Thunderstorm Wind, McClain
- When
- June 6, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- McClain County, Purcell
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -97.370
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 6, 1996
Severe thunderstorm winds blew a storage shed over onto a car and moved a large horse trailer 100 yards from its original position. Wind-driven hail stripped the new paint off the north side of a two-story home.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- 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 OUN wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorm winds blew a storage shed over onto a car and moved a large horse trailer 100 yards from its original position. Wind-driven hail stripped the new paint off the north side of a two-story home. Numerous trees, fences, and power lines were damaged in the Purcell area.
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
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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: 5565506.