Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, May 2002
21 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2002. 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 in May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 21
- Busiest day
- May 17, 20024 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Cleveland, Creek, Delaware, Garvin and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ottawa | 6 hr |
| May 9, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Coal, Creek, Haskell, Hughes and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 11, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Grant, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Coal and 26 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 16, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 36 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Love | 5 hr |
| May 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills | 5 hr |
| May 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Kay, Noble, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 6 hr |
| May 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harper and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Love | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ottawa County7
- Adair County6
- Cherokee County6
- Hughes County6
- McIntosh County6
- Muskogee County6
- Washington County6
- Delaware County5
- Okfuskee County5
- Okmulgee County5
- Rogers County5
- Seminole County5
- Wagoner County5
- Craig County5
- Nowata County5
- Haskell County5
- Sequoyah County5
- Beaver County5
- Ellis County5
- Harper County5
- Roger Mills County5
- Woods County5
- Creek County4
- Pontotoc County4
- Pottawatomie County4
- Coal County4
- Latimer County4
- Pittsburg County4
- Alfalfa County4
- Woodward County4
- Grant County4
- Kay County4
- Osage County4
- Bryan County4
- Love County4
- Dewey County4
- Cleveland County3
- Garvin County3
- Lincoln County3
- McClain County3
34 more counties
- Mayes County3
- Murray County3
- Oklahoma County3
- Tulsa County3
- LeFlore County3
- Atoka County3
- Carter County3
- Johnston County3
- Marshall County3
- Pushmataha County3
- Texas County3
- Garfield County3
- Major County3
- Noble County3
- Jefferson County2
- Choctaw County2
- McCurtain County2
- Cimarron County2
- Beckham County2
- Blaine County2
- Caddo County2
- Canadian County2
- Grady County2
- Greer County2
- Kingfisher County2
- Logan County2
- Pawnee County2
- Custer County1
- Kiowa County1
- Payne County1
- Washita County1
- Comanche County1
- Cotton County1
- Stephens County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.