Thunderstorm Wind, Garvin
- When
- September 27, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Garvin County, 4 mi N of Elmore City
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.667, -97.383
Trees were downed, and a barn was destroyed.
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 27, 2002
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
- $4,000
- 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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 27, 3:00 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 3:00 AM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 400 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 2002 A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING SEEMS TO BE DISTINGUISHED AT THE SURFACE MAINLY BY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WINDS AND A GRADUAL DECREASE IN DEWPOINTS AS WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE NORTH. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT AROUND TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST LATER TODAY AS THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. SCU DECK OVER KANSAS MAY BRUSH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING... WHILE REMAINDER OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ADVECTS WARMER TEMPS INTO THE REGION. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO TUESDAY AS ENERGY BEING EJECTED OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST U.S. UPPER TROUGH STAYS TO THE NORTH OF THE FA. PREVIOUS FCST STILL LOOKS GOOD WITH A MENTION OF A FEW SHWRS/TSTMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND AS A COLD FRONT SETTLES INTO THE REGION. MEANWHILE... SHOULD SEE SOME OF THE WAVES MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UPPER LOW BEGIN TRACKING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. FCSTID = 32 OKC 82 60 89 63 / 0 0 0 0 HBR 84 59 91 62 / 0 0 0 0 SPS 88 62 92 65 / 0 0 0 0 GAG 81 56 89 61 / 0 0 0 10 PNC 81 60 89 64 / 0 0 0 10 DUA 86 63 90 65 / 0 0 0 0 .OUN... OK...NONE. TX...NONE.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:57 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
- Strong Wind in Georgia, September 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, September 27, 2002
- High Wind in Tennessee, September 27, 2002
- High Wind in Tennessee, September 27, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002
- Flooding in Indiana, September 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain in New York, September 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, September 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 27, 2002
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, September 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: 5318384.