ENID — A severe thunderstorm snapped power poles, splintered trees, overturned sheds and ravaged roofs Monday evening, causing major damage throughout Garfield County and surrounding areas.

The National Weather Service at 5:59 p.m. Monday issued a severe thunderstorm warning, noting wind gusts up to 96 miles per hour had been recorded at Lahoma. Winds of 75 mph also were estimated at Okeene, the national Weather Service said.

Thunderstorms spread from 5 miles north of Garber to 3 miles southeast of Carrier to 6 miles northwest of Loyal and were moving east at 30 mph.

In Enid, wind damage was especially significant in the northern part of the city, where trees — some made more brittle by dry summer weather — and residential fences were blown down by the intense winds.

In the Country Club North area north of Willow and west of Oakwood, people with chainsaws and trailers roamed the streets helping friends and neighbors remove the debris from streets, driveways and yards.

North of Sterling House residential care center, 4613 W. Willow, a large tree was ripped apart and a utility pole was snapped just a few feet above street level.

Traffic on part of North Van Buren or Oklahoma 81 in northern Enid was detoured because of downed power lines.

At the picturesque Oakwood Country Club, more than 50 trees appeared to have sustained wind damage, including one tree trunk bigger around than a hula hoop that was twisted apart.

The Oakwood Country Club golf course will be closed for at least two days, and possibly as long as a week, golf pro Tim Mendenhall said.

“In 25 years, I’ve never seen it look so bad due to a windstorm,” Mendenhall said. “We’re going to assess the damage tomorrow.

Many trees will need to be replanted, Mendenhall said.

“We had big trees split in half,” he said.

Because the golf course is closed on Monday, Mendenhall said, nobody was hurt.

“It’s going to be a lot of cleanup,” Mendenhall said.

The sign in front of Northcutt Chevrolet was destroyed.

Two people at Golden Oaks Village suffered cuts when a window in the atrium was blown out, security officer Andrew Marshall said. One required stitches.

Jane Ediger, who lives in the 6500 block of West Willow, said a small shed on their property was lifted off its foundation and slammed down on its roof. The shed was used to store equipment including a riding mower, Ediger said.

Additionally, the Ediger property has major tree damage and a large combine shed got its door ripped off the hinges, Ediger said.

At Fairmont, the storm snatched away about a quarter of Zion Lutheran Church’s roof and damaged other portions of the building.

Justin Silvers, of Fairmont Fire Department, said community members worked to protect the inside of the church.

“We’re trying to cover the organ and some of the other parts and remove some of the pews to get some of them out of the way,” Silvers said.

Around town, multiple trees were down, many shingles were  ripped off buildings and outbuildings were destroyed, Silvers said.

John Little, local manager for OG&E Electric Services, said about 8,000 to 9,000 Garfield County customers were out of power Monday evening.

“Our guys are going to work until about 1 a.m. and then go home and come back about 6 a.m. and get a fresh start,” Little said.

The town of Waukomis was “completely out,” Little said, adding linemen hope to get back with Waukomis residents tomorrow as well.

“I know that Alva was affected greatly, too,” Little said. “I was up in Lamont for a meeting and we got nothing — just a few sprinkles.”

In Major County, Cleo Springs and Goltry had power late Monday, but nearly no one else did, Jail Administrator Sam Saeger said.

Lightning spawned a number of grass fires through the county as it moved through, but the rain quickly put most of them out, Saeger said.

A gas meter station blew over and ruptured a gas line near Ringwood.

Rusty Surette, of American Red Cross, said people with damage to their homes can call the organization at (580) 237-5994.

Surrette also said the Red Cross is going to open a cooling center at New Hope Church, 614 N. Garland in Enid.

“It likely will turn into an overnight shelter,” he said.