Storm near Moore
Saturday, June 17, 2023
- Largest hail
- —none reported
- Strongest wind
- 63 mphgust
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 9within 8 mi
9 reports
- 60 mph gust (estimated)1.0 mi SW of central Moore1.0 mi SSW of Moore · Cleveland County · Public
Windows of a residence blown out. Time is radar estimated.
- 60 mph gust (estimated)3.1 mi SW of central Moore3.0 mi SW of Moore · Cleveland County · Public
Power pole blown down. Time is radar estimated.
- 63 mph gust (measured)7.3 mi WNW of central Moore0.1 mi S of (Okc)Will Rogers Apt · Oklahoma County · ASOS
Will Rogers World Airport (KOKC) observation.
- 60 mph gust (measured)7.2 mi S of central Moore1.0 mi SSE of (Oun)Norman Westheimer Arpt · Cleveland County · Mesonet
Norman (NRMN) Mesonet observation.
- 60 mph gust (measured)6.6 mi S of central Moore0.5 mi S of (Oun)Norman Westheimer Arpt · Cleveland County · AWOS
Norman/Max Westheimer Airport (KOUN) observation.
- 62 mph gust (measured)7.2 mi S of central Moore1.0 mi SSE of (Oun)Norman Westheimer Arpt · Cleveland County · Mesonet
Norman (NRMN) Mesonet observation.
3 more reports
- 59 mph gust (measured)7.3 mi WNW of central Moore0.1 mi S of (Okc)Will Rogers Apt · Oklahoma County · ASOS
Will Rogers World Airport (KOKC) observation.
- 59 mph gust (measured)6.6 mi SSE of central Moore2.0 mi NNW of Norman · Cleveland County · NWS Employee
Ambient weather station observation.
- 59 mph gust (measured)8.0 mi NE of central Moore0.6 mi NE of (Tik)Tinker Afb · Oklahoma County · AWOS
Tinker Air Force Base (KTIK) observation.
Also hit that day: Oklahoma City, OK, Norman, OK
What the National Weather Service wrote
Another unseasonably strong upper trough approached the region during the day on the 17th. Widespread thunderstorm development occurred across the High Plains, from southwest Kansas into the central Texas Panhandle by the late afternoon. The combination of anomalously (for mid-June) high magnitudes of wind shear and instability produced widespread severe weather outcomes across southern, central and northern Oklahoma. By the late evening hours, convection had organized into a mature bow echo across north-central Oklahoma, where numerous significant wind gusts (and damage) were observed. Similar outcomes occurred into portions of northeastern Oklahoma towards early morning hours of the 18th.