Power Outage in Skiatook, OK

Power lines and large tree limbs were blown down by strong wind.

Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large trees limbs, and blew down a power pole.

Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a couple trees and snapped numerous large tree limbs. Power lines were blown down resulting in power outages.

Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof and awning of a restaurant. Power lines were blown down resulting in power outages.

This tornado remained over open country much of its life cycle but did snap two power poles. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this limited amount of damage, from which to make the assessment, was 85 to 95 mph.

A tornado uprooted hardwood trees, snapped large tree limbs, and downed four power poles. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was 85 to 95 mph.

Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees and power lines.

A tornado snapped or uprooted a number of large trees and snapped power poles. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 115 mph.

A tornado snapped or uprooted a number of large trees and snapped power poles. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 115 mph.

A tornado damaged a metal building and a permanent home. It also snapped power poles and trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 115 mph. Several storm chasers witnessed this tornado.

Up to one to two inches of ice accumulated on trees, power lines and other exposed surfaces.

A powerful low pressure center tracked across the Central Plains on the 27th with a central pressure below 990 mb. A swath of damaging winds and dew point temperatures in the single digits and teens swept into eastern Oklahoma behind the associated dry line during the afternoon and evening of the 27th. The wind behind the dry line gusted to between 60 and 70 mph across a large portion of northeastern Oklahoma downing power lines in a number of locations. Downed power lines sparked grass fires that quickly grew out of control, whipped by the strong winds and driven by the very low humidity and dry vegetation. Many fires occurred; nine were very large and damaging. Thirty-five homes were destroyed along with numerous outbuildings and automobiles. About a dozen firefighters and residents suffered minor injuries including smoke inhalation and minor burns. An estimated 35,000 acres were burned in this event in eastern Oklahoma.Update: One of the men injured/burned in a wildfire in McIntosh County on November 27th died of those burns in late December.

Rain changed to freezing rain and sleet as cold air gradually deepened into the area. Significant accumulations of ice occurred on trees, power lines, roads, and other exposed surfaces. Heavy sleet also occurred in Osage, Pawnee, and Washington Counties. Major travel problems resulted from the heavy ice and sleet.

A F1 tornado touched down 8 miles west southwest of Dewey or 6.5 miles northeast of Okesa and traveled 5 miles east northeast before entering Washington county 5 miles northwest of Dewey or 7.2 miles southeast of Bowring. The tornado produced a 200 yard wide damage swath along its path. The damage was to trees and power lines.

An area of dissipating showers and thunderstorms to the south and east resulted in a period of high wind across Osage County during the early morning hours of May 8th. Tree limbs and power lines were blown down by the wind. The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Burbank measured 61 mph gusts and the station near Foraker measured 60 mph gusts.

A powerfull upper level system moved northeast out of west Texas and began producing snow across parts of northeast Oklahoma to the north and west of Tulsa during the late afternoon and early evening hours. The snow lasted throughout the night and gradually translated to the south and east. Points east and south of Tulsa had some rain before the precipitation turned to snow. Thus, accumulations there were not as high as those in the areas to the north and west of Tulsa. Some accumulations from the areas which did see heavy snowfall were 10 inches at Pawhuska, 9 inches at Nowata, 8 inches at Bartlesville, 6 inches at Cleveland and 6 inches at Pawnee.

The combination of a slow moving upper level system moving east out of the rockies and a shallow cold air mass moving south into Oklahoma resulted in a widespread rain event across eastern Oklahoma from the evening of the 29th into the next night. Temperatures remained above freezing across much of eastern Oklahoma. However, across a large part of Nowata, Washington, Osage and Pawnee counties, the temperature did fall a few degrees below freezing. While the air temperature was below freezing in those counties, soil temperatures remained above freezing. Thus, roads did not become icy. Exposed objects such as power lines and trees did receive a thick coating of ice, however, as two to three inches of rain fell. Many tree limbs and power lines fell down due to this ice. As many as 18,000 homes and businesses had power outages.