Storm near Norman
Sunday, August 11, 2024
- Largest hail
- 0.75 inpenny
- Strongest wind
- 70 mphgust
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 2within 10 mi
2 reports
- 0.75 in hail (penny)9.6 mi SSW of central Norman2.1 mi E of Cole · Mcclain County · Public
MPing report.
- 70 mph gust (estimated)10.0 mi ESE of central Norman5.4 mi SW of Lake Thunderbird Dam · Cleveland County · Emergency Manager
Relayed images showing a house with portions of its roof decking blown off and other large tree limbs blown down. Time is radar estimated.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th. Thunderstorm development was fostered by a strong isentropic regime across portions of central Oklahoma. Repeated rounds of heavy rain led to widespread flash flooding in a narrow corridor from west-central into central Oklahoma, including southern portions of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area. A downburst wind event was also observed south of the Lake Thunderbird area of Cleveland County near daybreak.