Hail — Custer, Oklahoma

2025-03-29 · near Weatherford, Custer, Oklahoma

Event narrative

MPing report.

Wider weather episode

Widespread thunderstorm development occurred ahead/along both a southward advancing surface cold front and trailing dryline (southwestern Oklahoma & western-north Texas) during the evening of the 29th. A favorable overlap of instability, lapse rates, and wind shear combined to produce severe thunderstorms with reports of large to very large hail, focused across south-central into central Oklahoma.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1243171. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.