Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore
- When
- April 3, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Howe
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -94.630
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 3, 1996
Severe thunderstorms moved across eastern Oklahoma during the evening of April 3rd. Strong thunderstorm winds blew an awning down off a business in Henryetta and downed large tree limbs in Eufaula and in Panola.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms moved across eastern Oklahoma during the evening of April 3rd. Strong thunderstorm winds blew an awning down off a business in Henryetta and downed large tree limbs in Eufaula and in Panola. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour 5 miles south of Stigler and in Howe, and nickel size hail fell 2 miles south of Bristow. Dime size hail fell at several other locations in eastern Oklahoma.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 3, 1996
- Flood in Virginia, April 3, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, April 3 to 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 3 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 3 to 4, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, April 3, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, April 3, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 3, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 3, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 3, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 3, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 3, 1996
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: 5564883.