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Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1986

61 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
61
Busiest month
May32 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 14, 198612 tornado warnings

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 4:40 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVMcCurtain65 min
Mar 17, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNBeckham, Washita38 min
Mar 31, 9:45 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills30 min
Apr 5, 8:35 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNPayne40 min
Apr 7, 5:44 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACraig, Mayes61 min
Apr 26, 7:05 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNKiowa35 min
Apr 26, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNKiowa46 min
Apr 26, 7:47 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNGreer, Jackson43 min
Apr 26, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCaddo45 min
May 8, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton, Tillman50 min
May 8, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton, Tillman45 min
May 8, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma35 min
May 8, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan45 min
May 8, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma40 min
May 10, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, McClain35 min
May 14, 11:01 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian29 min
May 14, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata65 min
May 14, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington59 min
May 14, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson36 min
May 14, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa30 min
May 14, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrady32 min
May 14, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche42 min
May 14, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Washita36 min
May 14, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche36 min
May 14, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Tillman35 min
May 14, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa37 min
May 14, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa, Tillman38 min
May 14, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin30 min
May 14, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Murray, Pontotoc39 min
May 14, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson31 min
May 16, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Washita29 min
May 16, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWashita36 min
May 16, 10:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo28 min
May 16, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrady34 min
May 16, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman30 min
May 16, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton, Tillman50 min
May 16, 11:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Noble, Payne33 min
May 16, 11:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin28 min
May 17, 12:09 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln31 min
May 17, 12:09 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee31 min
May 17, 3:03 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah57 min
Sep 26, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee58 min
Sep 26, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa57 min
Sep 26, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Wagoner55 min
Sep 29, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan36 min
Sep 29, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNOklahoma34 min
Sep 29, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Oklahoma40 min
Sep 29, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek68 min
Sep 30, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware28 min
Oct 1, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon40 min
Oct 1, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham27 min
Oct 1, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham, Greer38 min
Oct 1, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer34 min
Oct 1, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Washita33 min
Oct 1, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa, Washita41 min
Oct 2, 10:16 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma59 min
Oct 2, 11:08 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Payne37 min
Oct 2, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan33 min
Oct 2, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan32 min
Oct 2, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, McClain30 min
Oct 2, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie32 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

2 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 14, 198612tornado warnings
  2. October 2, 198612tornado warnings
  3. May 17, 198611tornado warnings
  4. April 27, 19864tornado warnings
  5. September 29, 19864tornado warnings
  6. May 8, 19863tornado warnings
  7. May 15, 19863tornado warnings
  8. September 26, 19863tornado warnings
  9. May 9, 19862tornado warnings
  10. February 5, 19861tornado warnings
  11. March 18, 19861tornado warnings
  12. April 1, 19861tornado warnings

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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. Rebuilt daily.