Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma
1,896 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 1,896
- Busiest year
- 200391 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 63over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kingfisher County417
- Garfield County415
- Major County409
- Blaine County405
- Caddo County404
- Comanche County402
- Dewey County399
- Custer County397
- Grant County397
- Kiowa County396
- Logan County396
- Noble County396
- Canadian County394
- Washita County393
- Kay County391
- Osage County388
- Alfalfa County387
- Grady County386
- Greer County384
- Cotton County381
- Jackson County380
- Mayes County379
- Tillman County379
- Woodward County379
- Rogers County378
- Cleveland County376
- Nowata County376
- Pottawatomie County375
- Washington County375
- Woods County375
- Roger Mills County374
- Lincoln County373
- Beckham County372
- Ellis County371
- McClain County370
- Payne County368
- Stephens County368
- Craig County366
- Tulsa County366
- Garvin County365
37 more counties
- Oklahoma County364
- Wagoner County364
- Carter County363
- Creek County363
- Muskogee County363
- Delaware County362
- Pawnee County362
- Murray County360
- Seminole County358
- Jefferson County356
- Adair County355
- Cherokee County353
- Sequoyah County353
- Harmon County351
- Ottawa County350
- Pontotoc County349
- Johnston County347
- Hughes County346
- Love County346
- Okmulgee County346
- McIntosh County345
- Okfuskee County345
- Pittsburg County345
- LeFlore County343
- Haskell County338
- Latimer County338
- Beaver County331
- Marshall County331
- Harper County330
- Coal County323
- Texas County319
- Atoka County307
- Bryan County305
- Pushmataha County297
- Cimarron County290
- Choctaw County273
- McCurtain County266
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Grant, Harper, Kay and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, LeFlore, McCurtain, Sequoyah | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron | 7 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Custer and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Love, Tillman | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan and 62 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Texas | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver | 6 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. Rebuilt daily.