Storm near Oklahoma City
Thursday, June 15, 2023
- Largest hail
- 1.00 inquarter
- Strongest wind
- —no reading
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 3within 16 mi
3 reports
- 0.75 in hail (penny)13.8 mi W of central Oklahoma City2.7 mi WSW of Yukon · Canadian County · Public
MPing report.
- 1.00 in hail (quarter)16.0 mi SSW of central Oklahoma City3.6 mi WNW of Newcastle · Mcclain County · Public
MPing report.
- 1.00 in hail (quarter)15.5 mi S of central Oklahoma City1.8 mi WNW of (Oun)Norman Westheimer Arpt · Cleveland County · Public
MPing report.
Also hit that day: Norman, 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.