SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 5:15 PM 8/16/2020.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN LOVE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...
CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.
* AT 419 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SPRINGER TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAHAM TO 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF HEALDTON, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARDMORE, LONE GROVE, HEALDTON, WILSON, DICKSON, RINGLING, SPRINGER,
GENE AUTRY, GRAHAM, OVERBROOK, LAKE MURRAY, MILO AND CORNISH.
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Address/Location
Carter County Emergency Management
107 1st Ave SW
Ardmore, OK 73401
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 580-223-7937
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning