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Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1997

108 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
108
Busiest month
May74 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 27, 199724 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
Mar 2, 1:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNChoctaw, Pushmataha45 min
Mar 24, 10:41 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAOsage49 min
Mar 27, 6:51 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACreek54 min
Mar 27, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningTSATulsa35 min
Apr 4, 5:27 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNBryan48 min
May 1, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWashita47 min
May 2, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore28 min
May 6, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningAMATexas47 min
May 7, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant26 min
May 7, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant34 min
May 7, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant48 min
May 7, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant, Kay39 min
May 7, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay, Noble50 min
May 7, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee54 min
May 7, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay, Noble40 min
May 7, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee66 min
May 7, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage60 min
May 7, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon51 min
May 7, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa, Washington51 min
May 25, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrady, McClain42 min
May 25, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, McClain65 min
May 25, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche42 min
May 25, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie53 min
May 25, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrady35 min
May 25, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNStephens41 min
May 25, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin68 min
May 25, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMurray34 min
May 25, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNStephens45 min
May 25, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMurray62 min
May 25, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Pontotoc48 min
May 25, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter33 min
May 25, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter46 min
May 25, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Pontotoc55 min
May 25, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall39 min
May 25, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Johnston31 min
May 25, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay38 min
May 25, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan, Marshall45 min
May 25, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Pushmataha35 min
May 25, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay51 min
May 25, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka48 min
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan45 min
May 25, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay44 min
May 25, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage35 min
May 25, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Pushmataha45 min
May 25, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNChoctaw, Pushmataha45 min
May 26, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNSeminole30 min
May 26, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee28 min
May 26, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa41 min
May 26, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage47 min
May 26, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee43 min
May 26, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa48 min
May 26, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee27 min
May 26, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa45 min
May 26, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee59 min
May 26, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner54 min
May 26, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee43 min
May 26, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes23 min
May 26, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh48 min
May 26, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee54 min
May 26, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg52 min
May 26, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOttawa52 min
May 26, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig50 min
May 26, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall30 min
May 26, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg60 min
May 26, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMarshall27 min
May 26, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg59 min
May 26, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan, Marshall36 min
May 26, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer63 min
May 26, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan, Marshall47 min
May 26, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore49 min
May 26, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMarshall35 min
May 26, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPushmataha45 min
May 26, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore30 min
May 26, 11:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore36 min
May 27, 12:37 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVMcCurtain68 min
May 29, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis, Woodward25 min
May 29, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWoodward33 min
May 29, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNDewey, Ellis45 min
May 29, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Dewey47 min
Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee51 min
Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh53 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore43 min
Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg43 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Jun 16, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell46 min
Jun 16, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore45 min
Jun 16, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee51 min
Jun 16, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee50 min
Jun 16, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee41 min
Jun 16, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh48 min
Jun 29, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant, Kay35 min
Jun 29, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay47 min
Jun 29, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNNoble45 min
Jul 3, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington37 min
Jul 16, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant, Kay28 min
Jul 17, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage38 min
Sep 8, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage58 min
Sep 8, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage52 min
Sep 8, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPawnee60 min
Oct 8, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan40 min
Oct 8, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage44 min
Oct 8, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage49 min
Oct 25, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee39 min
Oct 25, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer34 min
Oct 25, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee35 min
Oct 25, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee28 min
Oct 25, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore47 min
Oct 25, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore31 min

By county

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

9 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 27, 199724tornado warnings
  2. May 26, 199723tornado warnings
  3. May 25, 19979tornado warnings
  4. May 8, 19978tornado warnings
  5. June 16, 19976tornado warnings
  6. October 25, 19976tornado warnings
  7. June 17, 19975tornado warnings
  8. May 7, 19974tornado warnings
  9. May 30, 19974tornado warnings
  10. September 8, 19973tornado warnings
  11. March 28, 19972tornado warnings
  12. May 2, 19972tornado warnings

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19961998

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.