Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 2002
Start: 2002-06-02T20:00
End: 2002-06-02T20:50
Location: Oklahoma

June 2, 2002 · NWS AMA · 6 events in 1 county or zone

Severe thunderstorms over the central Oklahoma panhandle during the evening hours produced some high winds.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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.

Severe thunderstorms over the central Oklahoma panhandle during the evening hours produced some high winds.

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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 1:01 PM CST, 6 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:01 PM CST, 6 hours 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
201 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2002

MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STRETCHES FROM EASTERN TEXAS NORTHWARD INTO
WESTERN IOWA. THIS RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST.
THIS WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR AN UPPER TROUGH TO GET ESTABLISHED OVER
THE WESTERN U.S.  WITH TROUGH TO OUR WEST AND RIDGE TO OUR EAST...THE
PANHANDLES ARE UNDER SOUTHWEST FLOW. THIS COULD BRING SOME OF THE NEW
MEXICO CONVECTION OUR WAY THIS EVENING.  WE WILL LOOK AT LATEST
RADAR TRENDS TO DECIDE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO MENTION A SLIGHT
CHANCE IN THE NORTHWEST.

ON MONDAY...LEE-SIDE TROUGH SHOULD PUSH INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS.
IT WILL BE TOUGH TO GET SOMETHING GOING ALONG IT AS WARM TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN ALOFT...BUT WILL LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCES THERE FOR NOW.

COLD FRONT EDGES CLOSER TO THE NORTHERN ZONES MONDAY NIGHT...
SO WILL CONTINUE POPS THERE.

SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE GOING ALONG WITH THE OLD MRF/S HANDLING OF THE
WESTERN U.S. TROUGH TO DIFFERENT DEGREES. SOME ARE STRONGER AND SOME
ARE WEAKER.  AT ANY RATE...COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE
PANHANDLES DURING THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SHOULD BE
THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...SO WILL RAISE POPS
ACCORDINGLY. THE OTHER QUESTION WILL BE HOW COOL WILL IT BE BEHIND
THE FRONT. WE WILL PROBABLY KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S ON TUESDAY
AS FRONT SLOWLY DRAGS THROUGH THE AREA.  WEDNESDAY COULD ACTUALLY BE
THE COOLER DAY WITH FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA.  STILL WILL NOT GO AS
COLD AS LATEST MAV GUIDANCE SUGGESTS...BUT MAY TREND TOWARD THAT A
LITTLE.

WILL GO AHEAD AND LEAVE SMALL POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY DEVELOP IN THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT BEHIND THE UPPER TROUGH.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LOOK TO BE WARM UP DAYS AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
BACK OVER. NEXT COLD FRONT IS DUE TO ARRIVE ON SUNDAY...SO WILL CUT
TEMPERATURES BACK SOME THERE.

A FEW NUMBERS TO PONDER:

DHT 59/94 58/77 53 223
AMA 63/95 62/83 58 002
BVR 65/99 64/82 59 003

.AMA...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

GOEHRING

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 UTC.

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Event by event

6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Texas

When: June 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 2 mi E of Goodwell
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.600, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Texas

When: June 2, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 2 mi E of Goodwell
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.600, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Texas

When: June 2, 8:35 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 2 mi E of Goodwell
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.600, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Texas

When: June 2, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 2 mi E of Goodwell
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.600, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Texas

When: June 2, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 2 mi E of Goodwell
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.600, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Texas

When: June 2, 8:50 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 2 mi E of Goodwell
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.600, -101.600

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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, June 2002

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: 5305392, 5305393, 5305394, 5305395, 5305396, 5305397.