Thunderstorm Wind, Love
- When
- November 16, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Love County, 2 mi SE of Burneyville
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -97.270
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, November 16, 1996
Severe thunderstorm winds left a damage path approximately one-half mile long and 100 yards wide. Along this path, large pecan trees and 3 barns were damaged.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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 left a damage path approximately one-half mile long and 100 yards wide. Along this path, large pecan trees and 3 barns were damaged. Metal siding and feed troughs were scattered across the property. The largest barn had one end completely torn off.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 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
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 16 to 21, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Texas, November 16 to 17, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Louisiana, November 16 to 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, November 16, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, November 16 to 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, November 16 to 17, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, November 16 to 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, November 16, 1996
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 16 to 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, November 16, 1996
- Flooding in Kansas, November 16 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, November 16, 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: 5577940.