High Wind, Cimarron
- When
- April 14, 11:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Oklahoma, April 14, 1999
A surface low pressure system moved east to the Red River between Oklahoma and North Texas during the afternoon and early evening hours. The pressure gradient was sufficient for the production of locally high winds over the Oklahoma panhandle.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- 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.
A surface low pressure system moved east to the Red River between Oklahoma and North Texas during the afternoon and early evening hours. The pressure gradient was sufficient for the production of locally high winds over the Oklahoma panhandle.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Texas
- When
- April 14, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Texas forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Beaver
- When
- April 14, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -100.477 (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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 14, 1999
- High Wind in Tennessee, April 14 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Kansas, April 14 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Oklahoma, April 14 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Kansas, April 14, 1999
- Flooding in Oklahoma, April 14, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 14, 1999
- High Wind in Texas, April 14, 1999
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 14, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 14, 1999
- High Wind in Kansas, April 14 to 15, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, April 14 to 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 1999
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: 5695971, 5695972, 5695973.