Thunderstorm Wind — Washington, Oklahoma

2014-09-01 · near Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma

Event narrative

Emergency management personnel measured thunderstorm wind gusts to 80 mph. A hospital, a school, and an apartment complex sustained major damage to their roofs due to the strong wind. Nearly 600 homes were also damaged by the wind, about 100 of which had major damage. Numerous trees and large tree limbs were blown down along with many power poles. Over 10,000 people were without power in Bartlesville at the height of the storm. School was canceled the following day due to the prolonged power outage in the area and due to storm debris covering many roads used by the school buses.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms developed near an outflow boundary across northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas during the early evening hours of the 1st. These storms moved across portions of northeastern Oklahoma during the evening, producing large hail up to baseball size, damaging wind gusts of upwards of 80 mph, a brief tornado, and locally heavy rainfall.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 543392. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.