Storm near Oklahoma City
Friday, June 23, 2023
- Largest hail
- —none reported
- Strongest wind
- 64 mphgust
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 3within 16 mi
3 reports
- 64 mph gust (estimated)12.9 mi WNW of central Oklahoma City3.9 mi E of Richland · Canadian County · Public
Social media image showing an 812-inch diameter tree snapped. Time is radar estimated.
- 59 mph gust (measured)7.5 mi WNW of central Oklahoma City0.8 mi NNE of (Pwa)Wiley Post Apt · Oklahoma County · ASOS
Wiley Post Airport (KPWA) observation.
- 64 mph gust (estimated)3.9 mi WNW of central Oklahoma City1.7 mi SE of Warr Acres · Oklahoma County · Public
Social media image showing a 2436-inch diameter tree blown down. Time is radar estimated.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Convection during the early morning hours of the 23rd, centered across the Texas Panhandle, organized into a small mesoscale convective system (MCS) as it entered into portions of western Oklahoma by the mid-morning time frame. Severe wind gusts, a report of large hail and urban flash flooding were noted from western into central Oklahoma through the early afternoon hours.