Thunderstorm Wind, Alfalfa
- When
- August 18, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -98.280
Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 18, 1970
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tillman
- When
- August 18, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tillman County
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -99.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Blaine
- When
- August 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -98.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- August 18, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -97.900
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 18, 1970
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 18, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 18, 1970
- Hail in Iowa, August 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 18, 1970
- Tornado in Mississippi, August 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 18, 1970
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: 10092262, 10092263, 10092264, 10092265.