Thunderstorm Wind, Woodward
- When
- August 10, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Woodward County, 22 mi N of Mooreland
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -99.200
Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 10, 1999
Isolated thunderstorms formed over northern Oklahoma during the early morning of the 10th. Lightning struck a vacant house just west of Carmen in Alfalfa County, starting a fire that destroyed the house.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 OUN wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms formed over northern Oklahoma during the early morning of the 10th. Lightning struck a vacant house just west of Carmen in Alfalfa County, starting a fire that destroyed the house.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Alfalfa
- When
- August 10, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County, Carmen
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.731, -98.324 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Woods
- When
- August 10, 6:50 AM CST
- Where
- Woods County, 2 mi S of Alva
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.770, -98.670
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, August 10 to 12, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Arizona, August 10 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, August 10 to 11, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, August 10, 1999
- Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 10, 1999
- Hail in Oregon, August 10, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 10, 1999
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: 5716500, 5716502, 5716501.