Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 24 to 26, 2000

Name: Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 24 to 26, 2000
Start: 2000-12-24T23:00
End: 2000-12-26T21:55
Location: Oklahoma

December 24 to 26, 2000 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.2 million
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.

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Event by event

1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, McCurtain

When: December 24, 11:00 PM CST to December 26, 9:55 PM CST
Where: McCurtain forecast zone
Property damage: $1.2 million
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

After trying to recover from an ice storm two week earlier, another even more devastating ice storm struck much of southeast Oklahoma. Freezing rain resulting in accumulations ranging from 1/4 inch to 3 inches which paralyzed the entire county. At one point there was no power anywhere in the county and some locations went without power for almost a month. Numerous trees and utility poles were snapped due to the weight of the ice. The county was declared a disaster area.

What these are

Ice Storm: Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, December 2000

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: 5177955.