Gate, OK Hail Storm – June 2026

A severe hail storm tracked through Gate, OK on June 16, 2026, producing stones up to 4 inches between 6:07 PM CDT and 9:32 PM CDT. The event produced repeated radar detections and multiple spotter submissions along a compact evening track.

What Happened

The storm initiated at 6:07 PM CDT with early dual-polarization radar returns showing golf-ball-sized hail north of the area. A sequence of 16 NWS alerts extended from 6:07 PM CDT to 9:32 PM CDT. Early radar runs at 6:25 PM CDT repeated similar hail signatures. An NWS warning-only alert was issued at 6:40 PM CDT as the cell intensified.

At 6:51 PM CDT radar indicated a marked increase in echo intensity west of Gate. Spotters posted photos at 6:45 PM CDT documenting hail on vehicles and the ground. Through 7:30 PM CDT the storm produced multiple radar-detected cores and spotter-verified reports. At 7:12 PM CDT and 7:22 PM CDT spotters verified sizable hail within the core as radar continued to identify strong returns. NWS local storm reports at 7:25 PM CDT corrected and consolidated earlier observations, with multiple spotter submissions referencing the area 3 W Laverne.

The storm maintained a cyclic character through the late evening. Radar continued to detect significant hail signatures at 7:46 PM CDT, 7:58 PM CDT, 8:42 PM CDT, and again at 8:54 PM CDT before weakening toward 9:32 PM CDT. Several of those later cores were spotter-verified or accompanied by social-media imagery.

Damage Assessment

Field reports and imagery concentrate impact along a narrow track from west of Laverne through Gate during the early evening. Multiple local storm reports and social-media photos submitted during the event show hail on the ground and imagery of hail-impacted vehicles in the Gate area at 6:45 PM CDT. NWS observer submissions at 7:25 PM CDT focused on the 3 W Laverne location and corrected earlier measurements, indicating the heaviest surface impacts near that corridor.

Radar-detected cores align with the locations of the spotter submissions and the social-media photographs. The spatial overlap indicates a compact corridor of surface strike along county roads linking Laverne and Gate, rather than a broad swath across the county. Reports submitted through NWSChat and other spotter channels during the event provide photographic time stamps that match the radar cores between roughly 6:45 PM CDT and 8:55 PM CDT.

Observed impacts from the submitted photos include hail accumulation at ground level and documented impacts to parked vehicles. Field reports do not include wide-area structural collapse or large-scale utility failures. Contractors and adjusters should treat the event as concentrated, with the greatest probability of damage along the corrected local storm report locations and the immediate Gate metro footprint.

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