Alert
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 12:00 AM 4/24/2022.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... SOUTH CENTRAL GARVIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... SOUTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... WESTERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. * AT 1112 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAURIKA LAKE, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAURIKA, HEALDTON, WILSON, COMANCHE, RINGLING, VELMA, TATUMS, HASTINGS, LOCO, RATLIFF CITY, ADDINGTON, GRAHAM, WAURIKA LAKE, POOLEVILLE, CORUM, CORNISH, FOX AND PERNELL.
Instructions:
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON AND STEPHENS COUNTY. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
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