Storm near Oklahoma City
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- Largest hail
- —none reported
- Strongest wind
- 70 mphgust
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 4within 16 mi
4 reports
- 64 mph gust (estimated)9.1 mi NNW of central Oklahoma City4.3 mi WNW of The Village · Oklahoma County · Public
Social media images showing a small tree uprooted and other large tree limbs blown down. Near the intersection of Northwest 122nd Street and MacArthur Boulevard. Time is radar estimated.
- 70 mph gust (estimated)15.9 mi NNW of central Oklahoma City9.5 mi WNW of Edmond · Oklahoma County · Law Enforcement
A tree blown down, blocking the roadway near the intersection of Northwest 220th Street and Rockwell Avenue. Relayed by emergency management. Time is radar estimated.
- 70 mph gust (estimated)13.1 mi NNW of central Oklahoma City6.0 mi WNW of Edmond · Oklahoma County · Public
Social media report of shingles removed from the roof of a residence. Time is radar estimated.
- 70 mph gust (estimated)14.8 mi N of central Oklahoma City5.1 mi NW of Edmond · Oklahoma County · Law Enforcement
Powerlines down in the roadway near the intersection of Northwest 220th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Relayed by emergency management. Time is radar estimated.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A weak split-stream upper air pattern was found across the area on the 15th. At the surface, a frontal boundary was positioned near the Oklahoma/Kansas border area, extending into the northern Texas Panhandle. The combination of mesoscale and synoptic forcing mechanisms promoted widely scattered thunderstorm development from northwestern into northeastern Oklahoma. Across the latter area, a significant supercell thunderstorm developed and produced large to very large hail and wind damage before exiting into portions of northeastern Oklahoma (WFO Tulsa, Oklahoma). By the late evening of the 15th into the early morning hours of the 16th, previous convection across western Oklahoma began to organize into a cluster of severe thunderstorms as it approached the northwestern and northern Oklahoma City Metropolitan area. This complex produced reports of wind damage across these areas.