Thunderstorm Wind, Cimarron
- When
- August 17, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron County, 5 mi SE of Kenton
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -102.900
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 17, 2000
An isolated severe thunderstorm with high winds developed over the western Oklahoma panhandle during the late evening hours.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
An isolated severe thunderstorm with high winds developed over the western Oklahoma panhandle during the late evening hours.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 209 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:41 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, August 17, 2000
- Rip Current in California, August 17, 2000
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 17, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Indiana, August 17, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 17, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 17, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 17, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in California, August 17, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 17, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 17, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 17, 2000
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: 5173200.