Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee
- When
- July 21, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County, Cleveland
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -96.470
Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 21, 1997
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Pawnee
- When
- July 21, 6:30 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County, Cleveland
- Coordinates
- 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- July 21, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Osage
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -96.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- July 21, 6:37 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Hominy
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -96.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- July 21, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, 5 mi SE of Ponca City
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -96.450
Hail, Osage
- When
- July 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Hominy
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -96.400
Hail, Osage
- When
- July 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, 5 mi E of Hominy
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -96.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- July 21, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, 6 mi NNW of Skiatook
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -96.030
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- July 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, 5 mi WNW of Eufaula
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -95.670
Hail, Haskell
- When
- July 21, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, 6 mi WNW of Hoyt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee
- When
- July 21, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, Porum
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -95.270
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the evening of July 21st. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Cleveland and 5 miles southeast of Ponca City, and trees were blown down in Osage and 6 miles north northwest of Skiatook. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 65 miles an hour in Hominy and to 58 miles an hour at an automated observing site 5 miles west northwest of Eufaula, and several large tree limbs were blown down in Porum. Nickel size hail fell at Hominy and 5 miles east of Hominy, and dime size hail fell at Eufaula Dam 6 miles west northwest of Hoyt. The storms also produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in street flooding in Cleveland.
Lightning, Rogers
- When
- July 21, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County, Claremore
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 42 year old man was struck and killed by lightning when he went outdoors to roll up his car windows.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Rogers | 1997-07-21 | 42 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 21, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, July 21 to 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 21, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, July 21 to 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 21, 1997
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 21, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 21, 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: 5621036, 5621037, 5621038, 5621039, 5621040, 5621041, 5621042, 5621043, 5621291, 5621292, 5621293, 5621294.