Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2011
37 tornado watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 37
- Busiest month
- April13 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20113 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Craig, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:04 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Craig, Custer and 23 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 22 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 41 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Johnston and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha | 8 hr |
| May 1, 4:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 4 hr |
| May 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 24 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 28 more | 9 hr |
| May 20, 11:03 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 20, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Creek and 14 more | 3 hr |
| May 22, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 19 more | 8 hr |
| May 22, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes and 10 more | 7 hr |
| May 22, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 26 more | 8 hr |
| May 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 13 more | 4 hr |
| May 24, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 51 more | 11 hr |
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cimarron, Texas | 7 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 7, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Washington | 7 hr |
| Nov 7, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 8, 10:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha | 7 hr |
| Nov 21, 8:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Choctaw County18
- McCurtain County18
- Pushmataha County18
- LeFlore County17
- Haskell County16
- Latimer County16
- Pittsburg County16
- Sequoyah County15
- Adair County13
- Atoka County12
- Bryan County12
- McIntosh County12
- Muskogee County11
- Coal County11
- Johnston County11
- Marshall County11
- Cherokee County10
- Delaware County10
- Mayes County10
- Hughes County10
- Osage County9
- Ottawa County9
- Pawnee County9
- Wagoner County9
- Pontotoc County9
- Logan County9
- Carter County9
- Murray County9
- Okmulgee County9
- Craig County8
- Garfield County8
- Grant County8
- Noble County8
- Washington County8
- Seminole County8
- Payne County8
- Rogers County8
- Tulsa County8
- Love County8
- Okfuskee County8
36 more counties
- Garvin County8
- Pottawatomie County8
- Alfalfa County7
- Kay County7
- Major County7
- Nowata County7
- Woods County7
- Blaine County7
- Caddo County7
- Canadian County7
- Dewey County7
- Kingfisher County7
- Kiowa County7
- Cleveland County7
- Creek County7
- Lincoln County7
- McClain County7
- Jefferson County7
- Custer County6
- Washita County6
- Oklahoma County6
- Stephens County6
- Comanche County6
- Cotton County6
- Grady County6
- Tillman County6
- Greer County5
- Jackson County5
- Woodward County4
- Ellis County3
- Harper County3
- Beckham County3
- Harmon County3
- Roger Mills County2
- Cimarron County1
- Texas County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.