Tornado Watches in Oklahoma
961 tornado watches since 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 961
- Busiest year
- 200862 tornado watches
- Average year
- 32over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Latimer County251
- LeFlore County250
- Cotton County249
- Pittsburg County248
- Haskell County243
- Jefferson County240
- Stephens County240
- Garvin County239
- McCurtain County239
- Sequoyah County239
- McIntosh County237
- Pontotoc County237
- Carter County236
- Comanche County235
- Pushmataha County234
- Murray County232
- Choctaw County230
- Coal County230
- Muskogee County229
- Adair County227
- Tillman County226
- Johnston County225
- Love County225
- Cherokee County224
- Atoka County221
- Marshall County221
- Osage County220
- Seminole County220
- Kiowa County219
- Okfuskee County219
- Pottawatomie County219
- Bryan County218
- Pawnee County218
- Delaware County215
- Hughes County215
- Lincoln County215
- Mayes County215
- Caddo County213
- Wagoner County213
- Kay County212
37 more counties
- Logan County211
- Noble County211
- Payne County211
- Creek County210
- Grady County209
- Okmulgee County209
- Garfield County208
- Kingfisher County206
- McClain County206
- Blaine County205
- Tulsa County204
- Canadian County203
- Jackson County203
- Ottawa County203
- Craig County202
- Cleveland County201
- Grant County200
- Rogers County197
- Washita County197
- Oklahoma County196
- Washington County196
- Major County193
- Nowata County193
- Alfalfa County191
- Custer County189
- Greer County187
- Dewey County180
- Harmon County178
- Woods County171
- Beckham County166
- Woodward County164
- Ellis County162
- Roger Mills County161
- Harper County151
- Beaver County127
- Texas County96
- Cimarron County54
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Cherokee, Craig and 25 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Grant, Kay and 10 more | 4 hr |
| May 18, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garfield and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 13 more | 8 hr |
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.