323
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$13.7M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Beaver County, Oklahoma: 323 recorded events between 1963 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 109. That places the county #379 nationally and #24 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Beaver County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Beaver County is the 2010s, when 121 of the county's 323 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Beaver County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 31.5% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #379 for this hazard and #24 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 88.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Beaver County with 114 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2025 | LOGAN | 51 | $0 |
| Aug 9, 2025 | BEAVER | 62 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2025 | BEAVER | 48 | $5K |
| Jul 23, 2025 | LOGAN | 54 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2025 | LOGAN | 67 | $48K |
| Jul 21, 2025 | LOGAN | 62 | $0 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | LOGAN | 51 | $0 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | GATE | 70 | $28K |
| Jul 9, 2025 | KNOWLES | 65 | $0 |
| May 29, 2025 | BEAVER | 52 | $0 |
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Damage reported to be six and a half million dollars in structural damage and one and a half million dollars in damage to vehicles. Fourteen hundred homes in Beaver were damaged with two homes completely destroyed and twenty-three homes deemed to be unlivable. There were no injuries from the storm.
The Beaver County Emergency Managers Office reported that a total of five hog farms were damaged by the strong thunderstorm wind gusts. Two of the hog farms were significantly damaged with the roofs blown off along with damage to the sides of the buildings. Another hog farm was missing part of the roof while the other two hog farms had lesser damage to their roofs. All five of the hog farms are still standing but there was a lot of debris laying around. There was also a report that numerous trees were blown over by the strong thunderstorm wind gusts. The debris from the hog farms and the tree damage were located on Oklahoma State Highway 23 on the west and east sides of the highway. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a retreating dryline across the north central Texas Panhandle, moved to the northeast, and entered Beaver County. While over the city of Elmwood (Beaver County), the thunderstorms produced a localized downburst that blew 8 power poles down. The Beaver County Emergency Manager relayed a report of the damage to the National Weather Service office in Amarillo (Potter County). The cluster of thunderstorms would continue a northeastern track before dissipating over southern Kansas.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Beaver County, Oklahoma?
323 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Beaver County between 1963 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Beaver County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Beaver County measured 109.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Beaver County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Beaver County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/beaver-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.