A multi-day stretch of severe weather began Monday across Oklahoma, and meteorologists at the Bob Mills Weather Center said the pattern could become one of the most active of the season. The threat runs through midweek, with damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes possible on multiple days.
By Tuesday, forecasters said confidence increases in a more widespread and potentially significant severe weather day, followed by another round of storms on Wednesday. Additional storm chances could return late Friday as a cold front moves through, keeping tulsa weather in focus for much of the week.
For now, meteorologists said the tornado threat has ended, and the Tornado Watch was replaced by Severe Thunderstorm Watches ahead of a line of storms. The strongest part of the system was in southern Oklahoma, where it was affecting Garvin County and moving east at about 45 mph. Storms there were bringing heavy rain, light hail and strong winds, while forecasters expected 1 to 3 inches of rainfall from Seminole to Marlow.
The overnight setup showed how quickly the threat had shifted. Forecasters said there was no significant rotation in the storms at that time, and the primary risk had moved to damaging winds. Light rain was expected to continue across the Oklahoma City metro through the evening, with no tornado warnings and no confirmed tornadoes reported across the state so far.
Elsewhere, stronger winds were already showing up. Gusts between 50 and 60 mph were reported near Prague along Highway 62, and a severe storm moving out of southwest Oklahoma was expected to reach Lindsay around 9:10 p.m. with winds of 40 to 50 mph. Forecasters said the storms were producing frequent lightning but remained non-tornadic at that time.
In Lawton, Tom Pastrano reported street flooding after about an hour of heavy rain moved through the area. He said storms dropped an estimated 1 to 2 inches of rain, with wind gusts just over 60 mph and pea-sized hail. The system kept moving northeast, leaving the door open for additional rain and storms across the region.
The weather pattern matters because it is unfolding against a backdrop of warm, dry and windy conditions that keep wildfire risk elevated in western Oklahoma ahead of each round of storms. Live radar, storm timing and field reports are tracking a pattern that forecasters say could be one of the most active of the season, and the heaviest impacts are already shifting from tornado concern to damaging wind and flooding.
For Oklahoma, the answer today is not whether storms will keep coming, but how hard they will hit when they do. Tuesday and Wednesday are the next critical windows, with another shot at storms late Friday.