Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton
- When
- July 13, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County, Walters
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -98.300
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 13, 1998
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed over Cotton and Tillman Counties the afternoon of the 13th resulting in power lines being blown down in Grandfield in Tillman County leaving three hundred residents without power for several hours, while in Cotton County, a trampoline blew into some trees in Walters, and several utility poles and large tree limbs were blown down in Temple leaving 200…
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed over Cotton and Tillman Counties the afternoon of the 13th resulting in power lines being blown down in Grandfield in Tillman County leaving three hundred residents without power for several hours, while in Cotton County, a trampoline blew into some trees in Walters, and several utility poles and large tree limbs were blown down in Temple leaving 200 residents without electricity for several hours.
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Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tillman
- When
- July 13, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tillman County, Grandfield
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -98.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton
- When
- July 13, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County, 9 mi E of Randlett
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -98.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Cotton
- When
- July 13, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County, Temple
- Property damage
- $600
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -98.230
Hail, Cotton
- When
- July 13, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County, 6 mi SW of Randlett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -98.530
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5672362, 5672455, 5672363, 5672454, 5672453.