Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- March 31, 8:41 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, Vernon
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -99.290
At least one tree blown down.
Damaging Winds in Texas, March 31, 2015
Isolated storms developed over west Texas during the late afternoon hours and moved south and east through the evening hours. At least two reports of severe wind were received as storms move southeast through the prevailing northwesterly flow.
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
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Isolated storms developed over west Texas during the late afternoon hours and moved south and east through the evening hours. At least two reports of severe wind were received as storms move southeast through the prevailing northwesterly flow.
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 Mar 31, 5:36 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 5:36 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
636 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
.UPDATE...
STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WEST TEXAS AND
CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. LATEST HRRR RUNS SUGGEST
THAT STORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AS THEY MOVE INTO DEEPER
MOISTURE AND A MORE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. HOWEVER...NOT COMPLETELY SURE THIS WILL OCCUR AS MID/UPPER
FORCING REMAINS WEAK. LATEST HRRR RUNS SEEM TO BE OVERCONVECTING
ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AT THIS TIME.
EXPECT SOME SEVERE HAIL AND WIND REPORT THROUGH THE EVENING. HAIL
MAY GET UP TO GOLF BALLS. TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE VERY LOW
DUE TO WEAK LOW LEVEL SHEAR. LATEST HRRR COMPOSITE REFLECTIVITIES
SUGGESTED THAT CURRENT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS MAY ORGANIZE
INTO A CLUSTER OR LINE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WHICH COULD
AFFECT THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA IN THE 10 PM TO 1 AM TIME
FRAME.
CURRENT FORECAST HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED...THOUGH RAIN CHANCES MAY
NEED TO BE INCREASED TONIGHT. WILL CLOSELY MONITOR.
AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR THE 00Z TAFS IS BELOW.
MBS
&&
.AVIATION...
ISO-NUM TSRA WILL OCCUR ACROSS MOST TAF SITES EXCEPT KPNC THROUGH
06Z. EXACT COVERAGE AND TIMING REMAINS UNCERTAIN. GUSTY VARIABLE
WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IF STORMS DIRECTLY AFFECT ANY GIVEN
SITE. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS...GENERALLY UNDER 30 MINUTES...COULD
OCCUR AS WELL. KEPT TEMPO/VCTS MENTIONS AT MOST SITES.
OVERALL...BELIEVE VFR CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. WIDESPREAD IFR
CONDITIONS WITH BR COULD DEVELOP 06-18Z ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH
CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE AT BEST. HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT ALL
SITES WILL BE VFR AFTER 18Z.
MBS
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 317 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015/
DISCUSSION...
CUMULUS HAS FORMED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA...INTO NORTH TEXAS. CONVECTIVE INHIBITION IS STILL
STRONG OVER MOST OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH IT HAS WEAKENED A LOT IN
THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF OKLAHOMA. WE EXPECT LARGELY UNFOCUSED
CONVECTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALTHOUGH CONVECTION
MAY CREATE ITS OWN FOCUS LATER TONIGHT. AS NOTED
ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY.
TOMORROW WILL BE VERY BREEZY AND WARM. THERE MAY BE SOME FOG IN
THE MORNING AGAIN...MOST LIKELY NEAR/NORTH OF I-40. A STRONGER CAP
WILL LIMIT STORM CHANCES...BUT IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...THEY WOULD
PROBABLY DO SO VERY QUICKLY...AND BE RATHER STRONG.
THE GENERAL FLOW WILL MAINTAIN A FAIRLY STRONG CAPPING
INVERSION...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT STORM CHANCES THROUGH
FRIDAY.
ON FRIDAY...A FRONT WILL FINALLY SWEEP SOUTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA
AND NORTH TEXAS...TEMPORARILY BRINGING AN END TO EVEN THE LOW RAIN
CHANCES OF THE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF DAYS.
SATURDAY WILL BE THE ONE DAY WITHOUT ANY CHANCE OF RAIN...BUT
MOISTURE WILL BEGIN ITS NORTHWARD ADVANCE BY EVENING...AND RAIN
CHANCES PROMPTLY SPREAD NORTH AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR OKZ004-005-009-010-014.
TX...NONE.
&&
17Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 6:35 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 735 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-020030- 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- 735 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. .LOCATION... THE RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ARNETT TO STILLWATER. .TIMING... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .IMPACTS... LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE RISK FOR TORNADOES IS VERY LOW. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS MAINLY OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. STORM INTENSITY WILL LIKELY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS STORMS MAINLY AFFECT LOCATIONS NEAR AND EAST OF I-35. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM TONIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN MUCH OF THE REST OF OKLAHOMA APART FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE MARGINAL RISK EXTENDS INTO PART OF NORTH TEXAS. OTHER STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THURSDAY...BUT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD LATE IN THE DAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY FORM ALONG THE FRONT LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF STILLWATER... OKLAHOMA CITY...AND ARDMORE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. .FIRE WEATHER... HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. MBS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 31, 8:01 PM CST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
901 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0853 PM HAIL 1 N BOWLEGS 35.16N 96.67W
03/31/2015 E1.50 INCH SEMINOLE OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MDAYLocal storm report, Mar 31, 8:02 PM CST, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
902 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0858 PM HAIL BOWLEGS 35.15N 96.67W
03/31/2015 E2.75 INCH SEMINOLE OK PUBLIC
&&
MDAYLocal storm report, Mar 31, 8:06 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
906 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0904 PM HAIL 3 S SEMINOLE 35.19N 96.68W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH SEMINOLE OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MDAYLocal storm report, Mar 31, 8:11 PM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
911 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM HAIL 2 S SEMINOLE 35.20N 96.68W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH SEMINOLE OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MDAYSpecial weather statement, Mar 31, 8:34 PM CST, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 934 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 OKZ018-024-010315- CANADIAN OK-KINGFISHER OK- 934 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CANADIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN KINGFISHER COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT... AT 932 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OKARCHE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. && LAT...LON 3568 9795 3578 9808 3607 9797 3587 9768 TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 210DEG 16KT 3577 9800 AUSTIN
Local storm report, Mar 31, 8:37 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
937 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND GST 4 S TIPTON 34.44N 99.14W
03/31/2015 M54 MPH TILLMAN OK MESONET
&&
MDAYThe radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:41 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- March 31, 9:14 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 1.14 mi W of Burkburnett
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 34.090, -98.580
No damage was reported.
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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- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 31, 2015
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 31, 2015
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: 568613, 568614.