Moist air moved north through the Texas panhandle during the afternoon, ahead of a surface low pressure area centered west of Amarillo, Texas. Thunderstorms developed over this area and pushed east into western Oklahoma during the early evening hours.
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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.
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Moist air moved north through the Texas panhandle during the afternoon, ahead of a surface low pressure area centered west of Amarillo, Texas. Thunderstorms developed over this area and pushed east into western Oklahoma during the early evening hours. Although the thunderstorms only affected a very small area, they were fairly intense. Hail up to golf ball size and winds of 65 mph were reported with the thunderstorms. One injury was reported due to the hail.
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 Sep 26, 2:20 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 320 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 .DISCUSSION... ALTHOUGH THE PRECIP HAS ENDED AS DEEPER MOISTURE GETS PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA... THE LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN MORE PERSISTENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF AREA THIS AFTN. SHOULD CONT TO SEE EROSION OF THESE CLOUDS EARLY THIS EVENING LEADING TO GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING WITH LIGHT WINDS. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME PATCHY FOG AND PERHAPS STRATUS REDEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT LINGERING INTO THU MORNING. MAY ALSO SEE A FEW SHWRS/TSTMS TO OUR WEST THIS EVENING AS LLJ/WAA DEVELOP. A FEW OF THESE MAY MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. WILL KEEP LOW POPS GOING ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS ON THU/THU NIGHT IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO SLIGHTLY BETTER MOISTURE AND STRONGER FLOW. WILL KEEP FRI AND MUCH OF SAT DRY AS STRONGER WAVE MOVES INTO PACIFIC NW. STILL SOME DIFFERENCES IN MODELS AS TO TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE WAVE AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. 12Z GFS DOES SLOW WAVE DOWN A LITTLE... BUT DOES KEEP MOST OF THE BETTER FORCING WELL NORTH OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. GFS BRINGS SFC FRONT INTO NW OK SAT NIGHT AND THEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON SUN. WILL INCREASE PARTS OF THE AREA TO LOW END CHANCE POPS FOR THIS TIMEFRAME. THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK THE PATTERN REMAINS PROGRESSIVE... BUT ACTIVE WITH SEVERAL WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE CONUS. AT THIS TIME MOST CONT TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS WITH SOUTHERN PLAINS RECEIVING A GLANCING BLOW. THIS WILL KEEP SFC BOUNDARIES PENETRATING INTO THE AREA AND THEN STALLING AND WASHING OUT IN THE VICINITY OF OK/N TX... WHICH WILL KEEP AT LEAST SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIP IN THE FORECAST MOST PERIODS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 61 86 60 86 / 10 10 10 10 HOBART OK 62 87 62 87 / 20 20 20 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 65 89 66 89 / 20 10 10 10 GAGE OK 57 86 60 87 / 20 20 20 10 PONCA CITY OK 56 85 57 86 / 10 10 10 10 DURANT OK 65 87 62 87 / 10 10 10 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 22/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1144 AM CDT WED SEP 26 2007
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-271200-
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-
1144 AM CDT WED SEP 26 2007
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY DEEP TO WARRANT A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN A FRONTAL ZONE OVER SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS WILL INHIBIT SURFACE
HEATING...AND A LACK OF CONVERGENCE NEAR THE FRONT MAY PREVENT
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AT MOST...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD
FORM BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM...WITH LITTLE IMPACT. THE MAIN HAZARD WOULD
BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
LATER TONIGHT...A MODEST INCREASE IN THE LOW LEVEL JET AND
INSTABILITY ACROSS WEST TEXAS...COULD RESULT IN A FEW STORMS THAT
SUBSEQUENTLY MOVE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. AGAIN...THE
MAIN HAZARD WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY SEP 27.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...30 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
AN INSTABILITY AXIS WILL SET UP IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA EACH AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...BUT
THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN VERY LOW. A STORM SYSTEM
PASSING NORTH OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN WIND
SHEAR...ALONG WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT MAY RESULT IN A SLIGHTLY
MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM EVENT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL
AND THEN INTERACT WITH A SECOND STORM SYSTEM PASSING NORTH OF THE
REGION. THIS INTERACTION WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
THURSDAY.
CJS/BURKESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 251 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 OKZ052-262030- BRYAN OK- 251 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BRYAN COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY AT 250 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...REDUCING VISIBILITY. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM ALBANY TO WADE...SOUTHWARD TO THE RED RIVER. BURKE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 535 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 OKZ009-014-262315- ROGER MILLS OK-ELLIS OK- 535 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 24 MILES WEST OF ARNETT AT 535 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WR
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail up to golf ball size covered the ground. Several windshields shattered due to the hail. One person caught outside received minor injuries from the hail. Monetary damages were estimated.
The hail was reported on the west side of the city.
A tree was blown down onto two vehicles. Monetary damages were estimated.
A window was blown out at the Ford Dealership at 4th and Washington. Monetary damages were estimated.
A tree was blown onto two cars at 4th and Randlett. Monetary damages were estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, September 2007
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: 60659, 60660, 60661, 60662, 60673, 60663, 60664, 60674, 60665, 60666, 60667, 60668, 60670, 60675, 60669, 60671, 60672.