Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman
- When
- June 17, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, 3.42 mi W of Goodlett
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 34.340, -99.940
Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 2013
A large squall line evolved during the afternoon of the 16th in Kansas, then pushed southward through the evening. A few reports of severe wind gusts were received as the line reached western north Texas in the early morning of the 17th.
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
- 3
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.
A large squall line evolved during the afternoon of the 16th in Kansas, then pushed southward through the evening. A few reports of severe wind gusts were received as the line reached western north Texas in the early morning of the 17th.
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 Jun 17, 1:29 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:29 AM CST, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 229 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 .DISCUSSION... A QLCS/SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE QUICKLY S/SEWRD ACROSS OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN. ON ITS PRESENT TIMING/TRACK...THE QLCS WILL REACH THE OKC METRO BETWEEN 0230 AND 0300 AM CDT. THE OVERALL LINE OF CONVECTION IS FAIRLY VAST...EXTENDING FROM JUST S OF AMARILLO OFF THE CAPROCK...EWD TO I- 40 ALONG THE OK/TX BORDER...NE THROUGH PONCA CITY...AND N INTO SRN KS. MESONET OBS ALONG THE PATH HAVE CONTINUED TO REPORT 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS ALONG THE LINE...HOWEVER...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...AND CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. GIVEN ITS OVERNIGHT HOURS...REPORTS HAVE BEEN SPARSE...BUT THERE WAS A REPORT OF POWERLINES KNOCKED DOWN IN THE TOWN JET IN ALFALFA COUNTY AS THE LINE MOVED THROUGH. EXPECT THE QLCS TO CONTINUE ITS MOVEMENT S/SE AT 35 TO 40 KTS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. DECENT OVERALL CONDITIONS EXIST FOR MCS MAINTENANCE...WITH GOOD SHEAR/COLD POOL BALANCE WITH 0-3KM SHEAR 0F 20 TO 35 KTS AND MUCAPES 1900 TO 2800 J/KG. THE N/NERN PORTION OF THE LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL OK WILL BE THE SECTION TO WATCH AS CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST FAVORABLE FOR WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. SFC-600MB THETA E DIFFS WILL BE 20 TO 25 K...WITH THE BEST POCKET OF MUCAPES RESIDING SWRN THROUGH CENTRAL OK. AS THE LINE APPROACHES THE RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH DAWN...IT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO A LESS FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER...RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS FROM THE TX PANHANDLE THROUGH SOUTHERN OK. PRECIP CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE SLOWLY SHIFTS EWD INTO THE HIGH PLAINS...KEEPING A SFC TROUGH ORIENTED NEAR THE RED RIVER VALLEY. AS THE RIDGE FINALLY BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...INTO THE WEEKEND. JTK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 86 69 83 70 / 60 40 40 40 HOBART OK 93 68 87 68 / 40 60 30 40 WICHITA FALLS TX 94 72 88 72 / 60 50 40 50 GAGE OK 87 64 84 64 / 30 40 30 40 PONCA CITY OK 85 66 84 66 / 50 40 30 20 DURANT OK 90 71 86 70 / 60 50 50 40 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/04
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 12:25 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
125 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-171730-
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-
125 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT MAINLY ALONG
AND SOUTHEAST OF PONCA CITY...ENID...WATONGA AND ELK CITY.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY.
IMPACTS...
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD PLAN
FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
DISCUSSION...
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH QUICKLY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED AS LINE MOVES SOUTHEAST WITH EMBEDDED GUSTS TO 65 MPH.
SOME HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE
STORMS MAY LIMIT THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING...BUT SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS
IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES.
BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THE LINE OF STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT MONDAY JUN 17.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
FOR THE REMAINDER THE WEEK...A FAIRLY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING A VARIOUS
TIMES THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND
URBANIZED AREAS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5
AM MONDAY MORNING...OR AS UPDATES ARE NEEDED.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:53 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
153 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
OKZ021>023-033>036-TXZ083-170715-
HARMON OK-GREER OK-KIOWA OK-WASHITA OK-CADDO OK-JACKSON OK-
BECKHAM OK-HARDEMAN TX-
153 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARMON...GREER...KIOWA...
WASHITA...SOUTHWESTERN CADDO...NORTHERN JACKSON...BECKHAM AND
NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...
AT 148 AM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONG AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM
WINDS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF CLOUD
CHIEF TO 10 MILES WEST OF VINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE
STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR 20 TO 30 MINUTES BEFORE HEAVY
RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOBART...SAYRE...MANGUM...CORDELL...HOLLIS...GRANITE...BURNS FLAT...
ERICK...MOUNTAIN VIEW...ROOSEVELT...GOTEBO...CARTER...GOULD AND
MARTHA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
&&
LAT...LON 3525 9999 3546 9911 3546 9901 3495 9849
3447 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 322DEG 31KT 3526 9891 3493 10004
11Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:21 AM CST, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
221 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0209 AM TSTM WND GST STILLWATER 36.12N 97.06W
06/17/2013 M59 MPH PAYNE OK ASOS
&&
BTHORENLocal storm report, Jun 17, 1:26 AM CST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
226 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 AM TSTM WND GST 4 SE HOBART 34.99N 99.04W
06/17/2013 M61 MPH KIOWA OK MESONET
&&
BTHORENSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 1:32 AM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
232 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
OKZ022-023-035-038-170800-
KIOWA OK-WASHITA OK-CADDO OK-COMANCHE OK-
232 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIOWA...SOUTHEASTERN WASHITA...
SOUTHWESTERN CADDO AND NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
AT 226 AM CDT...A WIND SHIFT AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CARNEGIE TO ROOSEVELT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
POTENTIALLY SEVERE WINDS GUSTING OVER 55 MPH...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOBART...CARNEGIE...APACHE...SNYDER...FLETCHER...MOUNTAIN VIEW...
MOUNTAIN PARK...ROOSEVELT...GOTEBO...ROCKY...COOPERTON...LAKE
ELLSWORTH...TOM STEED RESERVOIR...BOONE...MEERS AND LAKE LAWTONKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
&&
LAT...LON 3514 9925 3520 9870 3481 9817 3467 9877
3463 9900 3464 9907 3467 9908 3468 9905
3469 9904 3470 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 285DEG 38KT 3510 9860 3486 9907
11Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:53 AM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
253 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 AM TSTM WND GST OKLAHOMA CITY 35.47N 97.51W
06/17/2013 M61 MPH OKLAHOMA OK ASOS
&&
BTHORENSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 1:55 AM CST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
255 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
OKZ023-033-035>038-TXZ085-170830-
HARMON OK-KIOWA OK-CADDO OK-TILLMAN OK-JACKSON OK-COMANCHE OK-
WILBARGER TX-
255 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HARMON...SOUTHERN
KIOWA...SOUTHWESTERN CADDO...TILLMAN...JACKSON...COMANCHE AND
NORTHERN WILBARGER COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...
AT 251 AM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONG AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM
WINDS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOONE
TO 3 MILES EAST OF SNYDER TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF DUKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
POTENTIALLY SEVERE WINDS GUSTING OVER 55 MPH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
&&
LAT...LON 3470 9974 3473 9944 3475 9944 3482 9901
3515 9857 3470 9809 3439 9868 3416 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 327DEG 29KT 3494 9851 3465 9890 3459 9953
11The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:00 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- June 17, 3:54 AM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 4.49 mi SSE of Pleasant Valley
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -98.570
The winds were reported at FM369 and US277.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- June 17, 3:59 AM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 0.9 mi SE of (Sps)sheppard Afb
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -98.480
Sheppard Air Force Base ASOS measured a gust to 66 mph at 2:59am LST, and again at 3:04am LST.
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
- Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 17, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 17, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, June 17 to 18, 2013
- Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 17, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 17, 2013
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 17, 2013
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 17 to 18, 2013
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, June 17, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 17, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, June 17, 2013
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 17, 2013
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: 458410, 458411, 458412.