Storm near Norman
Thursday, June 15, 2023
- Largest hail
- 1.00 inquarter
- Strongest wind
- 84 mphgust
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 7within 10 mi
7 reports
- 1.00 in hail (quarter)4.2 mi NW of central Norman1.8 mi WNW of (Oun)Norman Westheimer Arpt · Cleveland County · Public
MPing report.
- 1.00 in hail (quarter)1.8 mi W of central Norman1.8 mi S of (Oun)Norman Westheimer Arpt · Cleveland County · Public
MPing report.
- 1.00 in hail (quarter)0.5 mi SW of central Norman0.7 mi WSW of Norman · Cleveland County · Public
MPing report.
- 61 mph gust (estimated)6.5 mi WSW of central Norman4.4 mi WNW of Goldsby · Mcclain County · Public
Reported near the intersection of Highway 9 and Pennsylvania Avenue.
- 1.00 in hail (quarter)2.8 mi N of central Norman1.6 mi ENE of (Oun)Norman Westheimer Arpt · Cleveland County · Public
MPing report.
- 84 mph gust (measured)1.6 mi NW of central Norman1.0 mi SSE of (Oun)Norman Westheimer Arpt · Cleveland County · Mesonet
Norman (NRMN) Mesonet observation.
- 1.00 in hail (quarter)3.6 mi SSE of central Norman3.1 mi NW of Noble · Cleveland County · NWS Employee
Also hit that day: Oklahoma City, OK, Moore, OK
What the National Weather Service wrote
The approach of an anomalously strong (for mid-June) upper-level disturbance lead to a widespread severe weather outbreak across portions of the forecast area, especially along and west of the I-35 corridor, during the afternoon into late evening of the 15th. This included the development of numerous supercell thunderstorms across the area. Despite relatively high cloud bases, strong low-level instability and sufficient low-level wind shear aided tornadic outcomes, with eleven tornadoes confirmed across western into southern Oklahoma. Numerous reports of large to very large hail, including reports of 4-inch hail in Lawton, and wind damage were received across area.