High Wind in Oklahoma, March 27, 1998

Name: High Wind in Oklahoma, March 27, 1998
Start: 1998-03-27T07:00
End: 1998-03-27T13:00
Location: Oklahoma

March 27, 1998 · NWS TSA · 25 events in 25 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 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: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 25

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.

A powerful spring storm system moved quickly across the southern and central plains on March 27. High winds from the south developed across eastern Oklahoma during the morning in advance of, but not in direct association with, a band of showers. (The showers themselves were non-severe and did not even produce cloud-to-ground lightning until they moved east into Arkansas). For up to two hours in advance of the showers, widespread gradient winds were sustained above 30 miles an hour with frequent gusts over 45 miles an hour. Gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour were not uncommon. One report of a 75 mph gust came in from Stilwell in Adair County. The Muskogee ASOS reported a peak wind gust of 51 mph, Bartlesville...48 mph, McAlester...46 mph, and Tulsa...43 mph.At 820 am, a roof was blown off a barn 15 miles west of Welch in Craig County. At 855 am, a tree was blown down in west Tulsa at 42nd and Riverside. At 900 am, mobile homes were damaged and a billboard was blown down at Bearden in Okfuskee County. About the same time, the mesonet site at Okemah reported a wind gust of 50 miles an hour. Around 900 am, a steeple was blown off of a church in Sapulpa in Creek County. A house roof was damaged in Henryetta in Okmulgee County around 915 am. Later in the morning at 1150 am, power lines were blown down near Bernice in Delaware County, and a wood-frame carport was blown over at Grove.

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Event by event

25 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Adair

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Adair forecast zone
Coordinates: 35.884, -94.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Cherokee

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Cherokee forecast zone
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Choctaw

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Choctaw forecast zone
Coordinates: 34.027, -95.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Craig

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Craig forecast zone
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Creek

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Creek forecast zone
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Delaware

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Delaware forecast zone
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Haskell

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Haskell forecast zone
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Latimer

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Latimer forecast zone
Coordinates: 34.876, -95.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Le Flore

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Le Flore forecast zone

High Wind, Mayes

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Mayes forecast zone
Coordinates: 36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, McIntosh

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: McIntosh forecast zone
Coordinates: 35.374, -95.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Muskogee

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Muskogee forecast zone
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Nowata

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Nowata forecast zone
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Okfuskee

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 35.466, -96.323 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Okmulgee

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Okmulgee forecast zone
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Osage

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Osage forecast zone

High Wind, Ottawa

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Ottawa forecast zone
Coordinates: 36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pawnee

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Pawnee forecast zone
Coordinates: 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pittsburg

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg forecast zone
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pushmataha

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha forecast zone
Coordinates: 34.416, -95.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Rogers

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Rogers forecast zone
Property damage: $4,000
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Sequoyah

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Sequoyah forecast zone

High Wind, Tulsa

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Tulsa forecast zone
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wagoner

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Wagoner forecast zone
Coordinates: 35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Washington

When: March 27, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (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

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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: 5634970, 5634971, 5634972, 5634973, 5634974, 5634975, 5634976, 5634977, 5634978, 5634979, 5634980, 5634981, 5634982, 5634983, 5634984, 5634985, 5634986, 5634987, 5634988, 5634989, 5634990, 5634991, 5634992, 5634993, 5634994.