Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- July 16, 8:53 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, (Sps)sheppard Afb
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 33.990, -98.490
Damaging Wind in Texas, July 16, 2009
Thunderstorms that developed over southern Oklahoma crossed the Red River into northern Texas. Although the thunderstorms mainly produced heavy rainfall, a wind gust to 62 mph was measured at Sheppard Air Force Base.
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
- None recorded
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms that developed over southern Oklahoma crossed the Red River into northern Texas. Although the thunderstorms mainly produced heavy rainfall, a wind gust to 62 mph was measured at Sheppard Air Force Base. No damage was reported with the wind gust.
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, 5:30 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 5:30 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
REA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
630 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009
.AVIATION...TSTMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FA THIS AFTN. LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH AND WILL SHIFT WINDS TO THE NE/E AT THE
SOUTHERN TAF SITES BY EARLY EVENING. BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL
REMAIN ACROSS WESTERN OK/N TX THROUGH THE EVENING WITH BRIEF
REDUCTIONS TO MVFR CONDITIONS IN THE TSTMS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 335 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009/
.DISCUSSION...
AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM SW ONTARIO
INTO THE MIDWEST AND A RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
AMPLIFIES...THE CWA SHOULD BE UNDER NORTHERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL WEAK SHORT WAVE
TROUGHS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW...AND
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY EACH OF THESE
DISTURBANCES.
STORMS BEHIND AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY STRETCHED FROM NORTHWESTERN INTO
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING IN UNSTABLE AIR NEAR THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY ACCOMPANY
SOUTHEAST MOVING STORM COMPLEXES OVERNIGHT.
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL AND RAIN CHANCES
WILL REMAIN HIGHER RELATIVE TO THE PAST WEEK. THE HEAT ADVISORY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS EVENING. ANOTHER SURFACE HIGH IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE CWA ON SATURDAY...REINFORCING THE
UNSEASONABLY COOL AND DRY AIR. NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOW TO MID 60S ARE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY MORNING...WITH STORM CLUSTERS
DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS AND MOVING TOWARD THE CWA EXPECTED
TO KEEP A FAIR AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER PRESENT AND PREVENT MORNING
LOW TEMPS FROM FALLING TOO FAR.
THE PATTERN FEATURING A WESTERN US RIDGE AND AN EASTERN US TROUGH
IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. THE
INHERITED FORECAST HAD THIS WELL COVERED AND NO CHANGES WERE MADE
BEYOND THE WEEKEND.
TAYLOR
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 69 91 65 86 / 60 10 20 10
HOBART OK 73 96 68 90 / 60 20 30 10
WICHITA FALLS TX 74 99 70 91 / 40 10 30 20
GAGE OK 63 90 60 87 / 60 30 30 20
PONCA CITY OK 66 87 63 86 / 70 10 10 10
DURANT OK 73 93 65 86 / 60 10 20 20
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ033-036>048-
050>052.
TX...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ083>090.
&&
25/03Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 8:07 PM CST, 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
907 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-171000-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
907 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...AND IN
OKLAHOMA...THE SLIGHT RISK IS LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BUFFALO
TO ANADARKO TO ARDMORE AND MADILL.
IMPACTS...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO CONTINUE
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS HAD EFFECTIVELY STABILIZED THE
LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERE OVER MOST NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND
PART OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. GREATER INSTABILITY WAS LOCATED OVER THE
SLIGHT RISK AREA...ALTHOUGH COOLING TEMPERATURES AND ADDITIONAL RAIN
WILL GRADUALLY CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME ROOTED ABOVE THE
SURFACE. AT MID EVENING...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ONGOING IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK TO
THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...SPREADING INTO WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL...JUST OVER ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUL 17.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...50 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...WILL SUPPORT
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...MAINLY IN
FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL THEN
START TO RETURN NORTHEASTWARD MONDAY MORNING...ONLY TO BE OVERTAKEN
BY THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL KEEP
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
FRIDAY JULY 17.
BURKEIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:22 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 822 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 OKZ035>037-TXZ085-170145- JACKSON OK-KIOWA OK-TILLMAN OK-WILBARGER TX- 822 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR JACKSON...KIOWA...TILLMAN AND WILBARGER COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM HEADRICK TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF FARGO TEXAS AT 821 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OUTFLOW FROM THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AS IT PROGRESSES EAST...PRIMARILY THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL TILLMAN COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:31 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 831 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 OKZ009-014-021-170200- ROGER MILLS OK-BECKHAM OK-ELLIS OK- 831 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR WESTERN BECKHAM...SOUTHERN ELLIS AND WESTERN ROGER MILLS COUNTIES. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DURHAM TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWEETWATER AT 828 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN PARTS OF BECKHAM AND ROGER MILLS COUNTIES BETWEEN 830 PM AND 9 PM. IF THE STORMS MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN BECKHAM...ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:50 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 850 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 OKZ037-044-TXZ083>089-170230- COTTON OK-TILLMAN OK-HARDEMAN TX-WILBARGER TX-FOARD TX-WICHITA TX- ARCHER TX-KNOX TX-BAYLOR TX- 850 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ARCHER...BAYLOR...COTTON... FOARD...HARDEMAN...KNOX...TILLMAN...WICHITA AND WILBARGER COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF HOLLISTER TO RAYLAND AT 849 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN ARCHER...BAYLOR...COTTON...FOARD...HARDEMAN...KNOX... TILLMAN...WICHITA AND WILBARGER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BURKBURNETT...VERNON AND WICHITA FALLS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 8:16 PM CST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 916 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 OKZ037-044-TXZ086-089-090-170300- COTTON OK-TILLMAN OK-WICHITA TX-CLAY TX-ARCHER TX- 916 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ARCHER...CLAY...COTTON... TILLMAN AND WICHITA COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF ELECTRA TO 4 MILES WEST OF TEMPLE AT 915 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. BRIEF HEAVY AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN ARCHER...CLAY...COTTON...TILLMAN AND WICHITA COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BURKBURNETT AND WICHITA FALLS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:26 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
926 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND GST 6 SW CHEYENNE 35.55N 99.75W
07/16/2009 M60 MPH ROGER MILLS OK MESONET
&&
TYSpecial weather statement, Jul 16, 8:50 PM CST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 950 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 OKZ044-TXZ086-089-090-170330- COTTON OK-WICHITA TX-CLAY TX-ARCHER TX- 950 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ARCHER...CLAY...COTTON AND WICHITA COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM BYERS TO 6 MILES WEST OF KAMAY AT 948 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE GUST FRONT WILL PRECEDE THESE STORMS BY ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES PRODUCING WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN ARCHER...CLAY...COTTON AND WICHITA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:52 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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 16, 2009
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, July 16 to 17, 2009
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 16, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 16, 2009
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, July 16, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, July 16 to 17, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 16, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in New York, July 16, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 16 to 17, 2009
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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: 190420.