Oklahoma storm reports for March 16, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, Oklahoma, March 16, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 31 hail reports, 5 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Oklahoma on March 16, 2023.

in Oklahoma; 37
Storm reports: About 46 miles from Wichita Falls, TX; 2.0 in
Largest hail: Near 33.88, -95.88, OK; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 50 miles from Norman, OK; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on March 16, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail31, most at 3 PM

Wind5, most at 4 PM

Tornado1, most at 2 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:57 PM	EF0	About 50 miles from Norman, OK	0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:13 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:15 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:15 PM	2.0 in	About 46 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:50 PM	0.88 in	About 39 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:57 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:02 PM	1.75 in	About 42 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:16 PM	1.75 in	About 40 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:30 PM	1.75 in	About 47 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:34 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
3:05 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
3:11 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Norman, OK
3:15 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Norman, OK

Show all 31 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
3:20 PM	1.75 in	About 50 miles from Norman, OK
3:29 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Norman, OK
3:30 PM	2.0 in	About 52 miles from Norman, OK
3:32 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Norman, OK
3:33 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Norman, OK
3:42 PM	0.75 in	About 54 miles from Norman, OK
3:43 PM	1.75 in	About 51 miles from Norman, OK
3:46 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Norman, OK
3:56 PM	1.25 in	About 53 miles from Norman, OK
3:58 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Norman, OK
4:08 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.56, -96.63, OK
4:22 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Denton, TX
4:22 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Denton, TX
4:27 PM	0.75 in	About 58 miles from Denton, TX
4:31 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Denton, TX
4:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.29, -96.68, OK
4:50 PM	1.75 in	About 54 miles from Denton, TX
4:54 PM	1.24 in	About 56 miles from McKinney, TX
4:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.36, -96.42, OK

Time	Gust	Where
1:20 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:32 PM	60 mph	About 47 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
4:05 PM	61 mph	About 60 miles from Norman, OK
4:25 PM	64 mph	About 47 miles from Denton, TX
6:05 PM	70 mph	Near 33.88, -95.88, OK

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.