Thunderstorm Wind in Nowata County, Oklahoma

Thunderstorm Wind August 23, 2002 · Nowata County, Oklahoma

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

$3.5M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm winds measured at 74 miles an hour at a nearby mesonet site and estimated at 80 miles an hour at Nowata did widespread damage in and around Nowata. Several hundred trees and power poles were damaged or blown down. The trees fell on several houses causing roof damage. Several cars were also damaged. The downed power poles caused widespread power outages that lasted up to 12 hours.

Began near Nowata (36.7000, -95.6333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5313074. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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