Thunderstorm Wind — Bryan, Oklahoma

2025-09-23 · near Bennington, Bryan, Oklahoma

Event narrative

Relayed images courtesy of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management show the roof of a large brick outbuilding blown off along with siding damage to a nearby house. The event time is estimated from radar observations.

Wider weather episode

Between the very late evening of the 22nd and the early morning of the 24th, multiple severe convective regimes developed across the WFO Norman Forecast Area. This convective event was triggered by a slow-moving upper-level system and its associated lead impulses. Initially, thunderstorms formed a broken line as they traversed northern Oklahoma. The presence of a reservoir of instability increased the potential for wind damage for a short time, with the system weakening as it approached the I-35 corridor. By the early evening of the 23rd, another round of severe weather emerged along a trailing cold front across eastern and southeastern Oklahoma. The combination of sufficient wind shear and instability during this event resulted in large hail and damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1290035. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.