High Wind Watches in Oklahoma
92 high wind watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 92
- Busiest year
- 202210 high wind watches
- Average year
- 4over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Texas County56
- Cimarron County54
- Beaver County46
- Ellis County26
- Harper County26
- Roger Mills County25
- Woodward County25
- Woods County24
- Dewey County22
- Beckham County21
- Custer County21
- Greer County19
- Major County19
- Washita County19
- Alfalfa County18
- Harmon County18
- Blaine County17
- Kiowa County17
- Jackson County15
- Caddo County12
- Comanche County12
- Kingfisher County12
- Canadian County11
- Tillman County11
- Garfield County10
- Grant County10
- Cotton County9
- Grady County8
- Cleveland County6
- Kay County6
- McClain County6
- Noble County6
- Oklahoma County6
- Lincoln County5
- Logan County5
- Payne County5
- Stephens County5
- Garvin County4
- Pottawatomie County4
- Jefferson County3
26 more counties
- Carter County2
- Love County2
- Murray County2
- Adair County2
- Cherokee County2
- McIntosh County2
- Muskogee County2
- Craig County2
- Creek County2
- Nowata County2
- Okfuskee County2
- Okmulgee County2
- Pawnee County2
- Rogers County2
- Tulsa County2
- Washington County2
- Seminole County1
- Choctaw County1
- Haskell County1
- Latimer County1
- Pittsburg County1
- Pushmataha County1
- Delaware County1
- Mayes County1
- Ottawa County1
- Wagoner County1
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:25 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | OUN | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 31 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:10 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:13 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 26 hr |
Nearby
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.