Oklahoma, 1998

Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 23, 1998

July 23, 1998 · NWS AMA · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms marched across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the evening hours producing high winds.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 marched across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the evening hours producing high winds.

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:18 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Texas

When
July 23, 6:20 PM CST
Where
Texas County, Adams
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
36.750, -101.080

Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver

When
July 23, 6:55 PM CST
Where
Beaver County, 7 mi E of Turpin
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
36.870, -100.750

Trees were reported uprooted and a livestock feeder had overturned.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 1998

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: 5656721, 5656722.