SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 1:30 AM 5/4/2021.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... NORTHWESTERN LOVE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... SOUTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT.
* AT 1239 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POOLEVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SULPHUR, DAVIS, SPRINGER, DOUGHERTY, TATUMS, HENNEPIN, GRAHAM, POOLEVILLE, MILO, LAKE OF THE ARBUCKLES, TURNER FALLS AND FOX.
AT 1243 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RINGLING, MOVING EAST AT 40 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, RINGLING, SPRINGER, OVERBROOK, NORTHWESTERN LAKE MURRAY AND CORNISH.
Instructions:
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
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:
- Severe - Significant 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