Alert
TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 7:30 PM 6/15/2023.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... LOVE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... SOUTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT. * AT 641 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF RUBOTTOM, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARIETTA, THACKERVILLE, LEON, OVERBROOK, GRADY, RUBOTTOM, BURNEYVILLE, SOUTHERN LAKE MURRAY, COURTNEY, AND PETERSBURG. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 25.
Instructions:
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER, SAFE ROOM OR AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU
ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
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:
- Extreme - Extraordinary 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