Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2018
60 tornado warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 60
- Busiest month
- May28 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 3, 201814 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 29 min |
| Jan 21, 9:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Seminole | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 11 min |
| Apr 13, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 16 min |
| Apr 13, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 25 min |
| May 1, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harper | 17 min |
| May 2, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 37 min |
| May 2, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 28 min |
| May 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 31 min |
| May 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 30 min |
| May 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 43 min |
| May 2, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 24 min |
| May 2, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 18 min |
| May 2, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 12 min |
| May 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 15 min |
| May 2, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 16 min |
| May 2, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 31 min |
| May 2, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 48 min |
| May 3, 5:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 31 min |
| May 3, 5:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 26 min |
| May 3, 5:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 16 min |
| May 3, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pontotoc, Seminole | 14 min |
| May 19, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Major | 37 min |
| May 28, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 39 min |
| May 28, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 48 min |
| May 29, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woods | 36 min |
| May 29, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer | 37 min |
| May 30, 11:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woods, Woodward | 51 min |
| May 30, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 40 min |
| May 31, 1:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 24 min |
| Jul 30, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 16 min |
| Aug 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 42 min |
| Oct 7, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 39 min |
| Oct 7, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 51 min |
| Oct 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| Oct 9, 8:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| Oct 9, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma | 45 min |
| Oct 9, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 48 min |
| Oct 9, 9:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 41 min |
| Oct 9, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 18 min |
| Nov 30, 8:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 9:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 9:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 9:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 10:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 10:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 20 min |
| Nov 30, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 21 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tillman County6
- Osage County6
- Adair County5
- McCurtain County4
- Cleveland County4
- Pottawatomie County4
- Cherokee County4
- Seminole County3
- Sequoyah County3
- Cotton County3
- Texas County3
- Beaver County3
- Lincoln County3
- LeFlore County2
- Greer County2
- Kiowa County2
- Comanche County2
- Grady County2
- McClain County2
- Pawnee County2
- Woods County2
- Kay County2
- Oklahoma County2
- Rogers County2
- Tulsa County2
- Haskell County2
- Muskogee County2
- Harper County1
- Caddo County1
- Washita County1
- Pontotoc County1
- Major County1
- Beckham County1
- Woodward County1
- Alfalfa County1
- Cimarron County1
- Mayes County1
- Carter County1
- Garvin County1
- Murray County1
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. Rebuilt daily.