Weather alerts in Oklahoma, 2016
4,664 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 4,664
- Warnings
- 1,557
- Watches
- 168
- Advisories
- 593
- Busiest month
- May891 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 29, 2016148 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
4,664 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 1,117 |
| Tornado Warning | 95 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 49 |
| Tornado Watch | 22 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 244 |
| Special Weather Statement | 2,102 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 26 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 142 |
| River Flood Warning | 77 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 13 |
| Flood Watch | 10 |
| River Flood Watch | 9 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 397 |
| River Flood Advisory | 10 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 17 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 9 |
| Heat Advisory | 52 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 21 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 14 |
| Frost Advisory | 12 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 8 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 28 |
| Wind Advisory | 32 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 59 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 48 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 37 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Comanche County297
- Tillman County293
- Jackson County289
- Kiowa County287
- Oklahoma County278
- Caddo County273
- Kay County271
- Garfield County269
- Grant County266
- Grady County262
- McClain County259
- Cleveland County256
- Noble County256
- Custer County251
- Washita County250
- Canadian County248
- Alfalfa County243
- Roger Mills County236
- Stephens County236
- Beckham County235
- Major County234
- Woodward County234
- Greer County233
- Pottawatomie County233
- Blaine County231
- Cotton County231
- Pawnee County230
- Tulsa County229
- Harmon County227
- Logan County227
- Woods County224
- Dewey County221
- Carter County220
- Kingfisher County220
- Lincoln County217
- Garvin County215
- Jefferson County214
- Payne County214
- Creek County214
- Harper County210
37 more counties
- Washington County209
- Pontotoc County204
- Cimarron County204
- Murray County203
- Ellis County202
- Okmulgee County202
- Wagoner County200
- Muskogee County199
- Nowata County198
- Rogers County195
- Johnston County187
- Seminole County187
- Atoka County185
- Craig County184
- Okfuskee County184
- McCurtain County180
- Pushmataha County180
- Mayes County179
- Love County173
- Coal County173
- Osage County172
- Texas County171
- McIntosh County170
- Cherokee County169
- Beaver County165
- Ottawa County164
- Hughes County162
- Pittsburg County161
- Marshall County160
- Latimer County154
- Bryan County152
- Delaware County151
- Haskell County144
- Adair County142
- Choctaw County122
- LeFlore County117
- Sequoyah County102
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.