Wildfire — Beckham, Oklahoma

2025-03-14 to 2025-03-18 · Beckham, Oklahoma

Event narrative

The 1980 Road Fire burned 1,700 acres far northeastern Beckham County, north of the community of Elk City.

Wider weather episode

An intense upper system produced a historic wildfire outbreak and synoptic windstorm across the WFO Norman Forecast Area on the 14th. As a note, the first, last and highest magnitude wind gusts are those included in this episode for a particular zone (county).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1243371. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.