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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 8, 2026Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2026, 7:43 PM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2026, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2026, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 8, 8:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	243 days
May 8, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 7:02 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 7:09 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 7:18 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 7:26 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 7:38 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 7:41 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
May 8, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	43 min
May 8, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Wagoner	40 min
May 8, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	42 min
May 8, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	47 min
May 8, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	52 min
May 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	50 min
May 8, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	62 min
May 8, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	45 min
May 8, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	65 min
May 8, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee	55 min
May 8, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	46 min
May 8, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	43 min
May 8, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	42 min
May 8, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	44 min
May 8, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	42 min
May 8, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee	24 min
May 8, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	24 min
May 9, 5:49 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 8 more	4 hr
May 8, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	35 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.