Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 16, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 16, 2001
Start: 2001-07-16T16:10
End: 2001-07-16T18:31
Location: Oklahoma

July 16, 2001 · NWS OUN · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $6,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
315 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2001

WARMEST 850MB AIR PROGGED TO SHIFT FROM W TX INTO KS BY TUE MORNING,
WHICH RESULTS IN WEAKENING OF LL WAA FIELD TONIGHT. BUT WITH UPPER
HIGH PROGGED TO REMAIN S OF AREA, AND AT LEAST N PARTS OF AREA
REMAINING NEAR S EDGE OF WESTERLIES, CANNOT RULE OUT A REPEAT OF
NOCTURNAL CONVECTION OF PAST COUPLE NIGHTS. SURFACE BOUNDARY
CURRENTLY FROM NW TO ECENTRAL OK IS PROGGED BY ETA/RUC TO LINGER
INTO AT LEAST THIS EVENING. BROKEN MID-LEVEL CLOUDS AND SCT
SHOWERS/ISOLATED T-STORMS FROM NE TX PANHANDLE INTO CENTRAL OK
ATTEST TO CONTINUED PRESENCE OF MID-LEVEL MOISTURE/LIFT. WE WILL
KEEP LOW POPS TONIGHT ACROSS N ZONES, CONTINUING INTO TUE MORNING
NCENTRAL OK. MAY NEED TO EXTEND THEM INTO ALL BUT THE SW TONIGHT IF
CURRENT ELEVATED CONVECTION HOLDS TOGETHER. THIS WILL BE A
LAST-MINUTE DECISION AT PRESS TIME.

WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA IN SW ZONES, AND
IN FACT HAVE ACHIEVED THEM IN A FEW SPOTS WITH MESONET NOW SHOWING
WIDESPREAD HEAT INDICES 105-109 AND A COUPLE MORNING LOWS AOA 80.
BUT WITH CO-OP STATION LOWS GENERALLY IN LOW-MID 70S, AND AFTER
COORD W/FTW, WE WILL HOLD OFF ON AN ADVISORY FOR NOW BUT INSERT
HEADLINES IN ZONES FOR CONTINUING HEAT. WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS
CLOSELY IN LATER PACKAGES.

BEYOND TUE, PRECIP CHANCES DIMINISH AS UPPER HIGH RETURNS TO ITS
USUAL POSITION OVER OK. HOT AND DRY, WITH HOTTEST/DRIEST CONDITIONS
INITIALLY REMAINING IN SW ZONES - WHICH HAVE RECEIVED NO SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL IN THE PAST MONTH OR MORE. EVENTUALLY, EXPECT THE FESTERING
HEAT BOX IN NW/NC OK TO CATCH UP, AS SHIFT OF THE 850MB THERMAL MAX
TOWARD KS WILL QUICKLY BAKE OFF ANY GROUND MOISTURE LEFT FROM
WEEKEND RAINFALL THERE. WILL BRING HIGHS BOTH AREAS TO 105-110 BY
THU. SOME INDICATIONS THAT THE W COAST TROF WILL NUDGE THE HIGH
CENTER E INTO AR, OR EVEN MID-MS VALLEY, PER ECMWF/NOGAPS. OTHER
MODELS KEEP IT CLOSER TO AREA. SO WOULD CLIMATOLOGY. WITHOUT ENOUGH
CONSISTENCY AMONG THE MODELS, WILL GO WITH PERSISTENCE AND KEEP IT
HOT AND DRY INTO NEXT WEEKEND. MRF/ECMWF WEAKEN THE SUBTROPICAL
RIDGE AND BRING A FRONT INTO KS BY SUN, WITH MRF SAGGING IT INTO OK
MY NEXT MON. GAVE SOME THOUGHT TO ADDING SLIGHT CHANCE SUN-MON, BUT
FOR NOW WILL HOLD OFF PENDING MORE MODEL CONSISTENCY REGARDING
FRONTAL EVOLUTION DAYS 6-7. FOR NOW, WILL TREND TOWARD PTCLDY AND
LOWER TEMPS ONLY SLIGHTLY BY MON.

FCSTID = 24
PRELIM NUMBERS...
OKC   76  98  76  99 /  10  10  10  10
HBR   75 103  75 104 /  10  10  10  10
SPS   77 105  77 105 /  10  10  10  10
GAG   72 101  72 102 /  10  10  10h  10
PNC   74  97  75  99 /  20  20  10  10
DUA   75  97  76  97 /  10  10  10  10

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo

When: July 16, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, Anadarko
Property damage: $10
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 35.067, -98.250

Eight-inch diameter tree limbs were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Greer

When: July 16, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Greer County, 6 mi N of Mangum
Property damage: $500
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.967, -99.500

Highway signs were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Beckham

When: July 16, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Beckham County, 4 mi ESE of Erick
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.200, -99.800

Wind gust was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.

Thunderstorm Wind, Greer

When: July 16, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Greer County, 5 mi NNW of Mangum
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.950, -99.533

A large metal barn was destroyed.

Hail, Greer

When: July 16, 6:31 PM CST
Where: Greer County, 6 mi N of Mangum
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.967, -99.500

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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, July 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: 5259488, 5259492, 5259489, 5259490, 5259491.