A storm which preceded a cold front early Tuesday afternoon missed most of the county but caused Webbers Falls and Gore officials to scramble for protection.

Dana Tracey, Gore city maintenance manager, said both Gore and Webbers Falls sounded warning sirens to let alert residents to the approaching storm which had winds estimated at between 45 and 50 miles per house and which dumped between six and eight inches of hail on Tulsa before striking the west end of Sequoyah County.

"We had some pea-sized hail, but it wasn't bad," Tracey said. "We sounded the sirens as a precaution to let residents know what was happening."

Tracey said Gore and Webbers Falls school officials were warned to get students into interior halls and away from glass windows because of the expected hail.

Tracey said the storm lasted about 10 minutes, and caused no injuries or major damage.

"We had a few limbs and trees down, that was all," he said.

Tracey said temperatures also dropped with the storm's passing, and the area experienced many cloud-to-ground lightning strikes.

"We were at about 65 degrees when it hit, then the temperatures dropped to 50 degrees," Tracey said.

Tracey added that there was little rain with the storm, only a slow cold drizzle.

"The Webbers Falls and Gore Police Departments worked together" during the storm, Tracey concluded.