High Wind in Oklahoma, May 14, 1999

Name: High Wind in Oklahoma, May 14, 1999
Start: 1999-05-14T21:00
End: 1999-05-14T21:30
Location: Oklahoma

May 14, 1999 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Tulsa

When: May 14, 9:00 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
Where: Tulsa forecast zone
Measured: 43 kt (49 mph)
Property damage: $500
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A collapsing non-severe thunderstorm in northern Okmulgee County sent out an outflow boundary that produced local wind gusts to 50 miles an hour in southern Tulsa County. Three trees were blown down in south Broken Arrow near 121st Street South and 145th East Avenue.

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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, May 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: 5700548.