244
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
5
Direct injuries
$1.0M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma: 244 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 81. That places the county #716 nationally and #41 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Okmulgee County is the 2000s, when 68 of the county's 244 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 Okmulgee County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 32.6% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #716 for this hazard and #41 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 77.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Okmulgee County with 66 recorded events, while Feb 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 1989 | 81 | 0 | 4 | $0 | |
| May 22, 1989 | 71 | 0 | 1 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2025 | HECTOR | 56 | $0 |
| May 24, 2025 | HECTOR | 56 | $0 |
| May 24, 2025 | HECTOR | 52 | $0 |
| May 24, 2025 | HECTOR | 61 | $15K |
| May 18, 2025 | NADDOCK | 52 | $0 |
| May 18, 2025 | OKMULGEE | 65 | $0 |
| Apr 20, 2025 | MORRIS | 61 | $10K |
| Apr 4, 2025 | HENRYETTA | 52 | $0 |
| Mar 30, 2025 | MORRIS | 61 | $20K |
| Mar 30, 2025 | MORRIS | 56 | $2K |
Other hazards here
More from Okmulgee County
- Hail 332
- Flash Flood 82
- Tornado 60
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Strong winds blew a roof completely off of a muffler shop in the 900 block of North Frisco. The roof hit a power feeder and knocked off power to a large part of the city. One of the businesses's doors was blown off as well. Several businesses reported windows blown out by the storm, and numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down.
The school in Nuyaka had some roof damage where the metal was torn off and twisted. Sheet metal from barns and sheds lay on the ground. A church had its steeple blown away. A trailer had sheet metal peeled up on it, and the barn that stood in front of it was demolished. The Nuyaka Store lost its sign to the wind.
Strong winds blew a power line onto a trash truck, trapping a city worker. The worker was not injured. When the strong winds were combined with baseball-sized hail, there was extensive damage throughout the city of Okmulgee. See the separate preceding Hail entry for more details.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma?
244 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Okmulgee County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Okmulgee County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Okmulgee County measured 81.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/okmulgee-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.