Thunderstorm Wind, Roger Mills
- When
- October 31, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills County, Near Cheyenne
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.688, -99.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 31, 1994
23 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 23 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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
23 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- October 31, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Custer County, Near Butler
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Dewey
- When
- October 31, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, Near Putnam
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.988, -99.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- October 31, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Custer County, Butler
- Coordinates
- 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- October 31, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Custer County, Near Weatherford
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Blaine
- When
- October 31, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, Eagle City
- Coordinates
- 35.875, -98.433 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Blaine
- When
- October 31, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, Watonga
- Coordinates
- 35.875, -98.433 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Blaine
- When
- October 31, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, Watonga
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.875, -98.433 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- October 31, 1:43 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, (Lts) Altus Afb
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.588, -99.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Canadian
- When
- October 31, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, Calumet
- Coordinates
- 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Kingfisher
- When
- October 31, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Kingfisher County, Okarche
- Coordinates
- 35.945, -97.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Canadian
- When
- October 31, 1:55 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, Piedmont
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- October 31, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County, Nw Oklahoma City
- Coordinates
- 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- October 31, 2:38 AM CST
- Where
- Logan County, Meridian
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.919, -97.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Grady
- When
- October 31, 2:38 AM CST
- Where
- Grady County, Rush Springs
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -97.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- October 31, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County, Edmond
- Coordinates
- 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- October 31, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County, Edmond
- Coordinates
- 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, McClain
- When
- October 31, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- McClain County, Blanchard
- Coordinates
- 35.009, -97.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- October 31, 2:42 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Norman
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.203, -97.326 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee
- When
- October 31, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County, Pawnee
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- October 31, 3:25 AM CST
- Where
- Creek County, Drumright
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- October 31, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Noble County, Perry
- Coordinates
- 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A line of severe thunderstorms moving east at 50 mph across western and central Oklahoma produced winds up to 79 mph. In Ellis County, the announcers stand and stock pens at the county fairgrounds in Arnett were heavily damaged. Trees and power lines were blown down in Butler in Custer County. In Blaine County, a camper trailer was blown over onto a boat in Eagle City and a roof was blown off a barn 6 miles west of Watonga. Trees were downed and a trailer house was blown down in Watonga. Trees were also reported down in Calumet in Canadian County and a 10-inch tree limb was blown down in Okarche in Kingfisher County. In Oklahoma County, a roof was blown off a house 0.5 mile NW of the Britton and Rockwell Roads intersection in northwest Oklahoma City and a truck was blown off the road at the Edmond Road/Peidmont Road intersection 6 miles west of downtown Edmond. In downtown Edmond a roof was blown off a business. Windows were blown out of a building and power lines were downed in Noble County. A large tree was uprooted in Blanchard in McClain County.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- October 31, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Glenpool
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early morning of October 31st and produced damaging winds. Strong thunderstorm winds tore several awnings loose from a house in Glenpool, and numerous large tree limbs were downed by 60 mile an hour winds 6 miles east of Pawnee. Thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour at Drumright.
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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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: 10344429, 10342949, 10343268, 10342950, 10342951, 10339356, 10339357, 10339358, 10342101, 10339458, 10342257, 10339459, 10341718, 10341746, 10342891, 10341719, 10341720, 10341997, 10343106, 10341138, 10341820, 10341635, 10344456.