Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma
39,130 severe thunderstorm warnings 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 39,130
- Busiest year
- 20251,621 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Average year
- 954over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with 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.
- Osage County1,924
- Grady County1,616
- Caddo County1,536
- Canadian County1,452
- Comanche County1,442
- Kiowa County1,411
- LeFlore County1,399
- Oklahoma County1,398
- Woods County1,391
- Garfield County1,364
- Tillman County1,358
- Jackson County1,307
- Woodward County1,305
- McClain County1,294
- Tulsa County1,280
- Cleveland County1,259
- Major County1,254
- Grant County1,253
- Kingfisher County1,248
- Washita County1,228
- Logan County1,202
- Blaine County1,201
- Rogers County1,200
- Muskogee County1,174
- Alfalfa County1,171
- Stephens County1,161
- Lincoln County1,145
- Custer County1,139
- Pottawatomie County1,137
- Creek County1,115
- Dewey County1,111
- Ellis County1,105
- Garvin County1,100
- Cotton County1,083
- Sequoyah County1,079
- Carter County1,074
- Kay County1,072
- Wagoner County1,064
- Noble County1,053
- Roger Mills County1,048
37 more counties
- Cherokee County1,040
- Pittsburg County1,032
- McCurtain County1,015
- Pontotoc County978
- Beckham County952
- Greer County952
- Okmulgee County951
- Pawnee County950
- Payne County950
- Jefferson County947
- Pushmataha County927
- Mayes County917
- Texas County911
- Harper County910
- Beaver County899
- Adair County884
- Johnston County878
- Haskell County876
- Delaware County873
- Craig County858
- Washington County856
- Seminole County849
- McIntosh County843
- Atoka County817
- Nowata County816
- Latimer County797
- Murray County780
- Hughes County773
- Harmon County768
- Coal County721
- Bryan County710
- Okfuskee County698
- Love County678
- Cimarron County670
- Marshall County615
- Ottawa County577
- Choctaw County538
The latest severe thunderstorm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 53 min |
| Sep 21, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 39 min |
| Sep 21, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 45 min |
| Sep 20, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 38 min |
| Sep 20, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 20 min |
| Sep 20, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 49 min |
| Sep 20, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 30 min |
| Sep 19, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 36 min |
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. Rebuilt daily.