Hail — Mcintosh, Oklahoma

2025-10-18 · near Checotah, Mcintosh, Oklahoma

Event narrative

Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles in Checotah.

Wider weather episode

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the late afternoon and evening of the 18th, along and just ahead of a cold front moving through the region. Weak instability ahead of the front, combined with moderately strong wind fields and wind shear associated with an upper level disturbance translating through the Southern Plains, resulted in the development of a supercell thunderstorm that produced large hail up to golf ball size and damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292520. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.