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Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2026

23 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
23
Busiest month
April13 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 28, 20263 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 8, 8:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh and 10 more243 days
Mar 5, 5:43 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Dewey and 12 more6 hr
Mar 6, 2:44 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee and 46 more7 hr
Mar 6, 9:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig and 12 more6 hr
Mar 10, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 41 more6 hr
Mar 10, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 16 more7 hr
Mar 15, 1:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLeFlore, McCurtain7 hr
Apr 1, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 42 more7 hr
Apr 14, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 31 more7 hr
Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 41 more8 hr
Apr 17, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 16 more7 hr
Apr 23, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 13 more8 hr
Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton and 14 more7 hr
Apr 25, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw and 31 more7 hr
Apr 26, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCaddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 6 more6 hr
Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garfield and 13 more7 hr
Apr 26, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 16 more6 hr
Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg and 2 more8 hr
Apr 28, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes and 8 more9 hr
Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain7 hr
May 18, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more4 hr
Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Grant, Kay and 10 more4 hr
Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Cherokee, Craig and 25 more8 hr

By county

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

35 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 28, 20263tornado watches
  2. April 26, 20262tornado watches
  3. January 8, 20261tornado watches
  4. March 5, 20261tornado watches
  5. March 6, 20261tornado watches
  6. March 7, 20261tornado watches
  7. March 10, 20261tornado watches
  8. March 11, 20261tornado watches
  9. March 15, 20261tornado watches
  10. April 1, 20261tornado watches
  11. April 14, 20261tornado watches
  12. April 15, 20261tornado 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.