Hail, Beckham
- When
- October 12, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County, 1.38 mi N of Erick
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -99.870
A potent fall storm system moved out of the Rockies and across the Southern Plains during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 12th. A strong surface low and Pacific front served as the focus for widespread thunderstorm development.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A potent fall storm system moved out of the Rockies and across the Southern Plains during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 12th. A strong surface low and Pacific front served as the focus for widespread thunderstorm development. Abundant moisture and strong wind shear was highly supportive of severe thunderstorms. Storms developed initially over western Oklahoma and moved eastward through the evening. Initial storms produce wind gusts of 70 to 85 mph. Storms eventually merged into a couple of north south lines, but the intensity of the storms diminished after sunset.
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 Oct 12, 2:32 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1200 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-130000- 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- 1200 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. TIMING... STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM NEAR FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...EXITING FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY SUNRISE MONDAY. IMPACTS... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH TO 80 MPH... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF-DOLLARS... RECOMMENDED ACTIONS... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. DISCUSSION... A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL DIVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...A FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTHWARD OVER OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS...SETTING THE STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEEN OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA...WITH THE LOWEST CHANCES FOR STORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE PANHANDLES AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE BODY OF OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THE FRONT ACCELERATES SOUTH AND EAST...STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND DEVELOP INTO A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED SQUALL LINE. MOST OF THE SEVERE WIND GUSTS THAT MAY OCCUR WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SQUALL LINE...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AROUND MIDNIGHT. GREATER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE SEEN ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL PROMOTE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS WILL BE ONGOING MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE-35 EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL BE DIMINISHING QUICKLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. .STRONG WINDS MONDAY... STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE TRUE WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. THIS MAY MAKE TRAVEL ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS DIFFICULT MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. AUSTIN/11
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</html>The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
No damage was reported.
No damage was reported.
Reported relayed by KOKH storm chaser.
No damage was reported.
Relayed by Altus emergency manager. Minor damage was reported to one hotel roof.
Manufactured home destroyed by intense thunderstorms winds. Time estimated from radar.
Roof of one residence damaged. Report relayed by KWTV.
No damage information available.
No damage information available.
No damage was reported.
Large tree limbs blown down and shingles removed from roofs.
Trees blown down in Marlow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, October 2014
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 546186, 546187, 546188, 546189, 546190, 546191, 546192, 546193, 546194, 546195, 546196, 546197, 546198, 546199.