Thunderstorm Wind, Texas
- When
- July 7, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 1 mi W of Hooker
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -101.230
Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 7, 1998
Severe thunderstorms across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle caused high winds along with some damage during the evening hours.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle caused high winds along with some damage during the evening hours.
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:52 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Texas
- When
- July 7, 7:15 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Adams
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -101.080
The roof of a mobile home was reported to have been taken off. Power lines were reported down along with several barns destroyed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver
- When
- July 7, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 5 mi E of Forgan
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -100.450
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
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Minnesota, July 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Michigan, July 7 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New York, July 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 7, 1998
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: 5656718, 5656720, 5656719.