Friday, April 9th 2021, 8:29 pm
7 p.m. -- Storms continue to quickly move off to the east as a cold front blasts through. Hail and wind continues to be the severe weather threat with the ongoing storms. The metro will have falling temperatures and northwest winds gusting over 40 mph.
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6 p.m. -- Several viewers have shared photos with News 9 as hail moves through the state.
4 p.m. -- A new severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for several Oklahoma counties until 11 p.m. The storms are developing and will move east quickly through early evening.
Winds up to 65 mph and golf ball size hail will be possible.
The original story is below.
Storms will likely fire around 3 p.m. Friday. They will intensify and become more widespread into the afternoon and evening.
The News 9 weather team will watch for two rounds.
The first round will be along the warm front in central and northeast Oklahoma. These will be isolated in nature.
The second round will fire along the cold front as it crashes in. Storms will form into a line and push southeast.
Large hail with isolated tennis balls, damaging winds, and localized flash flooding will be the main concerns.
The tornado threat is low Friday just east of Interstate 35.
Behind the front, it will be very windy! Northwest winds will gust up to 50 mph behind the storms.
News 9's team of trackers are out, and we will bring you updates all afternoon.
Meteorologist Lacey Swope is an Okie through and through, having grown up in the small town of Kiefer. She joined the News 9 weather team in 2011, and you can catch her forecasts weekday mornings on News 9 This Morning and on News 9 at 9a. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Lacey wanted to become a meteorologist to study the atmosphere every day and share her passion for weather with others.
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