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Flash Flood — Love, OK

May 22, 2025

Multiple rounds of hail-producing thunderstorms impacted portions of the WFO Norman Forecast Area on the 22nd. Morning convection was initiated by moist isentropic ascent in low to mid-levels. With sufficient elevated instability and wind shear already in place, a few transiently organized thunderstorms produced hail from south-central into north-central Oklahoma. Thunderstorm intensity gradually increased towards midday, culminating in the development of a more robust, right-moving supercell th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1261720). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Love, OK

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