Thunderstorm Wind, Choctaw
- When
- April 23, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County, Hugo
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.017, -95.517
Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree. The tree fell on power lines causing a power outage.
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 23, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $3,000
- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 8:34 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 8:34 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 934 AM CDT MON APR 23 2001 UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE PRECIP WITH ACTIVITY NOW OFF TO THE EAST. FRONT HAS PUSHED ON THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OVER ALL THE AREA. CLEARING LINE PROGRESSING INTO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA AT THIS TIME AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. WILL LIKELY UPDATE A=GAIN AROUND MIDDAY TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:28 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
- Tornado in Iowa, April 23, 2001
- Tornado and High Wind in Iowa, April 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 23, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, April 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 23, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 23, 2001
- Strong Wind in Iowa, April 23, 2001
- Flooding in Vermont, April 23 to 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 2001
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: 5241514.