Oklahoma City residents may want to keep one eye on the sky and the other on the radar this week, with a storm system expected Tuesday, May 5, that could sling quarter‑size hail and wind gusts near 60 mph across parts of southeastern Oklahoma and some Tulsa‑area counties. Forecasters expect scattered storms to fire up Tuesday afternoon and roll into the evening, followed by steadier, mostly non‑severe rain that should taper off into the morning of Wednesday, May 6.
Before the front arrives, western Oklahoma is forecast to heat up into the mid‑80s to near 90, which will push fire danger higher in the drier parts of the state. Forecasters caution that both the timing and punch of this system could shift as new model data comes in over the next few days, so staying weather‑aware is the name of the game.
KOCO meteorologist Joseph Neubauer describes a “one‑out‑of‑five” severe risk for slices of southeastern Oklahoma and portions of the Tulsa area. In that corridor, storms could deliver quarter‑size hail and wind gusts up to 60 mph, with the main severe window arriving Tuesday afternoon, May 5, as a cold front moves through, according to KOCO…