Hen Egg Size Hail Reported Near Elk City Oklahoma as High-Based Supercell Tracks Toward Burns Flat With Extreme Radar Returns Across Canute and Dill City Corridor

ELK CITY, OK — Hen egg size hail has been reported near Elk City, Oklahoma as a dangerous high-based supercell thunderstorm continues tracking toward the Burns Flat area, with the storm’s warning polygon encompassing a broad corridor including Canute, Foss, Burns Flat, and Dill City as the most intense radar returns concentrate directly ahead of the supercell’s forward path.

Hen Egg Size Hail Confirmed Near Elk City

Hen egg size hail, measuring approximately 2 inches in diameter, has been confirmed with the supercell currently impacting the Elk City area. Hail of this size carries enough mass and velocity to cause catastrophic damage to vehicle exteriors, punch through roofing materials, destroy windshields, and pose a serious and direct physical danger to anyone caught outdoors during the storm’s passage.

The confirmation of hen egg size hail near Elk City places this supercell firmly among the most destructive storm events to impact western Oklahoma during the current severe weather episode.

High-Based Supercell Tracking Toward Burns Flat

The storm is identified as a high-based supercell, a classification reflecting its elevated cloud base structure common across the drier western Oklahoma atmospheric environment. Despite the high base characteristic, the storm is clearly producing large and damaging hail as confirmed near Elk City, demonstrating that high-based supercells across the southern plains retain significant destructive potential even with their elevated cloud base structure.

Burns Flat sits directly in the storm’s forward path and represents the next community facing the most immediate threat as the supercell continues its advance through Washita County.

Extreme Radar Returns Visible Across Warning Polygon

Radar imagery shows the most intense storm returns, depicted in deep red and magenta, concentrated within the warning polygon centered between Elk City and Burns Flat. The warning boundary encompasses Canute, Foss, Burns Flat, and Dill City, with frequent lightning strikes visible across the entire warned zone indicating the storm’s ongoing intensity and active electrical activity throughout the affected corridor.

Residents across all communities within the warning polygon are urged to take immediate shelter in the lowest interior room of a sturdy structure and remain there until the warning is officially cancelled by the National Weather Service.

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