Oklahoma storm reports for May 18, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Oklahoma, May 18, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 53 hail reports, 3 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Oklahoma on May 18, 2025.

in Oklahoma; 59
Storm reports: Near 36.16, -99.70, OK; 4.5 in
Largest hail: About 37 miles from Fayetteville, AR; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, near 36.09, -99.86, OK; 3
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
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

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
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 18, 2025 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. 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

Hail53, most at 5 PM

Wind3, most at 3 PM

Tornado3, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:41 PM	EF3	Near 36.09, -99.86, OK	6 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:56 PM	EF0	Near 36.10, -99.78, OK	0.2 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:58 PM	EF1	Near 36.15, -99.79, OK	3.5 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
11:58 AM	0.88 in	About 43 miles from Fayetteville, AR
12:00 PM	0.75 in	About 45 miles from Tulsa, OK
12:15 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Fayetteville, AR
12:46 PM	1.25 in	About 20 miles from Tulsa, OK
12:47 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Tulsa, OK
12:54 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Tulsa, OK
12:54 PM	0.75 in	About 20 miles from Tulsa, OK
1:12 PM	0.75 in	About 11 miles from Tulsa, OK
1:36 PM	1.75 in	About 21 miles from Tulsa, OK
1:41 PM	1.25 in	About 27 miles from Tulsa, OK
1:43 PM	1.75 in	About 29 miles from Tulsa, OK
1:46 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Tulsa, OK

Show all 53 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:00 PM	1.75 in	About 35 miles from Tulsa, OK
2:29 PM	2.0 in	About 47 miles from Tulsa, OK
3:35 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Fayetteville, AR
3:56 PM	0.75 in	About 24 miles from Fayetteville, AR
5:26 PM	0.75 in	Near 36.65, -99.89, OK
5:28 PM	2.0 in	Near 36.71, -99.90, OK
5:35 PM	2.75 in	Near 36.81, -99.89, OK
5:35 PM	2.75 in	Near 36.81, -99.93, OK
5:35 PM	1.25 in	Near 36.12, -99.77, OK
5:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.81, -99.82, OK
5:36 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.14, -99.73, OK
5:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.09, -99.76, OK
5:40 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.88, -99.96, OK
5:45 PM	3.5 in	Near 36.14, -99.76, OK
5:48 PM	3.91 in	Near 36.13, -99.88, OK
5:48 PM	4.25 in	Near 36.14, -99.82, OK
5:55 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.14, -99.64, OK
5:55 PM	4.0 in	Near 36.15, -99.76, OK
5:56 PM	2.4 in	Near 36.14, -99.59, OK
5:59 PM	2.0 in	Near 36.14, -99.72, OK
6:02 PM	4.5 in	Near 36.16, -99.70, OK
6:08 PM	2.25 in	Near 36.16, -99.67, OK
6:11 PM	4.0 in	Near 36.17, -99.61, OK
6:25 PM	3.06 in	Near 36.24, -99.58, OK
6:28 PM	2.75 in	Near 36.28, -99.59, OK
6:30 PM	3.25 in	Near 36.28, -99.57, OK
6:38 PM	3.0 in	Near 36.31, -99.55, OK
6:42 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.36, -99.36, OK
6:56 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.43, -99.41, OK
6:56 PM	2.75 in	Near 36.40, -99.39, OK
6:57 PM	2.5 in	Near 36.38, -99.43, OK
6:59 PM	2.5 in	Near 36.42, -99.39, OK
7:02 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.39, -99.35, OK
7:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.57, -99.57, OK
7:10 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.46, -99.35, OK
7:39 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.60, -99.19, OK
7:41 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.63, -99.19, OK
8:14 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.84, -99.21, OK
8:15 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.81, -99.12, OK
8:15 PM	2.0 in	Near 36.81, -99.16, OK
8:18 PM	2.0 in	Near 36.84, -99.17, OK

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Tulsa, OK	0.75 in	None	0

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

Time	Gust	Where
3:30 PM	75 mph	About 37 miles from Fayetteville, AR
3:50 PM	70 mph	About 30 miles from Fayetteville, AR
5:40 PM	62 mph	Near 36.07, -99.90, OK