Severe storms are heading into eastern Oklahoma after hitting the central part of the state early Wednesday morning amid a tornado watch. >> Go to the KOCO weather page | Get KOCO on the Go | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelBelow is a running blog with severe weather updates in Oklahoma. Check back for the latest details. 7:20 a.m. Wednesday Update: The OKC metro and central Oklahoma are clear from severe storms after being dropped from the tornado watch. Storms, however continue to move past Seminole and into eastern Oklahoma. KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says the storms are moving fast with 60 mph winds and 1-inch hail. He added that he does not see a lot of rotation with these storms. 6:50 a.m. Wednesday Update: Crews are working to restore to power to an intersection in northwest Oklahoma City. The outage is at the intersection of Northwest 23rd Street and Robinson Avenue. OG&E’s System Watch reports that more than 3,600 customers are without power, with the hardest-hit areas being Midwest City (687 outages), Shady Point (557 outages), Oklahoma City (526 outages) and Moore (465 outages). KOCO 5’s Shelby Montgomery shows the outage. Open the video player below for her report. 6:48 a.m. Wednesday Update: A tornado warning has been issued for Rogers and Tulsa counties until 7:15 a.m. The National Weather Service has also removed several counties in the OKC metro from the tornado watch. The counties still in the watch include Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Marray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties. 6:34 a.m. Wednesday Update: A crash is causing a slowdown on westbound Interstate 240 after severe storms brought heavy rain to the Oklahoma City metro early Wednesday morning. Open the video player below to learn more. 6:18 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and Washington counties until 6:30 a.m.6:15 a.m. Wednesday Update: Damon says 50-55 mph wind gusts have been recorded in Shawnee as storms continue to move east. 6:06 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Hughes, McClain, Murray, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole and Stephens counties until 6:45 a.m. 6 a.m. Wednesday Update: The tornado watch that’s in effect until 10 a.m. has been trimmed again. The counties included in the watch are Cleveland, Coal, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Jefferson, Lincoln, McClain, Murray, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, and Stephens. 5:55 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Storm Chaser Amanda Benton says pea-sized hail and torrential rain are falling near Chandler. Open the video player below for her report. 5:52 a.m. Wednesday Update: Damon says western Oklahoma is done with storms for the day, and the storms are moving east of the OKC metro. The line of storms also is moving toward Pauls Valley.5:47 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Cleveland, McClain and Oklahoma counties until 6 a.m. Another warning has been issued for Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and Washington counties until 6:30 a.m. 5:36 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Lincoln, Logan and Payne counties until 6:15 a.m. 5:30 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5’s Audrey Goodson says heavy rain was falling in Edmond. The rainfall was so heavy that it was making visibility extremely low on I-35 near 15th Street. Open the video player below for her report. 5:28 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Cleveland, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain and Stephens counties until 6:15 a.m. Another severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 5:45 a.m. for Creek, Osage and Pawnee counties. 5:23 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain and Oklahoma counties until 6 a.m. Damon says the storm is warned for half dollar-sized hail. 5:21 a.m. Wednesday Update: The National Weather Service trimmed the tornado watch zone again. The watch includes: Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington, Craig, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Wagoner, Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore, Ottawa, and Sequoyah counties. 5:18 a.m. Wednesday Update: Storms have moved into the OKC metro, with heavy rain falling in downtown OKC. KOCO 5’s Shelby Montgomery shows what’s happening. Open the video player below for her report. 5:14 a.m. Wednesday Update: Damon says 60 mph wind gusts were reported at the airport on the north side of Stillwater. 5:11 a.m. Wednesday Update: While a tornado watch remains in effect until 10 a.m., the National Weather Service continues to trim out counties from the watch. Here are the counties that are still under the tornado watch: Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Jefferson, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Murray, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Stephens, and Tillman.5:08 a.m. Wednesday Update: A tornado warning has been issued for Osage County until 5:30 a.m. A severe thunderstorm warning also was issued for Lincoln, Logan, Noble and Payne counties until 5:30 a.m. 5:04 a.m. Wednesday Update: Damon says storms will be in Norman in the next 15 minutes as they continue to be fast-moving across central Oklahoma. 4:54 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Lincoln, Logan, Noble and Payne counties until 5:30 a.m.4:40 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Caddo, Canadian and Grady counties until 4:45 a.m. Another was issued for Caddo and Comanche counties until 4:45 a.m. The National Weather Service has trimmed the areas included in the tornado watch, that remains in effect until 10 a.m. Wednesday. Below are the counties still included in the watch: Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Murray, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Stephens, and Tillman.4:33 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 First Alert Storm Chaser Amanda Benton says 40-50 mph winds have been recorded south of Piedmont. 4:30 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says storms are expected to move into the OKC metro by 5 a.m. Damon also says storms are right on top of Ponca City right now, bringing lightning and rain to the area. 4:27 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Kay County until 5 a.m. The National Weather Service has added a tornado tag to storms moving into Kay County. KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says a tag is a precursor to a tornado warning, which has not been issued. 4:23 a.m. Wednesday Update: A handful of severe thunderstorm warnings have just been issued for a line of storms moving across Oklahoma. Below is a look at the newly issued warnings: Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and Payne counties until 5 a.m. Osage and Pawnee counties until 5 a.m. Tillman County until 4:45 a.m. Caddo, Comanche and Kiowa counties until 4:45 a.m. 4:15 a.m. Wednesday Update: The severe storms have produced a lot of lightning so far this morning. KOCO 5 Field Meteorologist Michael Armstrong was on Highway 270 south of Calumet, where he captured a lightning show. Open the video player below to watch. 4 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Tillman County until 4:45 a.m. Another severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Garfield, Grant, Kay and Noble counties until 4:30 a.m.3:58 a.m. Wednesday Update: The tornado watch that is in effect until 10 a.m. has been trimmed to the following counties: Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Hughes, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Murray, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Stephens, Washita, Cotton, Jefferson, and Tillman. 3:55 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kiowa and Washita counties until 4:45 a.m.3:47 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder shows you the latest severe weather timeline, saying strong tornadoes are possible, but the storms could produce large hail and damaging winds. The storms started around 3 a.m. Wednesday in east-central Oklahoma near El Reno and Enid and will reach the OKC metro around 4 a.m. Jonathan says we’re going to look for storms to develop as they move through central Oklahoma. >> Open the video player below for the severe storm timeline. The line of fast-moving storms will move east of Interstate 35 and the OKC metro by 6 a.m. Wednesday. They’ll be in eastern and southeastern Oklahoma from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. After 7 a.m., Jonathan says the highest storm risk is in southeastern Oklahoma, where there’s a level 3 enhanced risk. Outside of Oklahoma, a very rare level 5 high risk has been issued for the Mississippi River Valley. 3:45 a.m. Wednesday update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Garfield, Grant, Kay and Noble counties until 4:30 a.m. 3:37 a.m. Wednesday Update: The First Alert Weather Team says 80 mph winds have been recorded in Enid as fast-moving storms move through the area. The emergency manager in the area also said quarter-sized hail has been reported. 3:35 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Blaine, Canadian and Kingfisher counties until 4:15 a.m. 3:32 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder that nickel-sized hail has been reported on the west side of Enid. 3:18 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher and Major counties until 3:45 a.m.2:50 a.m. Wednesday Update: A tornado watch has been issued for several counties throughout Oklahoma, including in the OKC metro, until 10 a.m. Wednesday. The watch was issued for the following counties: Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Hughes, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Major, Murray, Noble, OK; Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Stephens, Washita, Craig, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Pittsburg, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington. 2:45 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says the cap held on Tuesday, but more storms are possible early Wednesday morning. The window we’re looking at is 3-6 a.m., and the threat comes with possible large hail and tornadoes. 10:30 p.m. Tuesday Update: A second wave of severe storms are expected to work their way across Oklahoma early Wednesday morning. The main threats with the storms include the potential for tornadoes, strong wind gusts and large hail.9:10 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has allowed the tornado watch for Oklahoma to expire. There is still the potential for severe weather for the state throughout Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning.8:35 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has canceled a tornado watch for a number of Oklahoma counties Tuesday night.Counties that are still under the watch until midnight include Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie, Pontotoc, Seminole and Garvin counties.Cities that could be impacted include Ada, Blanchard, Lindsay, Moore, Newcastle, Norman, Pauls Valley, Purcell, Seminole, Shawnee, Wewoka, And Wynnewood.8:10 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 8:30 p.m. for western Garvin County, southeastern Grady County, northeastern Stephens County, south central Cleveland County and southwestern McClain County.The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and ping pong sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Purcell, Maysville, Elmore City, Pauls Valley, Marlow, Payne, Antioch, Paoli, Wayne, Pernell, Foster, Cox City, Whitebead, Bray, Erin Springs, Velma, Lindsay, and Duncan.7:55 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for western Garvin County, southeastern Grady County, northeastern Stephens County, south central Cleveland County and southwestern McClain County.The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and quarter sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Purcell, Maysville, Elmore City, Pauls Valley, Marlow, Payne, Antioch, Paoli, Wayne, Pernell, Foster, Cox City, Whitebead, Bray, Erin Springs, Velma, Lindsay, and Duncan.The warning is set to expire at 8:30 p.m.7:40 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 8 p.m. for northwestern Jefferson County and northeastern Cotton and Stephens counties.The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and half dollar sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Waurika Lake, Temple, Marlow, Walters, Corum, Duncan, Empire City, and Comanche.7:22 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 8 p.m. for northeastern Kay County.The main threats associated with storms include quarter sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Newkirk, Hardy, Peckham, Kildare, and Kaw Lake.7:20 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern Comanche County, northwestern Jefferson County, Cotton County, southwestern Stephens County and southeastern Tillman County.The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and half dollar sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Cookietown, Waurika Lake, Hulen, Taylor, Empire City, Temple, Walters, Geronimo, Corum, Randlett, Comanche, Devol, and Duncan.The warning is set to expire at 7:45 p.m.7:10 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern Comanche County, west central Garvin County, southern Grady County, northeastern Cotton County and northwestern Stephens County.The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and quarter sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Norge, Central High, Ninnekah, Acme, Hulen, Cox City, Rush Springs, Bray, Marlow, Agawam, and Duncan.The warning is set to expire at 7:45 p.m.7:00 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 7:30 p.m. for northwestern Kay County.The main threats associated with storms include golf ball sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Braman, Chilocco, and Blackwell Lake.6:50 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern Kay County and northeastern Grant County.The main threats associated with storms include half dollar sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Chilocco, Blackwell Lake, Nardin, Braman, and Deer Creek.The warning is set to expire at 7:30 p.m.6:45 p.m. Tuesday Update: Some viewers have reported large hail accompanying storms that are tracking across Oklahoma Tuesday evening. 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Click here to upload them.6:40 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern Comanche County, northwestern Jefferson County, Cotton County, southwestern Stephens County and southeastern Tillman County.The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and half dollar sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Addington, Cookietown, Waurika Lake, Grandfield, Hulen, Taylor, Hastings, Burkburnett, Temple, Cashion, Walters, Geronimo, Corum, Randlett, Devol, Iowa Park, and Lawton.The warning is set to expire at 7:15 p.m.6:30 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kay County, northwestern Noble County, southeastern Grant County and northeastern Garfield County.The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and baseball sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Hunter, Billings, Tonkawa, Peckham, Blackwell, Lamont, Nardin, Ponca City, Kildare, Newkirk, and Kaw Lake.The warning is set to expire at 7:15 p.m.6:10 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 6:30 p.m. for southwestern Kay County, northwestern Noble County, southeastern Grant County and northern Garfield County.The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and ping pong sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Hunter, Breckenridge, Billings, Enid, Lamont, Kremlin, North Enid and Garber.6:00 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southwestern Kay County, northwester Noble County, southeastern Grant County, Garfield County and east central Major County.The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and half dollar sized hail.Locations that could be impacted include Ceres, Hunter, Garber, Enid, Vance Air Force Base, Lamont, Lahoma, Waukomis, Drummond, Breckenridge, Billings, Deer Creek, Fairmont, Kremlin, and North Enid.The warning is set to expire at 6:30 p.m.5:15 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of Oklahoma.Counties under the watch include Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Creek, Custer, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, McClain, Murray, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Rogers, Seminole, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Washington and Washita counties.The watch is set to expire at midnight.3:50 p.m. Tuesday Update: Oklahoma City Public Schools has canceled all after-school and evening activities due to the threat of inclement weather. 3:20 p.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says a tornado watch may be issued in the next 2-3 hours for west-central Oklahoma, including the OKC metro. He says the Storm Prediction Center has given central Oklahoma a 60% chance of a tornado watch being issued. If storms can develop, Damon says there is a chance for strong tornadoes. 2:40 p.m. Tuesday Update: Putnam City Schools has canceled all outdoor after-school athletic events on Tuesday out of an abundance of caution because of the forecasted severe storms. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday Update: Every severe weather season, you hear KOCO 5 First Alert meteorologists say “the cap” over and over during coverage. But, what is “the cap?” Click here to learn more.2:25 p.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder went live on Facebook to give his latest update on the severe weather risk. Click here to learn more from Jonathan. 12:50 p.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Sabrina Bates says we’ll need to keep an eye on two waves of severe storms, the first coming this afternoon and the next during the overnight hours. The first line of storms is from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, and the second is after 1 a.m. on Wednesday. With the first wave, Sabrina says we’re looking for more isolated storms. The second round of storms will come along a cold front. The risks for the storms include very large hail up to the size of tennis balls and baseball, damaging winds over 70 mph and tornadoes. Sabrina says the tornado risk is 6 out of 10. She added that the key thing to remember is if a storm can develop this evening, it will be severe and would likely be high impact. Again, it’s all about whether a storm can break through. The threat for severe storms is a level 3 enhanced risk, and includes areas like Lawton, Ardmore, Ada, OKC, Seminole, Enid, Stillwater, Ponca City, Bartlesville and Tulsa. The surrounding areas have a level 2 slight risk near Alva, Clinton, Hobart, Altus, Durant and McAlester. There’s also a level 1 marginal risk in western as well as southeastern Oklahoma. 10:50 a.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says if tornado warnings are issued today for central Oklahoma and the OKC metro, it would be between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. 9:10 a.m. Tuesday Update: The threat for severe storms has been upgraded, as an enhanced risk stretches from northern Oklahoma, through central Oklahoma and to southern Oklahoma. Areas included in the level 3 enhanced area are: Oklahoma City, Norman, Stillwater, Ada, Lawton, Enid, Ponca City, Tulsa and Bartlesville. There’s also a level 2 slight risk in the surrounding areas like Elk City, altus, Ardmore, McAlester and Muskogee. Western and southeastern Oklahoma have a level 1 marginal risk. KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane there’s a chance for isolated supercells to develop tennis ball-sized hail and a risk for tornadoes. The storm chances the afternoon are conditional, but they’ll quickly become severe if they do develop. KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder added that supercells that do form tonight will post a risk to produce strong and/or long-tracked tornadoes. That’s not locked in, but the risk is real. Jonathan also says the storms could produce baseball-sized hail in the level 3 enhanced zone. Not every storm will produce hail that large, but any supercell that moves through that zone will have the ingredients to produce destructive hail. 7:45 a.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says the tornado index is 6 out of 10 for areas north of the OKC metro to Enid, Stillwater, Ponca City and Bartlesville. According to Jonathan, there’s a strong chance that north-central Oklahoma could see strong tornadoes. West-central Oklahoma from Altus, Hobart, Clinton and Alva to southern Oklahoma and the eastern and northeastern parts of the state have a tornado index of 4-5. The tornado index in western and part of southeastern Oklahoma is 2-3. Jonathan says large hail is also possible with the storm threat. Areas near Alva, Enid, the OKC metro, Stillwater, Tulsa, Ponca City and Bartlesville could see baseball-sized hail. The timeline for severe storms starts in the afternoon, as Jonathan says an isolated storm could pop up after 4 p.m. from Altus, Woodward and Alva, through the OKC metro and to Ardmore, Seminole, Stillwater and Ponca City. Video Below: Are nighttime severe storms and tornadoes becoming more common in Oklahoma? Click here to learn more. There is a higher chance that storms will back-build out of Kansas near Woodward, Alva and Enid from midnight to 3 a.m. Wednesday. Jonathan says he believes it’ll really ramp up between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. in Enid, the OKC metro, Seminole, Stillwater, Ponca City and Bartlesville. The storms will then move east of Interstate 35 toward Ada, McAlester and Tulsa after 7 a.m. on Wednesday. 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Severe storms are heading into eastern Oklahoma after hitting the central part of the state early Wednesday morning amid a tornado watch.
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Below is a running blog with severe weather updates in Oklahoma. Check back for the latest details.
7:20 a.m. Wednesday Update: The OKC metro and central Oklahoma are clear from severe storms after being dropped from the tornado watch. Storms, however continue to move past Seminole and into eastern Oklahoma.
KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says the storms are moving fast with 60 mph winds and 1-inch hail. He added that he does not see a lot of rotation with these storms.
6:50 a.m. Wednesday Update: Crews are working to restore to power to an intersection in northwest Oklahoma City. The outage is at the intersection of Northwest 23rd Street and Robinson Avenue. OG&E’s System Watch reports that more than 3,600 customers are without power, with the hardest-hit areas being Midwest City (687 outages), Shady Point (557 outages), Oklahoma City (526 outages) and Moore (465 outages).
KOCO 5’s Shelby Montgomery shows the outage. Open the video player below for her report.
6:48 a.m. Wednesday Update: A tornado warning has been issued for Rogers and Tulsa counties until 7:15 a.m.
The National Weather Service has also removed several counties in the OKC metro from the tornado watch. The counties still in the watch include Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Marray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties.
6:34 a.m. Wednesday Update: A crash is causing a slowdown on westbound Interstate 240 after severe storms brought heavy rain to the Oklahoma City metro early Wednesday morning. Open the video player below to learn more.
6:18 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and Washington counties until 6:30 a.m.
6:15 a.m. Wednesday Update: Damon says 50-55 mph wind gusts have been recorded in Shawnee as storms continue to move east.
6:06 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Hughes, McClain, Murray, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole and Stephens counties until 6:45 a.m.
6 a.m. Wednesday Update: The tornado watch that’s in effect until 10 a.m. has been trimmed again. The counties included in the watch are Cleveland, Coal, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Jefferson, Lincoln, McClain, Murray, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, and Stephens.
5:55 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Storm Chaser Amanda Benton says pea-sized hail and torrential rain are falling near Chandler. Open the video player below for her report.
5:52 a.m. Wednesday Update: Damon says western Oklahoma is done with storms for the day, and the storms are moving east of the OKC metro. The line of storms also is moving toward Pauls Valley.
5:47 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Cleveland, McClain and Oklahoma counties until 6 a.m. Another warning has been issued for Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and Washington counties until 6:30 a.m.
5:36 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Lincoln, Logan and Payne counties until 6:15 a.m.
5:30 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5’s Audrey Goodson says heavy rain was falling in Edmond. The rainfall was so heavy that it was making visibility extremely low on I-35 near 15th Street. Open the video player below for her report.
5:28 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Cleveland, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain and Stephens counties until 6:15 a.m. Another severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 5:45 a.m. for Creek, Osage and Pawnee counties.
5:23 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain and Oklahoma counties until 6 a.m. Damon says the storm is warned for half dollar-sized hail.
5:21 a.m. Wednesday Update: The National Weather Service trimmed the tornado watch zone again. The watch includes: Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington, Craig, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Wagoner, Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore, Ottawa, and Sequoyah counties.
5:18 a.m. Wednesday Update: Storms have moved into the OKC metro, with heavy rain falling in downtown OKC. KOCO 5’s Shelby Montgomery shows what’s happening. Open the video player below for her report.
5:14 a.m. Wednesday Update: Damon says 60 mph wind gusts were reported at the airport on the north side of Stillwater.
5:11 a.m. Wednesday Update: While a tornado watch remains in effect until 10 a.m., the National Weather Service continues to trim out counties from the watch. Here are the counties that are still under the tornado watch: Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Jefferson, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Murray, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Stephens, and Tillman.
5:08 a.m. Wednesday Update: A tornado warning has been issued for Osage County until 5:30 a.m. A severe thunderstorm warning also was issued for Lincoln, Logan, Noble and Payne counties until 5:30 a.m.
5:04 a.m. Wednesday Update: Damon says storms will be in Norman in the next 15 minutes as they continue to be fast-moving across central Oklahoma.
4:54 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Lincoln, Logan, Noble and Payne counties until 5:30 a.m.
4:40 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Caddo, Canadian and Grady counties until 4:45 a.m. Another was issued for Caddo and Comanche counties until 4:45 a.m.
The National Weather Service has trimmed the areas included in the tornado watch, that remains in effect until 10 a.m. Wednesday. Below are the counties still included in the watch: Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Murray, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Stephens, and Tillman.
4:33 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 First Alert Storm Chaser Amanda Benton says 40-50 mph winds have been recorded south of Piedmont.
4:30 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says storms are expected to move into the OKC metro by 5 a.m.
Damon also says storms are right on top of Ponca City right now, bringing lightning and rain to the area.
4:27 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Kay County until 5 a.m. The National Weather Service has added a tornado tag to storms moving into Kay County. KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says a tag is a precursor to a tornado warning, which has not been issued.
4:23 a.m. Wednesday Update: A handful of severe thunderstorm warnings have just been issued for a line of storms moving across Oklahoma. Below is a look at the newly issued warnings:
- Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and Payne counties until 5 a.m.
- Osage and Pawnee counties until 5 a.m.
- Tillman County until 4:45 a.m.
- Caddo, Comanche and Kiowa counties until 4:45 a.m.
4:15 a.m. Wednesday Update: The severe storms have produced a lot of lightning so far this morning. KOCO 5 Field Meteorologist Michael Armstrong was on Highway 270 south of Calumet, where he captured a lightning show. Open the video player below to watch.
4 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Tillman County until 4:45 a.m. Another severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Garfield, Grant, Kay and Noble counties until 4:30 a.m.
3:58 a.m. Wednesday Update: The tornado watch that is in effect until 10 a.m. has been trimmed to the following counties: Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Hughes, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Murray, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Stephens, Washita, Cotton, Jefferson, and Tillman.
3:55 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kiowa and Washita counties until 4:45 a.m.
3:47 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder shows you the latest severe weather timeline, saying strong tornadoes are possible, but the storms could produce large hail and damaging winds.
The storms started around 3 a.m. Wednesday in east-central Oklahoma near El Reno and Enid and will reach the OKC metro around 4 a.m. Jonathan says we’re going to look for storms to develop as they move through central Oklahoma.
>> Open the video player below for the severe storm timeline.
The line of fast-moving storms will move east of Interstate 35 and the OKC metro by 6 a.m. Wednesday. They’ll be in eastern and southeastern Oklahoma from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
After 7 a.m., Jonathan says the highest storm risk is in southeastern Oklahoma, where there’s a level 3 enhanced risk. Outside of Oklahoma, a very rare level 5 high risk has been issued for the Mississippi River Valley.
3:45 a.m. Wednesday update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Garfield, Grant, Kay and Noble counties until 4:30 a.m.
3:37 a.m. Wednesday Update: The First Alert Weather Team says 80 mph winds have been recorded in Enid as fast-moving storms move through the area. The emergency manager in the area also said quarter-sized hail has been reported.
3:35 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Blaine, Canadian and Kingfisher counties until 4:15 a.m.
3:32 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder that nickel-sized hail has been reported on the west side of Enid.
3:18 a.m. Wednesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher and Major counties until 3:45 a.m.
2:50 a.m. Wednesday Update: A tornado watch has been issued for several counties throughout Oklahoma, including in the OKC metro, until 10 a.m. Wednesday. The watch was issued for the following counties: Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Hughes, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Major, Murray, Noble, OK; Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Stephens, Washita, Craig, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Pittsburg, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington.
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2:45 a.m. Wednesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says the cap held on Tuesday, but more storms are possible early Wednesday morning. The window we’re looking at is 3-6 a.m., and the threat comes with possible large hail and tornadoes.
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10:30 p.m. Tuesday Update: A second wave of severe storms are expected to work their way across Oklahoma early Wednesday morning. The main threats with the storms include the potential for tornadoes, strong wind gusts and large hail.
9:10 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has allowed the tornado watch for Oklahoma to expire. There is still the potential for severe weather for the state throughout Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning.
8:35 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has canceled a tornado watch for a number of Oklahoma counties Tuesday night.
Counties that are still under the watch until midnight include Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie, Pontotoc, Seminole and Garvin counties.
Cities that could be impacted include Ada, Blanchard, Lindsay, Moore, Newcastle, Norman, Pauls Valley, Purcell, Seminole, Shawnee, Wewoka, And Wynnewood.
8:10 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 8:30 p.m. for western Garvin County, southeastern Grady County, northeastern Stephens County, south central Cleveland County and southwestern McClain County.
The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and ping pong sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Purcell, Maysville, Elmore City, Pauls Valley, Marlow, Payne, Antioch, Paoli, Wayne, Pernell, Foster, Cox City, Whitebead, Bray, Erin Springs, Velma, Lindsay, and Duncan.
7:55 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for western Garvin County, southeastern Grady County, northeastern Stephens County, south central Cleveland County and southwestern McClain County.
The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and quarter sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Purcell, Maysville, Elmore City, Pauls Valley, Marlow, Payne, Antioch, Paoli, Wayne, Pernell, Foster, Cox City, Whitebead, Bray, Erin Springs, Velma, Lindsay, and Duncan.
The warning is set to expire at 8:30 p.m.
7:40 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 8 p.m. for northwestern Jefferson County and northeastern Cotton and Stephens counties.
The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and half dollar sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Waurika Lake, Temple, Marlow, Walters, Corum, Duncan, Empire City, and Comanche.
7:22 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 8 p.m. for northeastern Kay County.
The main threats associated with storms include quarter sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Newkirk, Hardy, Peckham, Kildare, and Kaw Lake.
7:20 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern Comanche County, northwestern Jefferson County, Cotton County, southwestern Stephens County and southeastern Tillman County.
The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and half dollar sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Cookietown, Waurika Lake, Hulen, Taylor, Empire City, Temple, Walters, Geronimo, Corum, Randlett, Comanche, Devol, and Duncan.
The warning is set to expire at 7:45 p.m.
7:10 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern Comanche County, west central Garvin County, southern Grady County, northeastern Cotton County and northwestern Stephens County.
The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and quarter sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Norge, Central High, Ninnekah, Acme, Hulen, Cox City, Rush Springs, Bray, Marlow, Agawam, and Duncan.
The warning is set to expire at 7:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 7:30 p.m. for northwestern Kay County.
The main threats associated with storms include golf ball sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Braman, Chilocco, and Blackwell Lake.
6:50 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern Kay County and northeastern Grant County.
The main threats associated with storms include half dollar sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Chilocco, Blackwell Lake, Nardin, Braman, and Deer Creek.
The warning is set to expire at 7:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m. Tuesday Update: Some viewers have reported large hail accompanying storms that are tracking across Oklahoma Tuesday evening.
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6:40 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern Comanche County, northwestern Jefferson County, Cotton County, southwestern Stephens County and southeastern Tillman County.
The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and half dollar sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Addington, Cookietown, Waurika Lake, Grandfield, Hulen, Taylor, Hastings, Burkburnett, Temple, Cashion, Walters, Geronimo, Corum, Randlett, Devol, Iowa Park, and Lawton.
The warning is set to expire at 7:15 p.m.
6:30 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kay County, northwestern Noble County, southeastern Grant County and northeastern Garfield County.
The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and baseball sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Hunter, Billings, Tonkawa, Peckham, Blackwell, Lamont, Nardin, Ponca City, Kildare, Newkirk, and Kaw Lake.
The warning is set to expire at 7:15 p.m.
6:10 p.m. Tuesday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 6:30 p.m. for southwestern Kay County, northwestern Noble County, southeastern Grant County and northern Garfield County.
The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and ping pong sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Hunter, Breckenridge, Billings, Enid, Lamont, Kremlin, North Enid and Garber.
6:00 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southwestern Kay County, northwester Noble County, southeastern Grant County, Garfield County and east central Major County.
The main threats associated with storms include wind gusts up to 60 mph and half dollar sized hail.
Locations that could be impacted include Ceres, Hunter, Garber, Enid, Vance Air Force Base, Lamont, Lahoma, Waukomis, Drummond, Breckenridge, Billings, Deer Creek, Fairmont, Kremlin, and North Enid.
The warning is set to expire at 6:30 p.m.
5:15 p.m. Tuesday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of Oklahoma.
Counties under the watch include Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Creek, Custer, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, McClain, Murray, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Rogers, Seminole, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Washington and Washita counties.
The watch is set to expire at midnight.
3:50 p.m. Tuesday Update: Oklahoma City Public Schools has canceled all after-school and evening activities due to the threat of inclement weather.
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3:20 p.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says a tornado watch may be issued in the next 2-3 hours for west-central Oklahoma, including the OKC metro.
He says the Storm Prediction Center has given central Oklahoma a 60% chance of a tornado watch being issued. If storms can develop, Damon says there is a chance for strong tornadoes.
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2:40 p.m. Tuesday Update: Putnam City Schools has canceled all outdoor after-school athletic events on Tuesday out of an abundance of caution because of the forecasted severe storms.
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2:25 p.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder went live on Facebook to give his latest update on the severe weather risk. Click here to learn more from Jonathan.
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12:50 p.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Sabrina Bates says we’ll need to keep an eye on two waves of severe storms, the first coming this afternoon and the next during the overnight hours.
The first line of storms is from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, and the second is after 1 a.m. on Wednesday.
With the first wave, Sabrina says we’re looking for more isolated storms. The second round of storms will come along a cold front.
The risks for the storms include very large hail up to the size of tennis balls and baseball, damaging winds over 70 mph and tornadoes. Sabrina says the tornado risk is 6 out of 10.
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She added that the key thing to remember is if a storm can develop this evening, it will be severe and would likely be high impact. Again, it’s all about whether a storm can break through.
The threat for severe storms is a level 3 enhanced risk, and includes areas like Lawton, Ardmore, Ada, OKC, Seminole, Enid, Stillwater, Ponca City, Bartlesville and Tulsa. The surrounding areas have a level 2 slight risk near Alva, Clinton, Hobart, Altus, Durant and McAlester.
There’s also a level 1 marginal risk in western as well as southeastern Oklahoma.
10:50 a.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says if tornado warnings are issued today for central Oklahoma and the OKC metro, it would be between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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9:10 a.m. Tuesday Update: The threat for severe storms has been upgraded, as an enhanced risk stretches from northern Oklahoma, through central Oklahoma and to southern Oklahoma. Areas included in the level 3 enhanced area are: Oklahoma City, Norman, Stillwater, Ada, Lawton, Enid, Ponca City, Tulsa and Bartlesville.
There’s also a level 2 slight risk in the surrounding areas like Elk City, altus, Ardmore, McAlester and Muskogee. Western and southeastern Oklahoma have a level 1 marginal risk.
KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane there’s a chance for isolated supercells to develop tennis ball-sized hail and a risk for tornadoes. The storm chances the afternoon are conditional, but they’ll quickly become severe if they do develop.
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KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder added that supercells that do form tonight will post a risk to produce strong and/or long-tracked tornadoes. That’s not locked in, but the risk is real.
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Jonathan also says the storms could produce baseball-sized hail in the level 3 enhanced zone. Not every storm will produce hail that large, but any supercell that moves through that zone will have the ingredients to produce destructive hail.
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7:45 a.m. Tuesday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says the tornado index is 6 out of 10 for areas north of the OKC metro to Enid, Stillwater, Ponca City and Bartlesville. According to Jonathan, there’s a strong chance that north-central Oklahoma could see strong tornadoes.
West-central Oklahoma from Altus, Hobart, Clinton and Alva to southern Oklahoma and the eastern and northeastern parts of the state have a tornado index of 4-5. The tornado index in western and part of southeastern Oklahoma is 2-3.
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Jonathan says large hail is also possible with the storm threat. Areas near Alva, Enid, the OKC metro, Stillwater, Tulsa, Ponca City and Bartlesville could see baseball-sized hail.
The timeline for severe storms starts in the afternoon, as Jonathan says an isolated storm could pop up after 4 p.m. from Altus, Woodward and Alva, through the OKC metro and to Ardmore, Seminole, Stillwater and Ponca City.
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There is a higher chance that storms will back-build out of Kansas near Woodward, Alva and Enid from midnight to 3 a.m. Wednesday. Jonathan says he believes it’ll really ramp up between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. in Enid, the OKC metro, Seminole, Stillwater, Ponca City and Bartlesville.
The storms will then move east of Interstate 35 toward Ada, McAlester and Tulsa after 7 a.m. on Wednesday.
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