With a low pressure system moving off the Central High Plains, severe storms formed off the rockies and moved eastward into northern parts of Oklahoma the evening of the 7th.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
With a low pressure system moving off the Central High Plains, severe storms formed off the rockies and moved eastward into northern parts of Oklahoma the evening of the 7th.
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 7, 4:45 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 545 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015 .AVIATION... STORMS MAY IMPACT GAG/WWR THIS EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. OTHERWISE... A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT INTO THE DAY ON MONDAY SHIFTING WINDS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. SOME MFVR AND PERHAPS IFR CEILINGS MAY OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN/NORTHWEST OK BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. 30 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 212 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015/ .DISCUSSION... A FRONT FROM KANSAS WILL ARRIVE LATER TONIGHT TO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL HELP WITH LIFT AND ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE UPPER SUPPORT MOVES AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST, THE FRONT WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTH AND RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE. HOWEVER, THIS FRONT WILL LIKE SOMEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MONDAY AND BRING A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON. ANY OUTFLOW WILL PROBABLY PUSH INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA FOR A CHANCE FOR STORMS AGAIN TUESDAY. BEYOND TONIGHT'S SLIGHT RISK FOR WIND AND HAIL, SEVERE RISK IS LOW. WEDNESDAY MAY BRING A TEMPORARY REBUILDING OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND THE LOWEST CHANCE FOR RAIN OF THE WEEK. BY LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND ANOTHER FRONT FROM THE NORTH WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 70 89 69 90 / 20 20 10 20 HOBART OK 69 90 69 91 / 20 20 20 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 70 91 70 92 / 10 10 10 20 GAGE OK 64 87 64 89 / 60 10 20 30 PONCA CITY OK 70 89 67 92 / 40 20 10 10 DURANT OK 71 91 71 92 / 0 10 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 84/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1142 AM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-081800- 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- 1142 AM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. .LOCATION... THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GAGE TO MEDFORD OKLAHOMA. A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ENCOMPASSES THE SLIGHT RISK...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHEYENNE TO PERRY OKLAHOMA. .TIMING... 7 PM THROUGH 1 AM. .IMPACTS... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS... WINDS UP TO 60 MPH... .DISCUSSION... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT...WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE SAME AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE INITIALLY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AND THEN SPREAD EAST SOUTHEAST WITH THE FRONT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY AS THEY SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHWARD OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS NEARING 60 MPH. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. ALTHOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THE MOMENT...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MAINLY WEST OF I35...AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. 03/AUSTIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 534 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015 OKZ004-009-072300- HARPER OK-ELLIS OK- 534 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN HARPER AND NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 531 PM CDT...STRONG TO POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF ROSSTON TO 15 MILES WEST OF CATESBY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... POTENTIALLY SEVERE WINDS GUSTING OVER 55 MPH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. && LAT...LON 3700 9957 3649 9978 3645 10000 3700 10000 TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 247DEG 36KT 3673 10032 3640 10058 30
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The spotter reported several large tree limbs down.
ASOS measured wind gust.
Measured wind gust at an Oklahoma Mesonet site.
Measured with an unofficial wind instrument.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 2015
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: 584668, 584673, 584675, 584678.