Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 1999
43 tornado watches in 1999. 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 in 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 43
- Busiest month
- May19 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 4, 19998 tornado watches
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, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Garfield, Grady and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jackson, Tillman | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | LeFlore, McCurtain | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Craig, Delaware, Kay, Mayes, Noble, Nowata and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | LeFlore, McCurtain | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaver, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 24 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 33 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Love, Marshall | 5 hr |
| May 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 42 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Craig, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 4, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 6 hr |
| May 16, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and 14 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Harmon, Jackson | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harmon, Harper, Roger Mills and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Custer, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaver, Texas | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Craig, Delaware, Garfield, Grant, Kay and 10 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kiowa County17
- Kay County16
- Washita County16
- Blaine County15
- Caddo County15
- Garfield County15
- Kingfisher County15
- Logan County15
- Noble County15
- Canadian County14
- Comanche County14
- Greer County14
- Alfalfa County14
- Grant County14
- Tillman County14
- Grady County13
- Jackson County13
- Pawnee County13
- Major County13
- Woods County13
- Harmon County12
- Oklahoma County12
- Osage County12
- Custer County12
- Lincoln County12
- Payne County11
- Dewey County11
- McClain County11
- Pottawatomie County11
- Cotton County11
- Beckham County10
- Cleveland County10
- Harper County10
- Woodward County10
- Washington County9
- Ellis County9
- Garvin County9
- Roger Mills County9
- Beaver County9
- Carter County9
37 more counties
- Jefferson County9
- Love County9
- Murray County9
- Stephens County9
- LeFlore County8
- Marshall County8
- Haskell County7
- McCurtain County7
- Mayes County7
- Nowata County7
- Tulsa County7
- Creek County7
- Pontotoc County7
- Seminole County7
- Okmulgee County7
- Texas County7
- Adair County6
- Choctaw County6
- Latimer County6
- Pushmataha County6
- Sequoyah County6
- Craig County6
- Rogers County6
- Johnston County6
- Coal County6
- Hughes County6
- Cherokee County5
- McIntosh County5
- Delaware County5
- Ottawa County5
- Okfuskee County5
- Wagoner County5
- Atoka County4
- Pittsburg County4
- Muskogee County4
- Bryan County4
- Cimarron County2
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.