Thunderstorm Wind, Beckham
- When
- May 16, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -100.030
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 1977
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- $525,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Beckham
- When
- May 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.5 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -99.900
Hail, Greer
- When
- May 16, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Greer County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -99.380
Tornado, Beckham
- When
- May 16, 5:24 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10.3 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -99.870
Tornado, Roger Mills
- When
- May 16, 5:44 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -99.720
Tornado, Roger Mills
- When
- May 16, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -99.730
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 16, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 16, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 16, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 16, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 16, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 16, 1977
- Hail in Minnesota, May 16, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 16, 1977
- Hail in New Mexico, May 16, 1977
- Damaging Wind in California, May 16, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 16, 1977
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: 10093673, 10093674, 10093675, 10093676, 10093677, 10093678.