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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 621, NWS Norman, OK

June 3, 20254 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2025, 5:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2025, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Garvin County, OK, McClain County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 6:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pauls Valley, OK	Delayed report. Tree and powerline damage in Pauls Valley. Time estimated from radar.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 41 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 3, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

269 
WUUS54 KOUN 032257
SVROUN
OKC049-087-123-125-032345-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0621.250603T2257Z-250603T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
Issued by National Weather Service Tulsa OK
557 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Garvin County in southern Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Pontotoc County in east central Oklahoma...
  Southwestern Pottawatomie County in central Oklahoma...
  Southeastern McClain County in central Oklahoma...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 557 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pauls Valley,
  moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Byars...                          Wanette...
  Pauls Valley...                   Vanoss...
  Stratford...                      Asher...
  Paoli...                          

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southern,
central and east central Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3470 9722 3483 9731 3505 9695 3477 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 243DEG 20KT 3475 9719 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Meister

1 follow-up statement

104 
WWUS54 KOUN 032308
SVSOUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
Issued by National Weather Service Tulsa OK
608 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

OKC049-087-123-125-032345-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0621.000000T0000Z-250603T2345Z/
Garvin OK-Pontotoc OK-Pottawatomie OK-McClain OK-
608 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GARVIN...NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC...SOUTHWESTERN
POTTAWATOMIE AND SOUTHEASTERN MCCLAIN COUNTIES...

At 608 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles southwest of
Byars, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations in or near the path include...
Byars...                          Asher...
Wanette...                        Stratford...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southern,
central and east central Oklahoma.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3477 9713 3488 9722 3505 9695 3483 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 238DEG 22KT 3482 9709 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Meister

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 1:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Updated at 101 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025
Severe storms expected this afternoon and tonight.
Heavy, potentially flooding fainfall is possible through tonight.
Shower and storm chances continue much of next week, with heavy rainfall and severe weather possible.
Much cooler weather expected Wednesday.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
Issued by National Weather Service Tulsa OK
106 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

...New NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 101 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

- Severe storms expected this afternoon and tonight.

- Heavy, potentially flooding fainfall is possible through
  tonight.

- Shower and storm chances continue much of next week, with heavy
  rainfall and severe weather possible.

- Much cooler weather expected Wednesday.

&&

.NEAR TERM...
(Rest of today and tonight)
Issued at 101 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

Ongoing severe convection will continue along and ahead of an
advancing cold front, which will move through central into southeast
Oklahoma this afternoon and this evening. Much drier and cooler air
will overspread the the area behind the cold front. Temperatures may
fall into the upper 40s across northwest Oklahoma by morning with
50s across much of the rest of the area.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Wednesday through Thursday night)
Issued at 101 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

We get a bit of a lull in the activity for Wednesday with a cool and
mostly cloudy day. Afternoon highs will mainly be in the 70s, some
10 degrees below normal for early June.

Another shortwave trough will eject out of the southern Rockies into
the Plains tonight bringing another round of showers and
thunderstorms first to western Oklahoma overnight and over the
entire area on Thursday morning, which could pose a low end severe
risk.

By Thursday afternoon, additional convection is expected to develop
across southern Kansas into northern Oklahoma along a warm front.
This is expected to develop into a complex of storms (MCS) that will
propogate east/southeast aross mainly southern Kansas and northern
Oklahoma and will pose a damaging wind and hail risk along with very
heavy rainfall.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday through Monday)
Issued at 120 AM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

An outflow boundary or effective cold front should be located across
central and or southern Oklahoma Friday night.  There's some
evidence of another wave providing additional lift for storms Friday
afternoon and evening.  There will be a continued risk of high
rainfall rates with storms that form and a risk of strong to severe
storms.

Another shortwave trough approaching in northwest flow, and a
surface front/elevated boundary, may focus another round of strong
storms late Saturday into Sunday morning. At this time, it appears
southern Oklahoma and northern Texas will be the favored area for
this activity.  It's possible that enough drier air will advect into
the southern Plains, that most of Sunday will be dry.

The active pattern will likely persist into early next week with
additional chances of thunderstorms.

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1211 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

Gusty south to southwest winds will continue this afternoon with
showers and thunderstorms becoming numerous to widespread
impacting all sites this afternoon. Expect a line of storms to
move west to east across the area this evening as a cold front
sweeps southeast through the area. Some MVFR and low chance of IFR
conditions are possible associated with the storms and some areas
of low clouds elsewhere. Also strong north winds will accompany
the front but should diminish Wednesday morning with clearing
skies toward the end of the forecast across the west.

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...None.
TX...None.
&&

NEAR TERM...30
SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM....06
AVIATION...30

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:18 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
518 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0517 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 N Iowa Park           33.97N 98.67W
06/03/2025  M60 MPH          Wichita            TX   Trained Spotter

&&

MJL

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:20 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
520 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0513 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 NNW Lakeside City     33.86N 98.56W
06/03/2025  M63 MPH          Wichita            TX   Amateur Radio

&&

RV

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:24 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
524 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0519 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 NW Lakeside City      33.85N 98.58W
06/03/2025  E74 MPH          Wichita            TX   Trained Spotter

&&

MJL

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:42 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
542 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Hobart                  35.03N 99.09W
06/03/2025                   Kiowa              OK   Public

            3-inch tree branches broken. mPING report.
            Time estimated from radar.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:45 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
545 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 NE Holliday           33.82N 98.68W
06/03/2025  E75 MPH          Archer             TX   Trained Spotter

            Time estimated by radar.

&&

RV

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:46 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
546 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0449 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 SSE Warr Acres        35.49N 97.61W
06/03/2025                   Oklahoma           OK   Public

            Roof damage. mPING report. Time estimated
            from radar.

&&

MDU

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills	43 min
Jun 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	30 min
Jun 2, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Washita	27 min
Jun 2, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	50 min
Jun 2, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	48 min
Jun 2, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey, Woods, Woodward	30 min
Jun 2, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Washita	43 min
Jun 2, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	49 min
Jun 2, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods	31 min
Jun 2, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	46 min
Jun 2, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods	51 min
Jun 2, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa	41 min
Jun 2, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	39 min
Jun 2, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	42 min
Jun 2, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	39 min
Jun 2, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant	43 min
Jun 2, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	50 min
Jun 2, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	31 min
Jun 2, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	30 min
Jun 2, 9:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	3 hr
Jun 2, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	24 min
Jun 2, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay	47 min
Jun 2, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	25 min
Jun 2, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	35 min
Jun 2, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	28 min
Jun 2, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	37 min
Jun 2, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	22 min
Jun 2, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	33 min
Jun 2, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	30 min
Jun 2, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	29 min
Jun 3, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	35 min
Jun 3, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	34 min
Jun 3, 8:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	35 min
Jun 3, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	34 min
Jun 3, 1:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	36 min
Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	32 min
Jun 3, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	33 min
Jun 3, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Washita	40 min
Jun 3, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	35 min
Jun 3, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	27 min
Jun 3, 2:13 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	OUN	Atoka	13 hr
Jun 3, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	32 min
Jun 3, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	46 min
Jun 3, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Washita	40 min
Jun 3, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	33 min
Jun 3, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	32 min
Jun 3, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	43 min
Jun 3, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson	52 min
Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	44 min
Jun 3, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	42 min
Jun 3, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	40 min
Jun 3, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	42 min
Jun 3, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	34 min
Jun 3, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	32 min
Jun 3, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	45 min
Jun 3, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	41 min
Jun 3, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	39 min
Jun 3, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	34 min
Jun 3, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	43 min
Jun 3, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	38 min
Jun 3, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	45 min
Jun 3, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	53 min
Jun 3, 3:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Noble	23 min
Jun 3, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	21 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield	3 hr
Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	43 min
Jun 3, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	39 min
Jun 3, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	38 min
Jun 3, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Noble	49 min
Jun 3, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	39 min
Jun 3, 4:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jun 3, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble, Payne	33 min
Jun 3, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	46 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain and 1 more	43 min
Jun 3, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	40 min
Jun 3, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	38 min
Jun 3, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan, Noble, Payne	36 min
Jun 3, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	47 min
Jun 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	44 min
Jun 3, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield, Noble	3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.