High Wind, Grady
- When
- May 22, 8:40 PM CST to 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Grady forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -97.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Oklahoma, May 22, 1996
Three of the four Oklahoma Mesonet sites in Grady County measured severe five minute wind gusts. 0 mph at 2345 CST.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 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.
Three of the four Oklahoma Mesonet sites in Grady County measured severe five minute wind gusts. The reports follow:2 miles north-northwest of Ninnekah: 67.1 mph at 2040 CST, 59.1 mph at 2045 CST, 57.5 mph at 2055 CST, 61.2 mph at 2100 CST, 64.4 mph at 2340 CST, and 60.5 mph at 2345 CST.2 miles south-southeast of Chickasha: 60.6 mph at 2050 CST, 60.5 mph at 2100 CST, 58.2 mph at 2110 CST, 60.3 mph at 2120 CST, 64.6 mph at 2345 CST, and 62.9 mph at 2350 CST.4 miles west-northwest of Rush Springs: 61.1 mph at 2140 CST, 63.8 mph at 2145 CST, 69.0 mph at 2150 CST, 60.4 mph at 2300 CST, 64.5 mph at 2310 CST, 58.5 mph at 2315 CST, 64.1 mph at 2320 CST, 70.1 mph at 2325 CST, 75.6 mph at 2330 CST, 63.5 mph at 2335 CST, 65.2 mph at 2340 CST, and 60.0 mph at 2345 CST.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Colorado, May 22, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, May 22, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 22, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 22, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 22, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, May 22, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, May 22, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 1996
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: 5563444.