Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings / 1986
Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, May 1986
32 tornado warnings in May 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 May 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 32
- Busiest day
- May 14, 198612 tornado warnings
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 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 50 min |
| May 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 45 min |
| May 8, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 35 min |
| May 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 45 min |
| May 8, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain | 35 min |
| May 14, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian | 29 min |
| May 14, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 65 min |
| May 14, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 59 min |
| May 14, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| May 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 32 min |
| May 14, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche | 42 min |
| May 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 36 min |
| May 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche | 36 min |
| May 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Tillman | 35 min |
| May 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 37 min |
| May 14, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 38 min |
| May 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin | 30 min |
| May 14, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 39 min |
| May 14, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 16, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Washita | 29 min |
| May 16, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Washita | 36 min |
| May 16, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 28 min |
| May 16, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 34 min |
| May 16, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 30 min |
| May 16, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 50 min |
| May 16, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan, Noble, Payne | 33 min |
| May 16, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin | 28 min |
| May 17, 12:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 17, 12:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 31 min |
| May 17, 3:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 57 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tillman County6
- Comanche County4
- Cotton County3
- Logan County3
- Garvin County3
- Jackson County3
- Kiowa County3
- Washita County3
- Oklahoma County2
- Canadian County2
- Grady County2
- Caddo County2
- McClain County1
- Nowata County1
- Washington County1
- Johnston County1
- Murray County1
- Pontotoc County1
- Jefferson County1
- Beckham County1
- Custer County1
- Noble County1
- Payne County1
- Lincoln County1
- Okfuskee County1
- LeFlore County1
- Sequoyah County1
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.