Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 27, 2022

Name: Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 27, 2022
Start: 2022-10-27T19:50
End: 2022-10-27T19:50
Location: Oklahoma

October 27, 2022 · NWS OUN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Several thunderstorms with occasional supercell structures moved into far southwest Oklahoma and western north Texas during the evening of the 27th, with a report of severe wind gust received.

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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.

Several thunderstorms with occasional supercell structures moved into far southwest Oklahoma and western north Texas during the evening of the 27th, with a report of severe wind gust received.

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 Oct 27, 5:35 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 5:35 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 1:16 PM CST, 6 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 27, 5:39 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
639 PM CDT Thu Oct 27 2022

TXZ083-280015-
Hardeman TX-
639 PM CDT Thu Oct 27 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Hardeman County through 715 PM CDT...

At 639 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles south of Kirkland, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Goodlett and Lazare.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3448 10000 3455 9989 3452 9986 3449 9982
      3448 9982 3442 9975 3441 9973 3438 9969
      3438 9963 3423 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 237DEG 28KT 3432 10005

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

..speg.

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:51 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: October 27, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, 3.5 mi S of Altus
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 34.590, -99.340

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 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, October 2022

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1059933.