Thunderstorm Wind — Grady, Oklahoma

2025-06-05 · near Alex, Grady, Oklahoma

Event narrative

Security video recorded very strong winds near Alex that produced some tree damage. This is likely near the beginning of a large swath of wind damage that did considerable damage in McClain County as this storm moved east-southeast.

Wider weather episode

While the upper air pattern across Oklahoma and north Texas was benign (from a thunderstorm perspective) for much of the 5th, a cluster of occasionally intense thunderstorms tracked along a quasi-stationary boundary from the eastern Texas Panhandle through portions of western and south-central Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours. This activity initiated along a mid-level front within a zone of strong isentropic ascent. Thunderstorm wind damage, including a swath of significant damage across portions of southern McClain and northern Garvin Counties, and large hail were noted episodically with this activity.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1278451. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.