Thunderstorm Wind, Cimarron
- When
- July 17, 6:30 PM CST to 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron County, Felt
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.567, -102.783
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 17, 2000
A severe thunderstorm producing high winds developed during the evening hours across the western Oklahoma panhandle.
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.
A severe thunderstorm producing high winds developed during the evening hours across the western Oklahoma panhandle.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:31 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
- Heat in Mississippi, July 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 17, 2000
- Flood in Maine, July 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 17 to 18, 2000
- Hail in New Mexico, July 17, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 17, 2000
- Wildfire in Oregon, July 17, 2000
- Hail in Colorado, July 17, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 17 to 19, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 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: 5164475.