Thunderstorm Wind, Washita
- When
- May 26, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County, 7 mi N of Bessie
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -98.980
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 26, 1996
In a trailer park, one mobile home was blown into another mobile home about 30 feet away. Both trailers suffered extensive damage.
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
- $35,000
- 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.
In a trailer park, one mobile home was blown into another mobile home about 30 feet away. Both trailers suffered extensive damage. A pickup was moved about a foot from its original position and also suffered major damage. Severe thunderstorm winds also blew the roof off of a small portable office building in the trailer park.
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
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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- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 26, 1996
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- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 26, 1996
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, May 26 to 31, 1996
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 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: 5563252.