Alert
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 6:00 PM 5/16/2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... NORTHWESTERN LOVE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT. * AT 521 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEALDTON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF RINGLING TO NEAR RYAN, MOVING EAST AT 25 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, RYAN, SPRINGER, TERRAL, GENE AUTRY, LEON, GRAHAM, RUBOTTOM, BURNEYVILLE, GRADY, MILO, OSCAR, OVERBROOK, CORNISH, COURTNEY AND PETERSBURG.
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, 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:
- Tornado Warning