Hail, Washita
- When
- September 30, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County, 4 mi W of Dill City
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.283, -99.200
Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 30, 2005
14 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $27,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 1:14 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 1:14 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 214 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW CONT TO TRACK EAST ACROSS E NM INTO W TX THIS AFTN. HAVE ALREADY SEEN SOME ELEVATED SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY TODAY AND EXPECT THIS TO CONT... WITH STORMS EVENTUALLY BECOMING SFC BASED BY LATE THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. MODELS CONT TO SHOW CONSISTENCY IN DEVELOPING STORM COMPLEX ACROSS OUR SOUTHWEST AND THEN SPREADING IT NE OVERNIGHT. THINK MODELS ARE OVERDOING PRECIP AMOUNTS...BUT COULD STILL SEE A SWATH OF 1 TO 1 1/2 FROM SW INTO C OK TONIGHT. LARGER AREA OF PRECIP SHOULD PUSH INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF OK BY SAT AFTN... BUT AS UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE MORE NE THAN E TOMORROW ENOUGH FORCING WILL REMAIN IN AREA THAT WE COULD SEE SOME REDEVELOPMENT BACK TOWARD CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OK SAT AFTN. WILL KEEP SOME LOWER POPS GOING INTO SAT NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS. THINGS DRY OUT AND WARM UP FOR SECOND HALF OF WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS BY MID WEEK. LATEST RUNS SLOW FRONTAL PASSAGE DOWN A FEW HOURS AND WILL MAKE CHANGES BASED ON THIS SLOWER PROGRESSION. WILL KEEP SOME PRECIP CHANCES INTO WED NIGHT WITH A NICE COOL DOWN BEGINNING ON WED ACROSS THE NORTH AND CONT ON THU/FRI. TEMP FORECAST FOR WED COULD BE ANOTHER DAY LIKE THIS LAST WED... WHEN WE SAW 100 DEGREE TEMPS ALONG THE RED RIVER AND TEMPS FALLING INTO THE 60S IN THE NW... IF STRONG LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE DEVELOPS SOUTH OF SFC FRONT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 63 80 68 88 / 90 60 20 10 HOBART OK 64 85 68 91 / 80 30 10 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 66 88 70 92 / 80 40 10 10 GAGE OK 59 85 65 90 / 30 20 10 10 PONCA CITY OK 63 78 68 88 / 70 60 30 10 DURANT OK 66 83 69 89 / 60 60 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 30
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 10:53 AM CST, 7 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1153 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011300-
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATIONS...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REYDON TO THOMAS... AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM WEATHERFORD... TO MARLOW... TO ARCHER CITY
TEXAS.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
4 PM THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE EASTWARD
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A SURFACE
TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE OR WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS LIMITED DUE TO A RECENT STRONG COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. HOWEVER... MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO INCREASE WITH A
SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM. BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...HEATING WILL RESULT IN WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY
ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH DEEP
LAYER SHEAR VALUES APPROACHING 40 KTS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR
ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
AND FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. FAIRLY LARGE TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE
DIFFERENCES WILL LIMIT THE TORNADO THREAT...BUT LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL
DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND WILL COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE TO KEEP THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY GOING OVERNIGHT... PERHAPS
CONSOLIDATING INTO A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY OCT 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...50 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA SATURDAY... MOVING MOSTLY EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY
MORNING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS NEXT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY...AS ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT
AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED
AT 7 AM SATURDAY...OCTOBER 1ST.
SIXIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 5:19 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 619 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 OKZ004-005-009-010-302345- WOODS OK-HARPER OK-WOODWARD OK-ELLIS OK- 619 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS...HARPER...WOODS AND WOODWARD COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO AT 619 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING ACROSS MUCH OF FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...FROM NEAR SHATTUCK TO WOODWARD AND NORTH TO THE KANSAS STATE LINE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN ELLIS...HARPER...WOODS AND WOODWARD COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 24
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 5:52 PM CST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 652 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 OKZ004-005-010000- WOODS OK-HARPER OK- 652 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HARPER AND WOODS COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SELMAN TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO AT 652 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN HARPER AND WOODS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 11
Local storm report, Sep 30, 6:08 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
708 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM HAIL 5 SW BENJAMIN 33.53N 99.85W
09/30/2005 1.00 INCH KNOX TX PUBLIC
&&
JLP/JHLocal storm report, Sep 30, 6:20 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
720 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0702 PM HAIL BENJAMIN 33.58N 99.79W
09/30/2005 1.75 INCH KNOX TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JLP/JHSpecial weather statement, Sep 30, 6:27 PM CST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 727 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 TXZ088-010045- BAYLOR TX- 727 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BAYLOR COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF RED SPRINGS AT 727 PM CDT...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN BAYLOR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SEYMOUR...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 24
Local storm report, Sep 30, 6:28 PM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
728 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM HAIL CROWELL 33.98N 99.72W
09/30/2005 1.00 INCH FOARD TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
LASTED ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
&&
JLP/JHThe radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:33 UTC.
Event by event
14 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washita
- When
- September 30, 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County, 9 mi E of Cordell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -98.817
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- September 30, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, 4 mi WSW of Roosevelt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.833, -99.083
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- September 30, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, 2 mi S of Hobart
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.983, -99.100
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- September 30, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Mountain Park
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -98.950
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- September 30, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Snyder
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -98.950
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- September 30, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Mountain Park
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -98.950
Hail, Washita
- When
- September 30, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County, Cordell
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -98.983
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- September 30, 8:05 PM CST to 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, 3 mi NNW of Indiahoma
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -98.767
Light tree damage was reported. There was also a mile of downed power lines.
Tornado, Comanche
- When
- September 30, 8:15 PM CST to 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, 6 mi NW of Cache
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -98.683
A tornado occurred within the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge which was surveyed by a National Weather Service meteorologist and the deputy refuge manager. The tornado touched down to the west of the Boulder Camp area in the southwest part of the refuge. Significant tree damage occurred in the area just to the north of Boulder Camp and along the road that leads to Boulder Camp as the tornado moved east and east-northeast. A number of eight to twelve inch diameter trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado continued to veer to the left moving north-northeast crossing the main highway just one mile west of the main campground and Quanah Parker Lake. It continued to create light tree damage as it moved northeast and before dissipating on the south or east face of Bushman Mountain.No structures were hit, and there were no known injuries to wildlife in the refuge.
Hail, Blaine
- When
- September 30, 8:17 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, Geary
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.883, -98.317
Hail, Caddo
- When
- September 30, 9:07 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, 2 mi W of Cyril
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.883, -98.233
Hail was observed on Highway 19.
Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- September 30, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County, 9 mi ENE of Sweetwater
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.467, -99.767
Hail, Roger Mills
- When
- September 30, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County, Herring Station
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -99.517
Hail, Grady
- When
- September 30, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County, 1 mi SW of Chickasha
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.033, -97.967
Hail was reported on Highway 92.
Hail, Caddo
- When
- September 30, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, 1 mi N of Ft Cobb
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.117, -98.433
Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa
- When
- September 30, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Mountain View
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -98.750
A few trees were uprooted along with large tree limbs downed. There was a partial collapse of a carport. Several roofs were damaged.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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: 5473928, 5473929, 5473930, 5473931, 5473932, 5473933, 5473934, 5474009, 5474007, 5474006, 5473935, 5473936, 5473937, 5474003, 5474004, 5474005, 5474008.