{"id":34843,"date":"2026-06-22T07:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/watch-dangerously-strong-winds-cause-power-flashes-in-okc-metro\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T07:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:22:10","slug":"watch-dangerously-strong-winds-cause-power-flashes-in-okc-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/watch-dangerously-strong-winds-cause-power-flashes-in-okc-metro\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Dangerously strong winds cause power flashes in OKC metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- article\/blocks\/poster-media --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-poster-media-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-poster-media\">\n<p><!-- article\/blocks\/headline --><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-headline\">\n<p>WATCH: Dangerously strong winds cause power flashes across OKC metro<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-headline--subheadline\">\n<p>Power flashes were caught on camera in central Oklahoma as severe storms with extremely dangerous winds moved through the state. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \/article\/blocks\/headline --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/article\/blocks\/poster-media --><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOUTRUN THIS AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU\u2019VE PARKED UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU\u2019RE IN EL RENO. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE AS YOU LOOK OFF TO THE WEST? ANYTHING OF NOTE WHEN IT COMES TO POWER OR POWER FLASHES, I GUESS IS WHAT I\u2019M LOOKING FOR. WHAT DO YOU SEE, SHANE? SO WE\u2019RE NOT SEEING POWER FLASHES YET. THE WIND IS JUST NOW STARTING TO CATCH US. WE\u2019RE ONE MILE OR. WELL, WE\u2019RE AT THE LOVE\u2019S, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF EL RENO. THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A POWER FLASH RIGHT THERE. THAT VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN ONE. NOW I HAVE BEEN SEEING THE DUST BLOWING. YEP, THERE\u2019S POWER FLASHES. YEP. POWER FLASHES IN EL RENO. YEP. THERE\u2019S ANOTHER ONE. SO THEY\u2019RE ALL IN THE SAME SPOT. SO I DON\u2019T KNOW. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I DON\u2019T KNOW IF IT\u2019S JUST SOMETHING OVER AND OVER AND OVER, BUT WE\u2019VE BEEN WATCHING THE WIND, THE DUST BLOWING THE WIND. SO IT\u2019S CATCHING UP TO US HERE PRETTY QUICK. SHANE. ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT RIGHT THERE IN THAT ZONE. IT\u2019S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO SEE. I MEAN, WE\u2019RE SPLITTING HAIRS HERE WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A TORNADIC CIRCULATION. COULD CERTAINLY BE STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content--body-inner\">\n<div class=\"mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- blocks\/ad.twig --><\/p>\n<p><!-- blocks\/ad.twig --><\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile\">\n<p><!-- article\/blocks\/headline --><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-headline\">\n<p>WATCH: Dangerously strong winds cause power flashes across OKC metro<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-headline--subheadline\">\n<p>Power flashes were caught on camera in central Oklahoma as severe storms with extremely dangerous winds moved through the state. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \/article\/blocks\/headline --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-branding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/htv_default_image\/site_branding\/koco.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"KOCO logo\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 1:57 AM CDT Jun 22, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Editorial Standards <span class=\"info-icon\">\u24d8<\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- article\/blocks\/byline --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/article\/blocks\/byline --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPower flashes were caught on camera in central Oklahoma as severe storms with extremely dangerous winds moved through the state. KOCO 5 First Alert Storm Chaser Shane Helton captured multiple power flashes in El Reno at about 1:35 a.m. This area was part of a severe thunderstorm and tornado warning. El Reno had a wind gust of 70 mph reported just minutes later. Just west of El Reno in Hinton, a 102-mph wind gust was reported within that same storm system. &gt;&gt; Video Below: 102-mph wind gust reported near HintonMore power flashes were caught on camera in norther Oklahoma City. &gt;&gt; Video Below: Power flashes captured in Oklahoma City\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content--body-text\">\n<p>Power flashes were caught on camera in central Oklahoma as severe storms with extremely dangerous winds moved through the state. <\/p>\n<p><!-- article\/blocks\/side-floater --><\/p>\n<p><!-- article\/blocks\/side-floater --><\/p>\n<p>KOCO 5 First Alert Storm Chaser Shane Helton captured multiple power flashes in El Reno at about 1:35 a.m. <\/p>\n<p>This area was part of a severe thunderstorm and tornado warning. El Reno had a wind gust of 70 mph reported just minutes later. <\/p>\n<p>Just west of El Reno in Hinton, a 102-mph wind gust was reported within that same storm system. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&gt;&gt; Video Below: 102-mph wind gust reported near Hinton<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More power flashes were caught on camera in norther Oklahoma City. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&gt;&gt; Video Below: Power flashes captured in Oklahoma City<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH: Dangerously strong winds cause power flashes across OKC metro Power flashes were caught on camera in central Oklahoma as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/vidthumb\/676d9942-5921-4dae-a7dd-d4c31148a2a9\/758023e6-c178-44e7-b41d-6f6a80f1aa6d.jpg?crop=1xw:1.0xh;center,top&resize=1200:*","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}