Severe Storm With Damaging Winds, Heavy Rain Drenches Oklahoma City Metro

A storm with damaging winds, hail and heavy rain is entering the metro and has activated Severe Thunderstorm Warnings.

Sunday, August 13th 2023, 11:22 pm

By: News 9


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Another wave of rain and thunder is developing in NW Oklahoma, bringing the chance for storms in portions of the state Sunday night.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

  1. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma counties until 12:30 a.m.
  2. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Garfield, Kay, Noble counties until 12:15 a.m.
  3. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Garfield, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne counties until 12 a.m.
  4. Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Greer, Harper, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Major, Noble, Payne, Roger Mills, Washita, Woods and Woodward counties until 11 p.m.
  5. Flash Flood Warning: Payne County until 3 a.m. Monday


POWER OUTAGES IN OKLAHOMA CITY

Early reports of downed power lines from the winds with this storm have been reported to the west of Oklahoma City, according to Justin Rudicel.

Over 12,00 OG&E customers are without electricity last Sunday night, according to the official outage map.

Stay tuned for updates on power outages.

Meteorologist Justin Rudicel was live on Facebook with the forecast and storm timeline Sunday evening.

He says heavy rain, lightning and damaging winds exceeding 65 mph are possible.

Under the correct circumstances, the hail could reach the size of a quarter.

Some of the storms could be strong to severe and may reach the Oklahoma City metro, according to Meteorologist Andrew Adams. He says the best chance for that would be after 10 p.m., especially in the areas north of I-40.

Overnight storms will provide a cold front for the start of the week with highs in the 80s for Monday.

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