- June 19, 5:13 PM CST
- Where
- Tillman County, 9 mi E of Davidson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -98.930
Hail, Caddo
- When
- June 19, 5:31 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Binger
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -98.330
Hail, Comanche
- When
- June 19, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Chattanooga
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -98.650
Hail, Caddo
- When
- June 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Hinton
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -98.350
Hail up to 3.5 inches in diameter broke holes in the roofs of houses and barns. Numerous cars were dented and had their windows broken by the giant hail.
Hail, Comanche
- When
- June 19, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, 2 mi S of Lawton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -98.400
Hail, Comanche
- When
- June 19, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Lawton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -98.400
Hail, Comanche
- When
- June 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Ft Sill Aaf
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -98.400
Hail, Comanche
- When
- June 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, 4 mi E of Lawton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -98.330
Hail, Garfield
- When
- June 19, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, 3 mi NE of Breckinridge
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.470, -97.680
Hail, Comanche
- When
- June 19, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Sterling
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -98.170
Hail, Caddo
- When
- June 19, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, 4 mi NW of Eakly
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -98.600
Hail, Garfield
- When
- June 19, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, Hunter
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.570, -97.650
Hail, Caddo
- When
- June 19, 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, 2 mi S of Cogar
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -98.130
Hail, Canadian
- When
- June 19, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, 12 mi WSW of El Reno
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -98.170
Hail, Garfield
- When
- June 19, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, 2 mi N of Enid
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -97.870
Hail, Garfield
- When
- June 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, Enid
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -97.870
Hail, Caddo
- When
- June 19, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, 4 mi S of Cogar
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -98.130
Hail, Grady
- When
- June 19, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County, 6 mi W of Minco
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -98.030
Hail, Caddo
- When
- June 19, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, 2 mi NE of Lookeba
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -98.320
Hail, Caddo
- When
- June 19, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, 2 mi NE of Lookeba
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -98.320
Hail, Garfield
- When
- June 19, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, 3 mi NE of Enid
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -97.830
Hail, Canadian
- When
- June 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, 2 mi E of Niles
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -98.220
Hail, Canadian
- When
- June 19, 8:45 PM CST to 8:56 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, 10 mi W of Calumet
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -98.300
Hail, Blaine
- When
- June 19, 8:53 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, Geary
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -98.320
Hail, Canadian
- When
- June 19, 9:08 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, Calumet
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -98.120
Hail, Canadian
- When
- June 19, 9:24 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, 8 mi WSW of Okarche
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -98.120
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, June 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in Montana, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1998
More
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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: 5667944, 5667943, 5667945, 5667947, 5667946, 5667966, 5667948, 5667949, 5667950, 5667951, 5667952, 5667958, 5667955, 5667954, 5667956, 5667957, 5667953, 5667967, 5667962, 5667961, 5667968, 5667959, 5667960, 5667963, 5668017, 5668016, 5667964, 5667965.