A widespread damaging wind event occurred over a large portion of Oklahoma beginning late on the 9th of…
A widespread damaging wind event occurred over a large portion of Oklahoma beginning late on the 9th of August 2011, continuing into the early morning hours of the 10th. A complex of severe thunderstorms developed over northern and western Oklahoma and moved east over central Oklahoma. Severe wind gusts were reported…
The record
- Date
- August 10, 2011
- Where
- Oklahoma and western north Texas
- Recorded by
- National Weather Service, Norman, Oklahoma
What happened
A widespread damaging wind event occurred over a large portion of Oklahoma beginning late on the 9th of August 2011, continuing into the early morning hours of the 10th. A complex of severe thunderstorms developed over northern and western Oklahoma and moved east over central Oklahoma. Severe wind gusts were reported from around Cheyenne in far western Oklahoma, all the way eastward to Calvin in Hughes County. The most severe portion of the complex, which yielded structural damage and power outages, moved over northern Oklahoma, southern Logan, and southern Lincoln Counties.
From NWS Norman, This Day in Weather History, Public domain (NWS).