Oklahoma Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/17/2026 17:38

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 17 at 7:38PM CDT until April 17 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 17, 2026 - 5:38pm
Expires: 
April 17, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description: 
SVRTSA The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma... Washington County in northeastern Oklahoma... West central Nowata County in northeastern Oklahoma... * Until 830 PM CDT. * At 737 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Foraker to 2 miles northwest of Pearsonia to 9 miles southeast of Shidler to 4 miles southeast of Fairfax, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. 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 in or near the path include... Bartlesville... Pawhuska... Dewey... Fairfax... Barnsdall... Copan... Ramona... Shidler... Wynona... Ochelata... Avant... Burbank... Wann... Grainola... Foraker... Bigheart... Bartlesville Municipal Airport... Osage Hills State Park... Pearsonia... Hulah...
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northeastern Oklahoma.
Area Description: 
Nowata, OK; Osage, OK; Washington, OK
Forcast Office: 
NWS Tulsa OK
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov