High Wind, Muskogee
- When
- June 10, 12:01 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Muskogee forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Oklahoma, June 10, 1998
Summary of non-convective high wind event during early AM of June 10 1998:Localized areas of high wind developed again during the early morning of June 10 due to rapidly sinking air to the north of a thunderstorm complex moving across southeast Oklahoma. Along the way, there were widespread wind gusts in excess of 45-50 mph with local gusts to 75 mph.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 TSA wrote it up.
Summary of non-convective high wind event during early AM of June 10 1998:Localized areas of high wind developed again during the early morning of June 10 due to rapidly sinking air to the north of a thunderstorm complex moving across southeast Oklahoma. The winds first developed around Okemah and moved east to the Arkansas state line generally north of I-40 and south of US Hwy 412.Along the way, there were widespread wind gusts in excess of 45-50 mph with local gusts to 75 mph. Spotters reported wind gusts to 75 mph just northeast of Checotah in McIntosh County at 151 AM CDT. Spotters near Eufaula reported a gust to 60 mph at 208 AM CDT. The Oklahoma mesonet site at 5 SSE Haskell measured a gust to 61 mph at 210 AM CDT. The Channel 2 weather net site at Henryetta measured a gust to 52 mph around 200 AM CDT, and their site in Muskogee measured a gust to 57 mph between 215 and 230 AM CDT. The winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines in the affected counties. In Muskogee, about 1/4 of the city was without power, and their were at least two electrical fires caused by downed power lines. Winds to 50 mph were reported in Gore at 317 AM CDT.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Adair
- When
- June 10, 12:01 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Adair forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.884, -94.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cherokee
- When
- June 10, 12:01 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Haskell
- When
- June 10, 12:01 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Haskell forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McIntosh
- When
- June 10, 12:01 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- McIntosh forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.374, -95.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Okfuskee
- When
- June 10, 12:01 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.466, -96.323 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Okmulgee
- When
- June 10, 12:01 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sequoyah
- When
- June 10, 12:01 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
High Wind, Wagoner
- When
- June 10, 12:01 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wagoner forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 10 to 27, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Tornado in South Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1998
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 10, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 10 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 10, 1998
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 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: 5644235, 5644236, 5644237, 5644238, 5644239, 5644240, 5644241, 5644242, 5644243.