Large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible as the latest severe weather threat brings a tornado risk to Oklahoma on Sunday. >> Go to the KOCO weather page | Get KOCO on the Go | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelThe severe weather threat has been upgraded for parts of Oklahoma, with a level 3 enhanced risk being issued for southwestern, central and parts of east-central Oklahoma. Areas included in the level 3 risk zone are the OKC metro, Altus, Hobart, south of Clinton, south of Stillwater, Seminole, west of McAlester, Ada and Ardmore. Surrounding areas are under a level 2 slight risk, and a level 1 marginal risk was issued in parts of northwestern Oklahoma. KOCO 5 Meteorologist Joseph Neubauer says he could see there being some rotating storms, but the tornado risk on Sunday is lower than it had been compared to previous severe weather risk days. The tornado index is 4 out of 10 in southwestern Oklahoma near Altus, Hobart, Lawton, south of Clinton, southwest of the OKC metro and west of Ardmore. It’s 2 out of 10 for surrounding areas stretching to Enid, past Stillwater, Ardmore and McAlester in eastern Oklahoma. Joseph says the bigger risk is for hail the size of baseballs and golf balls and 70-80 mph wind gusts. Radar predictor shows a storm cell firing up around 2 p.m. near Seminole, Henryetta and Shawnee. Another line of storms moves into southwestern Oklahoma near Elk City, Hollis and Altus around 7:30 p.m., and more storms will pop up at the same time near Norman and across the state. A lot of these storms are expected to form over areas that received a lot of rain on Friday and Saturday. Joseph says the additional rain brings a flooding risk. >> Check out the latest forecast in the video player below. Radar then shows rain, showers and storms covering Oklahoma by midnight, and a line of storms moving through central and southern Oklahoma by 1 a.m. Monday. Joseph says the storms will continue east during the overnight hours, and showers will linger throughout Monday morning and into the afternoon and evening. A level 1 risk has also been issued for almost all of Oklahoma on Monday, and those storms could produce quarter-sized hail and 50-60 mph winds. Be sure to download the KOCO 5 App to receive customized weather alerts. You can watch our team coverage on the app, too.>> Check Closings>> Check Live, Interactive Radar>> Watch KOCO 5 Coverage>> Download the KOCO 5 App on iPhone>> Download the KOCO 5 App on Android>> “Like” KOCO 5 on Facebook>> “Follow” KOCO 5 on X>> Stream KOCO 5 weather updates anytime on the Very Local app
Large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible as the latest severe weather threat brings a tornado risk to Oklahoma on Sunday.
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The severe weather threat has been upgraded for parts of Oklahoma, with a level 3 enhanced risk being issued for southwestern, central and parts of east-central Oklahoma. Areas included in the level 3 risk zone are the OKC metro, Altus, Hobart, south of Clinton, south of Stillwater, Seminole, west of McAlester, Ada and Ardmore.
Surrounding areas are under a level 2 slight risk, and a level 1 marginal risk was issued in parts of northwestern Oklahoma.
KOCO 5 Meteorologist Joseph Neubauer says he could see there being some rotating storms, but the tornado risk on Sunday is lower than it had been compared to previous severe weather risk days.
The tornado index is 4 out of 10 in southwestern Oklahoma near Altus, Hobart, Lawton, south of Clinton, southwest of the OKC metro and west of Ardmore. It’s 2 out of 10 for surrounding areas stretching to Enid, past Stillwater, Ardmore and McAlester in eastern Oklahoma.
Joseph says the bigger risk is for hail the size of baseballs and golf balls and 70-80 mph wind gusts.
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Radar predictor shows a storm cell firing up around 2 p.m. near Seminole, Henryetta and Shawnee. Another line of storms moves into southwestern Oklahoma near Elk City, Hollis and Altus around 7:30 p.m., and more storms will pop up at the same time near Norman and across the state.
A lot of these storms are expected to form over areas that received a lot of rain on Friday and Saturday. Joseph says the additional rain brings a flooding risk.
>> Check out the latest forecast in the video player below.
Radar then shows rain, showers and storms covering Oklahoma by midnight, and a line of storms moving through central and southern Oklahoma by 1 a.m. Monday. Joseph says the storms will continue east during the overnight hours, and showers will linger throughout Monday morning and into the afternoon and evening.
A level 1 risk has also been issued for almost all of Oklahoma on Monday, and those storms could produce quarter-sized hail and 50-60 mph winds.
Be sure to download the KOCO 5 App to receive customized weather alerts. You can watch our team coverage on the app, too.
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>> Check Live, Interactive Radar
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