Willow, OK Hail Storm – June 2025

What Happened

A hail-producing storm moved through Willow, OK, on June 26, 2025, with the peak confirmed hail size reaching 1.25 inches. The event produced a long sequence of NWS alerts from early afternoon into late evening, with radar and spotter confidence increasing as the storm matured.

The first alert came at 2:07 PM CDT with 1.25-inch hail in the warning area. Later rounds of convection followed in the late afternoon and evening. Alerts at 4:56 PM, 5:10 PM, 5:15 PM, 5:30 PM, and 6:06 PM CDT all carried 1-inch hail estimates. Two of those alerts, at 5:02 PM CDT and 5:28 PM CDT, were spotter reported. A final alert at 6:52 PM CDT came from dual-polarization radar with 1-inch hail detection.

Ground reports lined up with that sequence. At 5:30 PM CDT, spotters reported trees down on Richland Road between Southwest 15th and Reno. The same report was logged twice, both tied to 0.75-inch hail and spotter verification. The damage note places the impact on a specific corridor in Willow rather than across the broader warning area.

The storm held a hail threat for several hours, with multiple warning cycles over the same part of the metro. The late-evening radar detection showed the system still carrying hail potential after repeated report activity earlier in the afternoon.

Damage Assessment

The field reports show localized tree damage on Richland Road between Southwest 15th and Reno. The report came in at 5:30 PM CDT and was tied to spotter verification, with 0.75-inch hail noted at the same time. The damage was not described as widespread. It was tied to a specific road segment in Willow.

The hail reports show a mix of warning-area estimates and spotter input. Early alerts reached 1.25 inches, then repeated 1-inch warnings followed through the afternoon and evening. The ground report did not match the peak hail estimate in the warning area, but it did confirm that the storm had enough force to bring down trees along a traveled corridor.

No large hail photograph or hail depth report was included in the field notes provided for this event. The strongest documented surface impact in the available reports was the tree damage on Richland Road. That keeps the damage picture narrow and location-specific.

The repeated alerts suggest more than one hail core moved through the Willow area or that the same storm maintained hail potential across several cycles. The verified road damage gives the event a clear field footprint, even with limited on-the-ground reporting.

What Contractors Should Know

Willow saw repeated hail alerts across the afternoon and evening of June 26. Contractors should treat the event as a multi-pass storm day, not a single isolated burst. The report line on Richland Road between Southwest 15th and Reno gives a clear place to start for roof, siding, gutter, and tree-related calls.