Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 10 to 11, 2007

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 10 to 11, 2007
Start: 2007-03-10T19:25
End: 2007-03-11T02:03
Location: Oklahoma

March 10 to 11, 2007 · NWS OUN · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.

An upper level storm system moved from the southwest US into the southern plains during the afternoon of the 10th, and continuing east during the early morning hours of the 11th. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over the Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening hours, and moved into western Oklahoma during the early evening and overnight hours. An isolated severe thunderstorm producing large hail moved into western Oklahoma during the evening hours. More widespread thunderstorms, some of which were also severe, moved into western Oklahoma after midnight, producing damaging winds.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 10, 2:28 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 2:28 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
228 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FOCUS IS ON UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THIS
AFTN. THIS LOW WILL CONT TO AMPLIFY THIS EVENING AND CLOSE OFF TO
OUR WEST LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP TO OUR WEST THIS
EVENING AND WORK ITS WAY EAST ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT AS WE COME UNDER THE INFLUENCE FROM
UPPER LOW. WE WILL ALSO SEE STRENGTHENING LLJ AND SFC FRONT ALSO AID
IN PRECIP DEVELOPMENT. AS CLOSED LOW MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST INTO WEST TX ON SUNDAY SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BE SET UP IN A
VERY FAVORABLE AREA FOR UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ALONG WITH CONT WAA
AND SFC FRONT. THIS WILL MEAN WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MOST IF NOT ALL OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SHOULD ALSO RESULT IN MANY AREAS GETTING MUCH
NEEDED RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION BY MONDAY MORNING. ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY EXIST TO THE
SOUTH OF THE SFC FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN OK AND N TX FOR A FEW
STRONGER STORMS TO BE POSSIBLE.

MODELS CONT TO WOBBLE UPPER LOW OVER WEST TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY
BEFORE PUSHING IT TOWARD THE EAST BY WEDNESDAY. WILL SPREAD POPS
FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE WITH BETTER CHANCES REMAINING ACROSS
SOUTHERN OK AND N TX CLOSER TO CENTER OF UPPER LOW.

MAY GET A BREAK IN THE PRECIP ON WED BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES
SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE
OF RAIN TO THE AREA... ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER THAN
WHAT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 48HRS. GFS DOES SHOW AREA OF
PRECIP DEVELOPING OVER AREA ON FRI WITH AN EMBEDDED WAVE... HOWEVER
IT APPEARS THAT THIS COULD BE AIDED BY SOME FEEDBACK ISSUES AND WILL
NOT BITE OFF ON THIS AT THIS POINT LEAVING FORECAST DRY BEYOND THURSDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  55  60  51  65 /  40  90  60  40
HOBART OK         54  60  50  65 /  70  90  70  40
WICHITA FALLS TX  57  64  54  65 /  60  90  80  50
GAGE OK           48  55  45  67 /  70  90  50  30
PONCA CITY OK     50  56  46  67 /  30  80  40  30
DURANT OK         57  65  56  63 /  30  80  80  60

&&

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

26/30

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 12:03 PM CST, 7 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1203 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-111200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1203 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN
SECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A STORM
SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.  LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAIN LIMITED AND ARE
CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE LOW ENOUGH THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
NOT LIKELY... HOWEVER THE INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT THROUGH
THE NIGHT AND MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL AND MAY APPROACH MARGINALLY SEVERE LEVELS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY MAR 11.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...80 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN... CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY. INSTABILITY MAY INCREASE SUFFICIENTLY FOR
LOW CHANCES OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS... ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. IN ADDITION... THE STORM SYSTEM WILL ONLY
MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND ALLOWING SOME AREAS TO
RECEIVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
ON SUNDAY MARCH 11.

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:25 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ellis

When: March 10, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Ellis County, 7 mi W of Arnett
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 36.130, -99.895

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: March 11, 12:55 AM CST
Where: Jackson County, 3 mi S of Altus
Measured: 67 kt (77 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 34.587, -99.330

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: March 11, 1:05 AM CST
Where: Jackson County, Altus
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.630, -99.330

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: March 11, 2:03 AM CST
Where: Jackson County, (Lts)altus Afb
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 34.650, -99.270

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, March 2007

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 22830, 22834, 22835, 22836.