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Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2008

62 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
62
Busiest month
May20 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 31, 20085 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 4:02 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 21 more5 hr
Jan 7, 7:48 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 6 more9 hr
Feb 5, 11:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 4 more7 hr
Mar 2, 3:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 16 more9 hr
Mar 2, 6:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 13 more8 hr
Mar 2, 8:23 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 8 more8 hr
Mar 17, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 3 more5 hr
Mar 17, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 16 more8 hr
Mar 18, 10:16 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCChoctaw, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha7 hr
Mar 18, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain11 hr
Mar 30, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 16 more5 hr
Mar 30, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more6 hr
Mar 31, 8:44 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 37 more7 hr
Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more7 hr
Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 8 more7 hr
Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain7 hr
Apr 3, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 23 more6 hr
Apr 3, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 15 more5 hr
Apr 3, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain3 hr
Apr 7, 3:02 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 22 more7 hr
Apr 8, 2:52 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 22 more6 hr
Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Johnston and 6 more7 hr
Apr 9, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer and 11 more5 hr
Apr 9, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain6 hr
Apr 9, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton and 20 more7 hr
Apr 10, 3:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 9 more8 hr
Apr 21, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek, Garvin, Hughes and 11 more5 hr
May 1, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCanadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Cotton, Craig and 35 more7 hr
May 2, 1:09 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 39 more7 hr
May 7, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Cotton and 14 more6 hr
May 7, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 20 more8 hr
May 10, 11:29 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 11 more9 hr
May 10, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 16 more10 hr
May 13, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 28 more9 hr
May 13, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa and 3 more5 hr
May 22, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 15 more7 hr
May 22, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Custer, Dewey and 16 more8 hr
May 23, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 11 more8 hr
May 24, 1:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Garfield, Grant and 11 more6 hr
May 24, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Custer, Dewey and 17 more5 hr
May 25, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas5 hr
May 25, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 5 more7 hr
May 25, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Texas, Woods and 1 more7 hr
May 26, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 14 more6 hr
May 26, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Custer and 23 more7 hr
May 30, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCraig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington7 hr
May 31, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Craig, Creek and 19 more7 hr
Jun 3, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Craig, Grant, Kay, Nowata, Osage and 2 more6 hr
Jun 5, 11:47 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield and 9 more8 hr
Jun 5, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Grady and 6 more6 hr
Jun 5, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 27 more7 hr
Jun 5, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 24 more6 hr
Jun 10, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods and 1 more4 hr
Sep 13, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain10 hr
Oct 11, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCimarron6 hr
Nov 5, 2:17 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 33 more10 hr
Nov 10, 12:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCotton, Tillman7 hr
Dec 8, 11:31 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha7 hr
Dec 9, 4:11 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain7 hr
Dec 27, 12:03 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 4 more7 hr
Dec 27, 2:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 41 more7 hr
Dec 27, 6:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 12 more7 hr

By county

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

37 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 31, 20085tornado watches
  2. March 18, 20083tornado watches
  3. April 3, 20083tornado watches
  4. April 10, 20083tornado watches
  5. May 25, 20083tornado watches
  6. December 27, 20083tornado watches
  7. March 3, 20082tornado watches
  8. April 9, 20082tornado watches
  9. May 7, 20082tornado watches
  10. May 10, 20082tornado watches
  11. May 13, 20082tornado watches
  12. May 23, 20082tornado watches

Nearby

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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.