More Severe Weather Coming For Northwest, Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma could be in for another round of severe weather Tuesday.

A strong, tornado-warned thunderstorm that moved through Payne and Noble counties Tuesday afternoon destroyed a mobile home and downed power lines near the town of Morrison, Payne County Emergency Management Director Dave Lester said.

The northwest corner of the state (except the Panhandle) is under a Tornado Watch until midnight.

National Weather Service meteorologist Jonathan Kurtz says severe storms are expected to develop near the state’s western border with the Texas panhandle.

“Storms will move east and southeastward through the evening hours where the chance for large, damaging hail will continue, as well as a lower, but still there, risk for tornadoes,” Kurtz said during a Tuesday morning briefing.

That hail could as large as grapefruits. The twister potential will decrease as those storms move closer to the Oklahoma City metro after sunset.

“Timing wise, storms will move or develop over western Oklahoma and far western north Texas between 4 and 6 p.m., lingering through 9 p.m,” Kurtz said. “Through the late evening hours, storms will push farther eastward, and finally into central Oklahoma after sunset.”

The Norman-based Storm Prediction Center says severe storms are possible each day between now and the end of the weekend, with widespread severe weather likely Thursday.

A tornado touched down Monday evening near Woodward, but no injuries or damage have been reported.

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