Hail — Latimer, Oklahoma

2023-02-15 · near Gowen, Latimer, Oklahoma

Event narrative

Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.

Wider weather episode

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed into eastern Oklahoma during the evening of the 15th, along and north of a warm front that stretched across southeastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas. Moderately strong elevated instability north of the front, combined with very strong deep layer wind shear, supported the development of embedded supercells within the line of thunderstorms that moved through the region. The strongest storms produced large hail up to golf ball size and damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1079684. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.