High Wind, Pawnee
- When
- June 20, 7:50 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Oklahoma, June 20, 1998
Summary of high winds on June 20 1998:Localized areas of high wind known as heat bursts took place in parts of northeast Oklahoma on the evening of June 20. At 855 PM CDT, a heat burst took place in Jennings (Pawnee County), blowing down several large tree limbs.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1,000
- 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 TSA wrote it up.
Summary of high winds on June 20 1998:Localized areas of high wind known as heat bursts took place in parts of northeast Oklahoma on the evening of June 20. These heat bursts occurred randomly in the affected counties, affecting small areas with winds in excess of 60 mph and a sudden 10-degree temperature jump to as high as 100 degrees Fahrenheit.At 855 PM CDT, a heat burst took place in Jennings (Pawnee County), blowing down several large tree limbs. At 1035 PM CDT, an off-duty NWS employee reported a heat burst near Bixby (Tulsa County) with a measured wind gust to 61 mph. In addition, power lines were blown down near 91st Street S. and Garnett in south Tulsa.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Tulsa
- When
- June 20, 7:50 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa forecast zone
- Property damage
- $900
- Coordinates
- 36.121, -95.941 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in New Jersey, June 20, 1998
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 20 to 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 20, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 20, 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: 5644816, 5644817.