Thunderstorm Wind, Kay
- When
- July 29, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.080
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 29, 1960
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Garfield
- When
- July 29, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- July 29, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- July 29, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 29, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -96.780
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 29, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 29, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 29, 1960
- Hail in Iowa, July 29, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 29, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 29, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 29, 1960
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: 10091728, 10091729, 10091730, 10091731, 10091732.