Mesonet Ticker for November 20, 2025

                
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A good start




We'll call this graphic "the calm before the storm," (except if you've eaten Taco
Bell, then it's the storm before the bigger storm) since drought is generally
fairly calm. Calm but destructive. And you can see there that we did increase the
amount of extreme (D3) drought up to 3.5% of the state this week, which is a very
small amount UNLESS YOU'RE IN THAT 3.5%! The southern half of the state needs
rain, and that's where the storm comes in.

Speaking of storms, kind of a nasty night last night with some fairly substantial
hail scattered about, up to the size of tennis balls.



And that risk is there today as storms continue (and will continue) across
Oklahoma through this evening. Including a "Gary's Hair Amount" chance of a
tornado across the SE third of the state: Low...but not zero.









Heck, it's storming right now, for crying out loud!



And there's more coming.



We've already seen some pretty good totals, and we are starting to reset some
of those nasty maps.







So hopefully we keep it up through the next 24-36 hours.



Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climate Survey
gmcmanus@ou.edu
                

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