Oklahoma, 2023Winter Weather and Sleet in Oklahoma, January 30, 2023
January 30, 2023 · NWS OUN · 10 events in 10 counties and zones
Multiple subtle shortwave troughs propagated through southwesterly flow aloft between the morning of the 30th and evening of the 31st. With a cold near-surface airmass in place, multiple rounds of wintry precipitation (mainly sleet) occurred across the area.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
Multiple subtle shortwave troughs propagated through southwesterly flow aloft between the morning of the 30th and evening of the 31st. With a cold near-surface airmass in place, multiple rounds of wintry precipitation (mainly sleet) occurred across the area. The most significant accumulations of sleet were across central into southeast Oklahoma from the morning through early afternoon of the 30th. Travel conditions became quite hazardous in areas where even small accumulations of sleet occurred.
Winter Weather, Oklahoma
- When
- January 30, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet accumulations of a trace to 0.1 inches led to hazardous travel throughout the county.
Winter Weather, Grady
- When
- January 30, 7:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grady forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -97.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet accumulations of a trace to 0.2 inches led to hazardous travel throughout the county.
Winter Weather, Cleveland
- When
- January 30, 8:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 35.203, -97.326 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet accumulations of a trace to 0.3 inches led to hazardous travel throughout the county.
Winter Weather, Lincoln
- When
- January 30, 8:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.703, -96.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet accumulations of a trace to 0.4 inches led to hazardous travel throughout the county.
Sleet, Garvin
- When
- January 30, 9:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garvin forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.705, -97.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy sleet was observed throughout the county, with a total of 0.6 inches measured near the community of Elmore City, OK.
Winter Weather, Seminole
- When
- January 30, 9:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Seminole forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 35.168, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet accumulations of a trace to 0.2 inches led to hazardous travel throughout the county.
Winter Weather, Stephens
- When
- January 30, 9:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.486, -97.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet accumulations of a trace to 0.3 inches led to hazardous travel throughout the county.
Sleet, Johnston
- When
- January 30, 11:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.317, -96.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy sleet was observed throughout the county, with a total of 2.0 inches measured near the community of Pontotoc, OK.
Sleet, Atoka
- When
- January 30, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Atoka forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.374, -96.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy sleet was observed throughout the county, with a total of 1.2 inches measured near the community of Daisy, OK.
Winter Weather, Pontotoc
- When
- January 30, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 34.728, -96.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet accumulations of a trace to 0.3 inches led to hazardous travel throughout the county.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
- Sleet
- Sleet accumulating half an inch or more.
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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: 1075153, 1075155, 1075152, 1075154, 1075151, 1075157, 1075158, 1075149, 1075150, 1075156.