Kingfisher County residents got relief from the scorching temperatures last Tuesday evening.

But it came at a price for some.

A storm system moved through this part of the state and brought some welcome rain, but also a fair amount of damage to a residents and businesses on one county road.

A suspected microburst - a sudden, powerful and localized air current, especially a downdraft - damaged up to 12 structures along County Road 2810 north of Airport Road.

That road runs just west of Lake Elmer.

“I’ve been told it was a microburst, but we’re still awaiting confirmation on that from the National Weather Service,” said Kingfisher County Emergency Management Director Ryan Deatherage.

He added there were some wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour recorded.

“But there very well could have been some higher ones we didn’t see,” he said.

Whatever the speed, the winds did their damage.

Deatherage said 12 structures were damaged or “impacted in some form or another.”

Siding was ripped off houses, small structures were crumpled, campers were destroyed, parts of roofs were displaced, trees were knocked over and multiple power poles downed.

Cimarron Electric CEO Aaron Roark reported six of the cooperative’s poles were downed.

He said all residents had their power restored by 11 p.m., which was just a few hours after the storm system made its way through.

Although there was a known storm system making its way through, there were no signs that they were going to produce anything damaging.

“It really was just out of nowhere,” Deatherage said. “I requested some help from the National Weather Service on it and even they were quite shocked.”

One positive note beyond the temperatures dropping considerably after the front moved through?

“We had no reported injuries,” Deatherage said. “Which is a good thing.”