Solar insolation near and beneath a strong surface low led to the development of scattered shallow convection across northern Oklahoma on the afternoon of the 24th. A brief tornado was documented with one of these thunderstorms in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
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Solar insolation near and beneath a strong surface low led to the development of scattered shallow convection across northern Oklahoma on the afternoon of the 24th. A brief tornado was documented with one of these thunderstorms in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
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 Nov 24, 12:34 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 1234 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025 ...New NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1231 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025 - Drizzle and patchy fog could linger over northern and east- central Oklahoma into this afternoon, with patchy fog possible again tonight. - Turning cooler mid-week with low temperatures near the freezing mark. - Colder weather possible next weekend. && .UPDATE... Issued at 932 AM CST Mon Nov 24 2025 Lowered high temperatures for northern into east-central Oklahoma with persistent cloud-cover, showers, drizzle, and patchy fog slowly expected to shift eastward throughout the day. Increased POPs a bit to account for wrap-around showers into the afternoon. Thompson && .NEAR TERM... (Rest of today and tonight) Issued at 1231 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025 The occluding frontal system will exit our CWA this evening with persistent cloudiness gradually shifting eastward. Drizzle, light rain, and patchy fog remain possible this afternoon over north- central into east-central Oklahoma. Stratus is expected to linger over north-central and east-central Oklahoma tonight, with patchy fog redevelopment possible tonight into tomorrow morning. Overnight low temperatures are forecast to range from the mid/upper-30's over northwest and western Oklahoma to low 50's over east-central and southeastern Oklahoma. Thompson && .SHORT TERM... (Tuesday through Wednesday night) Issued at 1231 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025 Patchy fog is possible on Tuesday morning over parts of east-central and southeastern Oklahoma. Some localized dense fog could also be seen. However, this area of fog appears to be rather transient as it moves southward during the pre-dawn hours. Other than the morning fog, mostly sunny skies are anticipated tomorrow. A developing shortwave, which is currently over Idaho and Montana, deepens upon reaching the north-central plains tomorrow before turning towards the Great Lakes region. This upper-level system will push a decent cold front into Oklahoma and northwest winds will increase to 15 to 20 mph with gusts of 30 to 35 mph possible behind the front. This surge of post-frontal winds reaches central and southwestern Oklahoma by late morning. While a few of the models suggest falling temperatures with FROPA in the morning hours, most CAMS suggest this will be relatively short-lived and afternoon temperatures will range from the mid-50's to mid-60's. As a 1030MB surface high settles in behind the cold front, will see cold temperatures by Wednesday morning with highs remaining in the mid-/upper-40's over northern and parts of east-central Oklahoma. Fortunately, winds will be light and veering with the passage of the surface high. Low temperatures will be in the 20's and 30's both Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Thompson && .LONG TERM... (Thursday through Sunday) Issued at 1205 AM CST Mon Nov 24 2025 Surface ridge remains in place through the Plains for Thanksgiving day with some modification of the airmass allowing temperatures to rebound into the 50s and lower 60s by Thursday afternoon. Surface ridge shifts east by Friday with breezy south winds developing. This will draw gulf moisture quickly northward and with strong waa expected by late Friday and Friday night showers and even a few thunderstorms appear possible. The precip will likely continue through the weekend as this waa pattern remains in place ahead of a large upper low dropping south across the western CONUS. Models were similar last night with timing of very cold air moving south through the area on Saturday, however the latest GFS is not bringing the front through until next Monday and not as strong. In addition the models are trending to a more closed, retrograding upper low off the California coast. This is all lowing overall confidence in the extended part of the forecast period, but do currently do have a mention of wintry precip by Sunday across northwest Oklahoma. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1055 AM CST Mon Nov 24 2025 IFR to VFR ceilings this afternoon with clouds gradually clearing from west to east across parts of the area. Some locations, especially in northern OK could see clearer skies but then more low clouds moving in with the wrap-around clouds later this afternoon and tonight. Lowered visibility from BR will also gradually improve from west to east across parts of the area although lowered visibility will be possible again overnight into Tuesday morning in some locations. Patchy drizzle and scattered rain showers are expected to continue through the afternoon in parts of northern and central OK. Rain chances are expected to end late this afternoon/early evening. Winds are expected to shift towards the W or WNW this afternoon/evening as a Pacific cold front moves across the area. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 47 60 34 48 / 0 0 0 0 Hobart OK 40 62 31 52 / 0 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 45 66 36 53 / 0 0 0 0 Gage OK 36 55 27 50 / 0 0 0 0 Ponca City OK 47 58 29 48 / 20 0 0 0 Durant OK 50 63 39 54 / 0 0 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None. && NEAR TERM...01 SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....30 AVIATION...25
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:44 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small tornado was observed and photographed near Carmen. No damage was reported, and the tornado was estimated to have occurred approximately 5 miles west-southwest of Lambert.
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