Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton
- When
- August 16, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -98.400
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 16, 1987
11 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, McClain
- When
- August 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- McClain County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -97.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- August 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- August 16, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -97.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- August 16, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -96.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- August 16, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -97.280
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- August 16, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- August 16, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -97.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- August 16, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -96.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- August 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -96.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- August 16, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -95.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Wagoner
- When
- August 16, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -95.650
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, August 16, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 16, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 16, 1987
- Tornado in Montana, August 16, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 16, 1987
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: 10103857, 10103858, 10103859, 10103860, 10103861, 10103862, 10103863, 10103864, 10103865, 10103866, 10103867, 10103868.