Thunderstorm Wind — Woods, Oklahoma

2025-06-07 · near Alva, Woods, Oklahoma

Event narrative

A swath of significant thunderstorm wind damage occurred across portions of northeastern Woods County during the early morning of the 7th. Initial damage occurred along Major Road, just southwest of the community of Winchester. Here, a small metal outbuilding was destroyed along with several large tree limbs blown down. Trees were uprooted at several properties near/along U.S. Highway 281, north of the community of Alva. Additional damage occurred in the community of Capron, including several electrical poles that were broken and/or leaning and additional tree damage. The damage path is estimated, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. Damage photos were relayed courtesy of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.

Wider weather episode

A multi-modal episode of severe thunderstorms occurred from the late evening of the 6th through early morning of the 7th, primarily impacting areas along the north of Interstate 40. Initial severe weather was focused along a modifying warm front, lifting northward into portions of central/west-central Oklahoma. Thunderstorms in this regime produced reports of very large hail and a few severe-caliber wind gusts. Concurrently, a long-track and occasionally tornadic supercell was moving into portions of far western Oklahoma. While no tornadoes occurred across the WFO Norman Forecast Area, this thunderstorm produced large hail in Beckham County. By the early morning of the 7th, a mesoscale convective system (MCS) organized and became well-defined/mature as it swept eastward across northern Oklahoma. Widespread and locally intense thunderstorm wind damage/gusts, and two brief tornadoes, were noted across this area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1276073. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.