Thunderstorm Wind, Okfuskee
- When
- February 9, 1:55 AM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee County, 3 mi E of Okemah
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 35.433, -96.250
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 9, 2001
18 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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 Feb 8, 11:29 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 11:29 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1129 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001 WITH TEMPS ALREADY IN THE MID 30S OVER NRN OSAGE COUNTY...DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OUR ZONES NW OF TUL. WARM GROUND WILL GREATLY LIMIT ANY ICING ON ROADS...ALTHO A FEW EXPOSED ROADWAYS MAY SEE SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. FCSTID = 18 .TUL... AR...NONE. OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR ZONES OKZ054>055...OKZ059.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:55 UTC.
Event by event
18 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Okfuskee
- When
- February 9, 2:05 AM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee County, Okemah
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.433, -96.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee
- When
- February 9, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee County, 8 mi W of Okmulgee
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 35.633, -96.117
Thunderstorm winds blew several mature trees down onto a road near Okmulgee State Park.
Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee
- When
- February 9, 2:35 AM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee County, 2 mi W of Bald Hill
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.733, -95.867
60 mile an hour thunderstorm winds blew a fence down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- February 9, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Leonard
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.917, -95.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Wagoner
- When
- February 9, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County, 7 mi SE of Wagoner
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 35.783, -95.300
Thunderstorm winds blew a few trees down and did some roof damage to buildings in Sequoyah State Park.
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee
- When
- February 9, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, 5 mi W of Muskogee
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -95.450
Thunderstorm winds destroyed some transmission towers.
Thunderstorm Wind, Choctaw
- When
- February 9, 3:14 AM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County, 9 mi N of Boswell
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.167, -95.867
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee
- When
- February 9, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, 5 mi S of Muskogee
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.683, -95.367
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn.
Hail, Mayes
- When
- February 9, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- Mayes County, Locust Grove
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -95.167
Thunderstorm Wind, Pushmataha
- When
- February 9, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, 1 mi E of Jumbo
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.433, -95.717
Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs and also blew a metal roof off a shed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg
- When
- February 9, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County, 9 mi SE of Pittsburg
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.617, -95.733
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- February 9, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 1 mi S of Grove
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.567, -94.767
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- February 9, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, Jay
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.417, -94.800
Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a mobile home.
Thunderstorm Wind, Latimer
- When
- February 9, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Latimer County, Wilburton
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.917, -95.317
Thunderstorm winds blew down a large sign.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- February 9, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Tahlequah
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.917, -94.967
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- February 9, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, Grove
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.583, -94.767
Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pushmataha
- When
- February 9, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, Clayton
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.583, -95.350
Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- February 9, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Adair County, Stilwell
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 35.817, -94.633
Ozark Electric Company reported several large trees down causing power outages.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, February 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 9, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Michigan, February 9 to 12, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Flooding in Wisconsin, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Flood in Michigan, February 9 to 14, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 9, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Flash Flooding in New York, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 9, 2001
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: 5232541, 5232542, 5232543, 5232544, 5232545, 5232546, 5232547, 5232551, 5232548, 5232549, 5232550, 5232552, 5232553, 5232554, 5234861, 5234862, 5234863, 5234865, 5234864.