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Severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts up to 85 mph, blowing dust, widespread wind damage, and knocked out power to many residents across the Oklahoma Panhandle and the Texas Panhandle during the late evening hours on Monday, June 30. In fact, over 200 power poles were downed across the Oklahoma Panhandle by these storms, which left thousands of people without power. As these storms moved out of Southeast Colorado and into Cimarron County, they produced the first damage at Keyes where trees were blown down and a mobile home lost its roof. The storms also caused a wall of blowing dust north of Boise City that look eerily similar to the Dust Bowl days!
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| Thunderstorms kicked up a wall of dirt north of Boise City (Angelique Andrea Clifford) |
The storms continued barreling eastward, next targeting Guymon. A 77 mph wind gust was officially recorded at Guymon at 9:17 PM. Other reports of downed trees occurred in Guymon, but the most significant damage was a roof blown off a house. The storms temporarily weakened as they moved over eastern Texas County, but they quickly restrengthened upon entering Beaver County. In fact, several trees were knocked down across Beaver County, and an 85 mph wind gust was measured at Beaver at 10:35 PM.
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| A mobile home in Keyes, OK lost its roof. (KFDA) |
A carport awning collapses in Keyes, OK (KFDA) |
A roof blown off a home in Guymon OK (Harold Tyson) |
The storms developed farther south into the Texas Panhandle where additional severe wind gusts occurred near Morse in Hansford County. The storms produced strong outflow winds well ahead of the storms that caused wind gusts up 66 mph across Moore, Hutchinson, and Gray Counties. The storms finally began weakening across the eastern Texas Panhandle, but not before producing more damage at Canadian.
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| Radar estimated storm total precipitation |
Storm approaching Hooker, OK (Stanley Harper) |
As the storms weakened, the threat shifted to heavy rain that caused some localized flooding across the eastern Texas Panhandle. In fact, radar estimated as much as 4 inches of rain fell across southern Hemphill County.
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