Isolated supercells developed during the afternoon and early evening across portions of central and south central Oklahoma, producing large hail in several locations. By late evening, a separate, large squall line was moving into the state from Kansas.
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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.
Isolated supercells developed during the afternoon and early evening across portions of central and south central Oklahoma, producing large hail in several locations. By late evening, a separate, large squall line was moving into the state from Kansas. This line produced scattered reports of severe wind gusts throughout the area during the early morning hours.
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 Jun 16, 1:20 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 220 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 .DISCUSSION... SEVERE STORM/HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT...ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS. REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BASED ON LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE...PARTICULARLY THE HRRR...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP JUST NORTH OF I-40 BY 4 PM...THEN CONGEAL INTO A LINE OR CLUSTER AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT MAINLY THE SOUTH HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA WILL BE MOST AFFECTED BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM. WICHITA FALLS MAY BE AFFECTED 9 TO 11 PM. INCREASED RAIN CHANCES FOR THESE AREAS. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WIND UP TO 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLARS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1-3 INCHES IN 1-2 HOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DID NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS HAVE NOT BEEN TOO HEAVY OR WIDESPREAD ALLOWING FOR SOME DRYING OF THE GROUND. TORNADO POTENTIAL REMAINS VERY LOW THROUGH TONIGHT. NOT CONFIDENT IF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WILL OCCUR DUE TO MARGINAL SHEAR. LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER LINE OR CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHTLY LESS DAMAGING WIND/HAIL THREAT...THOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. THIS LINE MAY ENTER FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1 AM. THIS LINE MAY WEAKEN AS IT GETS NEAR AND SOUTH OF I-40 AS THE FIRST LINE/CLUSTER OF STORMS MAY STABILIZE THE AIR. MONDAY...SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY LINGER MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF I-35 DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON...MOST LIKELY OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WHERE BEST HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION ARE EXPECTED. SIMILAR TO TONIGHT...A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH WIND...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THAT ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...BUT NOT CONFIDENT THIS WILL OCCUR. TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...CONFIDENCE IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAT ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE OVER THE AREA... ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES. GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH STORMS. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS MID LEVEL CAPPING INCREASES. THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY...HOT AND RAINFREE WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED. TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WILL LIKELY RETURN TO PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. HEAT INDICES MAY BE NEAR ADVISORY LEVEL OF 105 DEGREES. MBS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 69 86 70 84 / 70 60 30 30 HOBART OK 70 93 68 88 / 70 30 50 40 WICHITA FALLS TX 73 95 71 88 / 70 40 40 40 GAGE OK 65 88 65 84 / 80 30 30 30 PONCA CITY OK 66 85 66 85 / 80 60 20 20 DURANT OK 71 90 71 87 / 60 50 40 40 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1228 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-171730-
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-
1228 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WICHITA
FALLS TEXAS TO SEMINOLE OKLAHOMA.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 4 PM THROUGH
6 AM.
IMPACTS...
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AS
A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO SHIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH
THE DAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH A THREAT OF
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF
DOLLARS.
LATER THIS EVENING MAINLY AFTER 7 PM...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE MAY MERGE AND DEVELOP
INTO A COMPLEX. THIS COMPLEX MAY THEN MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. ANOTHER COMPLEX MAY THEN DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AROUND
MIDNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...AND
MOVE INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA DURING THE
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THESE
COMPLEXES.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT MONDAY JUN 17.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING
OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING MONDAY MORNING AS THE COMPLEX FROM
SUNDAY NIGHT TRACKS SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN
HALF OF OKLAHOMA.
FOR THE REMAINDER THE WEEK...A FAIRLY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING A VARIOUS
TIMES THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND
URBANIZED AREAS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5
AM MONDAY MORNING...OR AS UPDATES ARE NEEDED.
BARNES/KURTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
152 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
OKZ017-018-161930-
KINGFISHER OK-BLAINE OK-
152 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN KINGFISHER AND
NORTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...
AT 149 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
HITCHCOCK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3597 9806 3572 9815 3573 9816 3586 9842
3598 9839
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 287DEG 12KT 3591 9834The Norman radar (KTLX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail fell for 10-15 minutes. A few golf ball size stones were mixed in for 1-2 minutes.
Hail lasted 10 to 15 minutes.
Relayed to KSWO from a viewer.
Relayed to KSWO from a viewer.
Power lines reported down.
At SW 104th and Penn.
At NW 104th and Penn.
KOCO reported roof damage to Travelodge Motel at W Reno Ave. and S Meridian Ave.
Tree damage reported at Brookwood Village Apartments in south Oklahoma City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 2013
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: 458387, 458388, 458389, 458390, 458391, 458392, 458393, 458394, 458395, 458396, 458397, 458398, 458401, 458402, 458403, 458404, 458405, 458406, 458399, 458400, 458407.