What a lightning show! Really fun to watch. The wind show, not so much. The tree in my front yard is down. It it older than 12 years. NW OKC

I'm on the 11th floor of 50 Penn. It's calmed down a bit now, but 30 minutes ago, I felt like I was on a boat, the building was swaying so hard.

Midwest City is getting hammered right now, based on radar.

What is going on with this storm!! OMG, the lightning here in Newcastle is crazy!!

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7,000 OGE out of power and can’t start fixing since its still lightening

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Outage count now over 37,000. Crews will work as it's safe to do so (no lightning). Be safe and stay away f/downed power lines. To report an outage, sign in to your account or call 800-522-6870. With continuing storms and so much damage, estimates are not available at this time.
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ast Update: 08-26-2019 11:32:08 PM
Total Customers Affected
57,181
Total customers affected does not reflect areas with fewer than 50 customers affected.

Deer Creek cancelled school this morning due to power outages.

https://twitter.com/CalebCalifanoTV/status/1166314331946061824?s=20

90k without power and okc schools closed as well

Last night was perhaps the wildest storm I've ever seen.

Non-stop lightning, 50 MPH winds and torrential rain. I got about 5 inches in less than an hour.

Surprisingly, no hail.

I was out just north of Yukon at sunset watching the initial towers go up to the northwest, and it was crazy how quickly everything unfolded. The amount of cloud-to-ground lightning that occurred between 8:30 and 9:00 was remarkable.

Last night was perhaps the wildest storm I've ever seen.

Non-stop lightning, 50 MPH winds and torrential rain. I got about 5 inches in less than an hour.

Surprisingly, no hail.

I guess you weren't here for the derechos of the late 90's, I'm thinking 1997 or 1998. Derecho created 100 mph winds that went all the way across the state. They happened in late July or early August in two consecutive summers.

One I recall the most, started with thunderstorms near Ponca City and created high winds that blew campers into Lake Eufaula. I was caught in that with my family on a camping trip, and my daughters never wanted to go to the lake again.

I've also seen tropical storms that reform over Oklahoma and create 80 mph winds, they become hurricanes over land.

There's no new weather events, if ya live long enough, you will see it all.

It was Tropical Storm Erin in 2007


Oklahoma
Caddo County, OK, August 20, 2007 -- This nursing home was damaged by high winds from Tropical Storm Erin.

After its unexpected redevelopment over Oklahoma, widespread damage was also reported there. Several communities in central Oklahoma were flooded due to the heavy rainfall. Watonga, Kingfisher and Geary were the hardest-hit communities, where many houses and buildings were inundated. The weather forced the cancellation of the Hydro Fair as the carnival rides were not safe in heavy rain and high wind. Winds in Watonga gusted as high as 82 mph (131 km/h), which damaged numerous trees and power lines and heavily damaged mobile homes. The entire community lost power, as did about 15,000 customers in total in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. A section of Interstate 40 was also closed for a while.[43]

One person drowned in a cellar in Fort Cobb, and another drowned in Kingfisher.[44] Another storm-related death took place in Seminole.[45] Three others were found dead after a weather-related automobile accident also near Carnegie.[46] Another automobile accident fatality took place in Okmulgee County but it is unclear if the event was storm-related.[47] Damage amounted to over $2 million (2007 USD).[48][49]


https://www.weather.gov/images/oun/wxevents/20070819/homepage_fxc.jpg

Really wish I would have done a time lapse to the NW last night - the pic I posted at 8 was the beginning of some very impressive stuff.

I was at our shop by Memorial & Santa Fe till a little after 10 last night. I've lived in Oklahoma all my life and I have to say that had to be the loudest storm I've heard . Our shop was rockin.

I went with my dogs into the backyard last night and it looked like a strobe light against a wall facing north.

It took me a while to realize it was just constant lightning that was still too far away to hear thunder.

One of the strangest things I've ever seen.


Fortunately, both my dogs are completely chill about thunder. It was like bombs going off over my house for a while and there was a lightning strike in the park directly behind me.

Im surprised I still have power. As the storm rolled thru, I had about 5 power flashes and I could hear the transformer popping right outside my bedroom window. Definitely one of the crazier storms we've had...

That was no storm that was an inland Hurricane. #wow

Incredible how many traffic lights are still out nearly a full day after the storm. And not just in a localized area, either - across a good portion of the entire metro.

Stillwater lucked out Monday and got spared from a bad storm. The instability first broke through the cap in Noble County to the northwest of Stillwater, A severe thunderstorm warning was issued that included NW Payne County, but not Stillwater. But stormy northwest skies turned a pale gold and the storm arrived in Stillwater as a shower without much wind. Meanwhile, to the west, a very strong storm developed in Logan County and maintained its strength as it moved south through Oklahoma County. Amazing what the weather does and doesn't do.

Fantastic weather for the next few days. Some rain chances coming back into the picture around Thursday through Saturday, best chances being Friday evening.

Hurricane approaching from the Atlantic will likely impact FL. A small chance of a separate tropical system developing in the SW GOM during this same time. Regardless of if it develops into something or not, the moisture remnants from it will likely be shredded over Mexico and affects could be felt here in the southern plains.

Our Friday storms are ongoing across KS tonight. These will form into (maybe several) large MCSes and move SE. Right now for C OK, main impact looks to be morning hours if storms extend this far west. Models are forecasting areas just NE of OKC to be the best chance for storm impact. Main threat will be damaging winds with initial gust front and heavy rain thereafter. For OKC, this threat will approach from the north if it makes it here.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/nam3km/2019083000/nam3km_ref_frzn_scus_11.png

Rain and storms are descending upon C OK right now. Should be a nice rain this morning.

Really good soaker at my house; close to an inch already.

Huge flood in Norman. Really came down fast and sustained for an hour and half. Time to make sure my sprinklers are turned off.

Huge flood in Norman. Really came down fast and sustained for an hour and half. Time to make sure my sprinklers are turned off.

You're gonna look reeeeaaaaaal weird in OKC having your sprinklers turned off when its raining.

Death ridge returns this week!!!!! Sadly its days will be numbered once September passes. That makes me sad.

I hope the death ridge DIES!:)

The September weather thread has started.