Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2023
137 tornado warnings 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 137
- Busiest month
- June38 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- February 27, 202330 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 2, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 6:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Jan 2, 7:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Feb 15, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 8:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 40 min |
| Feb 15, 9:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 30 min |
| Feb 26, 6:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 15 min |
| Feb 26, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Roger Mills | 23 min |
| Feb 26, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 30 min |
| Feb 26, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills and 1 more | 42 min |
| Feb 26, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon | 25 min |
| Feb 26, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Kiowa, Washita | 51 min |
| Feb 26, 7:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 50 min |
| Feb 26, 8:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 20 min |
| Feb 26, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 19 min |
| Feb 26, 8:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 8:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 14 min |
| Feb 26, 8:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant | 23 min |
| Feb 26, 9:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 31 min |
| Feb 26, 9:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Major | 17 min |
| Feb 26, 9:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 9:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 17 min |
| Feb 26, 9:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay | 30 min |
| Feb 26, 9:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 9:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 9:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 9:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 25 min |
| Feb 26, 10:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 15 min |
| Feb 26, 10:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 14 min |
| Feb 26, 11:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner | 24 min |
| Feb 26, 11:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 24 min |
| Feb 27, 12:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 17 min |
| Feb 27, 12:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Bryan | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 5:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 15 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Stephens | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady, McClain | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 18 min |
| Apr 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 16 min |
| Apr 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 13 min |
| Apr 19, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 14 min |
| Apr 19, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 16 min |
| Apr 20, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 30 min |
| May 11, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 32 min |
| May 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 38 min |
| May 11, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 45 min |
| May 11, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 42 min |
| May 11, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady, McClain | 31 min |
| May 11, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 43 min |
| May 11, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 26 min |
| May 11, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie | 47 min |
| May 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 27 min |
| May 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie | 33 min |
| May 11, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 50 min |
| May 11, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 49 min |
| May 11, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| May 11, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 33 min |
| May 11, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| May 11, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Pontotoc | 48 min |
| May 11, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes | 24 min |
| May 11, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc | 43 min |
| May 12, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 23 min |
| May 12, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 29 min |
| May 12, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 35 min |
| May 12, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 19 min |
| Jun 13, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 16 min |
| Jun 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Stephens | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Stephens | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Stephens | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Love | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Roger Mills | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer, Roger Mills | 19 min |
| Jun 15, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Love | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harper, Woodward | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 16 min |
| Jun 17, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 1:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 68 min |
| Jun 23, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 4:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 22 min |
| Jul 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 34 min |
| Sep 23, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes | 35 min |
| Sep 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes | 35 min |
| Sep 23, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Seminole | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cleveland County24
- Pottawatomie County19
- McClain County17
- Grady County11
- Pontotoc County9
- Roger Mills County9
- Texas County9
- Hughes County8
- Seminole County8
- Grant County8
- Oklahoma County8
- Kay County8
- Cimarron County8
- Beaver County8
- Coal County7
- Noble County7
- Ellis County6
- Beckham County6
- Garfield County6
- Greer County5
- Lincoln County5
- Stephens County5
- Jefferson County5
- Mayes County4
- Garvin County4
- Harmon County4
- Custer County4
- Canadian County4
- Carter County4
- Cotton County4
- Love County4
- Haskell County3
- Pittsburg County3
- Muskogee County3
- Woodward County3
- Alfalfa County3
- Rogers County3
- Choctaw County3
- Craig County2
- Delaware County2
24 more counties
- Sequoyah County2
- Dewey County2
- Major County2
- Kiowa County2
- Washita County2
- Caddo County2
- Okmulgee County2
- Wagoner County2
- Bryan County2
- Pushmataha County2
- Comanche County2
- Harper County2
- McIntosh County1
- Johnston County1
- Murray County1
- Kingfisher County1
- Creek County1
- Okfuskee County1
- Ottawa County1
- Atoka County1
- McCurtain County1
- Marshall County1
- Logan County1
- Payne 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.