Thunderstorm Wind, Texas
- When
- June 15, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Tyrone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.950, -101.070
Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 15, 1997
Severe thunderstorms over the central and eastern Oklahoma Panhandle produced large hail and high winds along with a tornado which did damage and injuries in the northwest corner of Beaver county Oklahoma.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms over the central and eastern Oklahoma Panhandle produced large hail and high winds along with a tornado which did damage and injuries in the northwest corner of Beaver county Oklahoma.
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:54 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 15, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Tyrone
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.950, -101.070
Tornado, Beaver
- When
- June 15, 6:10 PM CST to 6:14 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 5 mi N of Turpin
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 36.930, -100.880
Six mobile homes and two barns destroyed. Power lines down. The tornado track was estimated.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1997Warnings in Oklahoma, June 1997
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: 5609593, 5609594, 5609595.