Alert
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 9:45 PM 5/6/2023.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... NORTHWESTERN LOVE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... SOUTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT. * AT 854 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF STONEBURG, MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILSON, RINGLING, RYAN, TERRAL, GRADY, OSCAR, CORNISH, COURTNEY, AND PETERSBURG.
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
DAMAGING WIND AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE 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.
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