2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous power lines and poles were blown down in northwest Oklahoma City, with the heaviest damage between Portland and Rockwell on NW 164th Street. Trees were blown down across Waterloo Road at Western and just west of Portland. Signs were blown down at Britton and May and near the I-35 exit at Waterloo Road.
A 10-foot plate glass window was blown out of a business in south Edmond.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 1997
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: 5592769, 5593060.