Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers
- When
- August 17, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, 2 mi NW of Talala
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.550, -95.720
Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 17, 1997
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $300
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers
- When
- August 17, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, 2 mi NW of Claremore
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -95.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers
- When
- August 17, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, 1 mi SE of Claremore
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -95.580
Flash Flood, Rogers
- When
- August 17, 3:30 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, South of Talala
- Coordinates
- 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in Rogers County of northeast Oklahoma during the early morning of August 17th and produced damaging winds. Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tree down across a highway 2 miles northwest of Claremore and also 1 mile southeast of Claremore. Trees were also blown down 2 miles northwest of Talala. The storms also produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding. U.S. Highway 169 was covered by high water south of Talala.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, August 17 to 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, August 17, 1997
- Heat in Missouri, August 17, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, August 17, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 17, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 17, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, August 17 to 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1997
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, August 17, 1997
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: 5621319, 5621320, 5621321, 5621322.