Power Outage in Alva, OK

Sheriff's department reported thunderstorm wind damage throughout the county. This includes trees and power lines down, roof off of a building in Alva, and a gas station awning removed. Also there was a report of a train derailment near Alva. Time of occurrence based on radar was between about midnight and shortly after 1am.

The electric cooperatives reported over 1000 power outages, likely due to icing, with damage estimates to $984K.

Observed 0.25 inches of ice accumulation. Damage estimates are from local power cooperatives.

A power pole was blown down on Highway 281, two miles north of Highway 64. Monetary damages were estimated.

Power poles/lines were downed.

A 25 to 30 foot tree was toppled over power and cable lines.

High winds were measured by nine different Oklahoma mesonet stations across parts of western Oklahoma. The wind gusts occurred several times at some stations over a little more than a four hour period.The wind gusts ranged from 50 knots(58 mph) to 53 knots(61 mph). The highest gust of 53 knots was measured in Woods county at the station 16 miles north-northeast of Freedom. The Woodward Emergency Manager reported some damage in the town of Woodward. A metal storage building under construction collapsed on the west side of town. There were also sporadic power outages across town. The high winds also caused damage in the town of Cordell in Washita county. Tree limbs and power poles were downed. One of the power poles was snapped. A portion of the roof of the City Office Building was also ripped off. Most of the top layer of the roof was gone and a 40 foot by 30 foot section was removed down to the rafters.

A tree fell on power lines. Power poles were also downed.

A house and business were destroyed when their roofs were blown off, and numerous trees and power lines were downed.

Power lines were downed.

Strong wind gusts occurred behind a powerful upper trough that passed by the area during the day on the 23rd.