SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 9:45 PM 5/15/2022.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... LOVE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... MARSHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT. * AT 841 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENNINGTON TO NEAR DURANT TO NEAR KINGSTON TO NEAR LAKE MURRAY TO NEAR WILSON, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...TWO INCH 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... ARDMORE, DURANT, MADILL, ATOKA, TISHOMINGO, MARIETTA, LONE GROVE, HEALDTON, WILSON, KINGSTON, DICKSON, COLBERT, CADDO, MANNSVILLE, SPRINGER, BOKCHITO, RAVIA, ACHILLE, THACKERVILLE AND WAPANUCKA.
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE TEXOMA, GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
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:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning