Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2023
91 severe thunderstorm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 91
- Busiest month
- June27 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 14, 20234 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Coal, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Hughes, Latimer and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland and 38 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 23, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Johnston and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Creek, Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 11 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Grant, Major, Woods, Woodward | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Delaware, LeFlore, Ottawa, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Haskell, LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 9 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 9 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| May 5, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 8 hr |
| May 6, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cotton, Jackson, Tillman | 6 hr |
| May 10, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron | 8 hr |
| May 12, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 37 more | 10 hr |
| May 19, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 14 more | 9 hr |
| May 22, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 8 hr |
| May 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron | 9 hr |
| May 25, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 8 hr |
| May 30, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Beckham, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Grady and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Johnston, Love and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 43 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cotton, Harmon, Jackson, Tillman | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Beckham, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 51 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, LeFlore, Ottawa, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 8 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 19 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Ellis, Harper, Texas | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Hughes and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Texas | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 10 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 46 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garfield and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Garfield, Grant, Harper and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Ellis, Harper, Texas, Woods and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Dewey, Ellis and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Craig, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron | 10 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Texas | 9 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Blaine, Canadian, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Jefferson, Johnston and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland, Comanche and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal, Craig and 31 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 2, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Harper, Woods | 7 hr |
| Oct 4, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 28 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cimarron County23
- Texas County21
- Stephens County20
- Cotton County20
- Caddo County20
- Canadian County20
- Comanche County20
- Carter County19
- Love County19
- Kiowa County19
- Tillman County19
- Cleveland County18
- Jefferson County18
- Johnston County18
- Latimer County18
- McClain County18
- Marshall County18
- Pittsburg County18
- Grady County18
- Jackson County18
- Oklahoma County18
- Logan County18
- Coal County17
- Garvin County17
- Haskell County17
- Murray County17
- Muskogee County17
- Pontotoc County17
- Pushmataha County17
- Kingfisher County17
- Atoka County16
- Choctaw County16
- Hughes County16
- Adair County16
- LeFlore County16
- McCurtain County16
- Sequoyah County16
- Noble County16
- Greer County16
- Washita County16
37 more counties
- Blaine County16
- Okmulgee County15
- Pottawatomie County15
- Seminole County15
- Rogers County15
- Beaver County15
- Bryan County14
- McIntosh County14
- Okfuskee County14
- Cherokee County14
- Craig County14
- Creek County14
- Delaware County14
- Mayes County14
- Tulsa County14
- Wagoner County14
- Garfield County14
- Nowata County14
- Payne County14
- Harmon County14
- Custer County14
- Dewey County14
- Lincoln County13
- Ottawa County13
- Kay County13
- Pawnee County13
- Washington County13
- Major County13
- Woodward County13
- Beckham County13
- Osage County12
- Woods County12
- Roger Mills County12
- Harper County12
- Alfalfa County11
- Grant County11
- Ellis County11
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.