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TIMELINE: Risk for severe storm with low tornado threat, gusty winds returns Wednesday

More storms are possible on Wednesday evening into the nighttime hours.

From the first alert Weather Center, I’m meteorologist Joseph Neubauer here at KOCL5 with your latest storm timeline for your Wednesday. It was *** busy overnight and really Tuesday night, Tuesday evening. We had two probable tornadoes, one near our net, another one east of Fairview. We had lots of loud thunder, lots of lightning strikes through the overnight, hail reports, wind reports. And now while we’re not done, we’re beginning to down trend *** little bit. Our next chance for storms, it’ll come this afternoon after 2 p.m. It’s looking like southern and southeastern Oklahoma has the best chance to pick up additional thunderstorms through today and even into the nighttime hours down in southern Oklahoma too. So here’s the latest storm risk 1 out of 5 and 2 out of 5 for the OKC Metro. Now looking at sort of the. scale here through the morning, it does look like our outflow boundaries that ignite thunderstorms and severe thunderstorms are setting up further south than expected. We may see this severe risk map maybe lean further to the south than it is right now for central Oklahoma. That would be *** good thing for us, but for now, 1 and 2, we’re going to keep the severe risk in play for OKC after 2 p.m. in the evening. There is *** tornado risk on this later into the afternoon and evening. Even though it does look to favor Southern Oklahoma, maybe *** spin up or two possible as far north as Interstate 40 with the potential for large hail, quarters and ping pongs, the golf ball sized hail potential is certainly favoring Southern Oklahoma and *** lot like we had through the overnight damaging wind gusts. I could see easily 50 to 60 mile per hour winds out of some of the storms that would form up this afternoon and into the evening. So looking at predictor, lingering storms at. 12 o’clock noon and then we’ll get some new storms to go up into the late afternoon and evening. You can see the latest data certainly leaning on that southerly solution for Paul’s Valley, Ada down to Duncan, Lawton, Altis closer to the Red River. These would be storms into the afternoon. Now evening that could go with that tornado potential, that hail potential, that wind potential. So we’re going to be watching OKC, but also our southern viewing area here for. CO5 into the nighttime hours. Once we get to midnight, storms are done and *** big time heat wave sets up shop for the next couple of days. *** well deserved dry out but heat up on deck. Meteorologist, chief meteorologist Damon Lane, he will be in this afternoon evening tracking these storms, but also giving you the latest on our summertime heat that’s building in here on KOCO 5.

TIMELINE: Risk for severe storm with low tornado threat, gusty winds returns Wednesday

More storms are possible on Wednesday evening into the nighttime hours.

Updated: 8:57 AM CDT Jun 18, 2025

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More storms are possible on Wednesday evening into the nighttime hours. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelKOCO 5 Meteorologist Joseph Neubauer says storms will move in after 2 p.m. Southern and southeastern Oklahoma have the highest risk of picking up additional severe weather. A Level 1, marginal risk is present along a line extending from Altus to Hobart, northern OKC, Stillwater and northeastern Oklahoma. This brings a tornado index of 1 on a 1 to 10 scale. A Level 2, slight risk is present south and east of Oklahoma City. The tornado risk increases slightly, with spin ups possible as far north as Interstate 40. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.The storms also bring the potential for quarter, ping-pong-ball, and even golf-ball-sized hail. The risk for larger hail will be in those southern parts of Oklahoma. Strong, gusty winds will be favorable in these storms. 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

More storms are possible on Wednesday evening into the nighttime hours.

>> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel

KOCO 5 Meteorologist Joseph Neubauer says storms will move in after 2 p.m. Southern and southeastern Oklahoma have the highest risk of picking up additional severe weather.

A Level 1, marginal risk is present along a line extending from Altus to Hobart, northern OKC, Stillwater and northeastern Oklahoma. This brings a tornado index of 1 on a 1 to 10 scale.

A Level 2, slight risk is present south and east of Oklahoma City. The tornado risk increases slightly, with spin ups possible as far north as Interstate 40.

Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.

The storms also bring the potential for quarter, ping-pong-ball, and even golf-ball-sized hail. The risk for larger hail will be in those southern parts of Oklahoma.

Strong, gusty winds will be favorable in these storms.


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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>> Watch KOCO 5 Coverage

>> Download the KOCO 5 App on iPhone

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