Dangerously strong winds cause power flashes in OKC metro

Get past it as safely as possible. Looks like you parked a little bit. You are in El Reno. When you look west what do you see there? When it comes to lightning or lightning, I guess that’s all I want to note. What do you see, Shane? That’s why we don’t see lightning yet. The wind is just beginning to catch us. We are a mile or. Well, we’re at Love’s, which is on the east side of El Reno. That might have been a power flash right here. He very well could have been one. Now I see the dust flying. Yes, there is lightning. Yes. Lightning strikes in El Reno. Yes. There is one more. So they’re all in one place. So I don’t know. You know what that means. I don’t know if it’s something else, over and over again, but we are watching the wind, watching the dust being blown away. That’s why it is reaching us very fast. Shane. Zoom in a little on the exact same area. This is going to be really hard to watch. I mean, we’re splitting hairs here when trying to find something that doesn’t necessarily have storm circulation. There can definitely be strong straight line winds

WATCH: OKC Metro loses power due to dangerously high winds

A flash of lightning was captured on camera in central Oklahoma as severe storms with extremely dangerous winds swept through the state.

Updated: 1:57am CDT June 22, 2026

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A flash of lightning was captured on camera in central Oklahoma as severe storms with extremely dangerous winds swept through the state. KOCO 5 First Alert Storm Chaser Shane Helton captured multiple lightning flashes in El Reno around 1:35 a.m. The area was part of a severe storm and tornado warning. A few minutes later, winds of 70 mph were reported in El Reno. In Hinton, just west of El Reno, wind gusts of 102 mph were reported within the same storm system. >>Video below: 102-mph gusts reported near Hinton, more lightning captured on camera in northern Oklahoma City. >> Video below: Lightning captured in Oklahoma City

A flash of lightning was captured on camera in central Oklahoma as severe storms with extremely dangerous winds swept through the state.

KOCO 5 First Alert Storm Chaser Shane Helton captured multiple power flashes in El Reno around 1:35 p.m.

The area was part of a severe thunderstorm and tornado warning. A few minutes later, winds of 70 mph were reported in El Reno.

In Hinton, just west of El Reno, wind gusts of 102 mph were reported within the same storm system.

>>Video below: 102-mph wind gust reported near Hinton

More lightning was captured on camera in northern Oklahoma City.

>> Video below: Lightning captured in Oklahoma City