Headline:
Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 4:36PM CDT until May 19 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Norman OK
Event:
Tornado Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 2:36pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 226 IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
ALFALFA BLAINE DEWEY
ELLIS HARPER MAJOR
WOODS WOODWARD
IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
CADDO COMANCHE COTTON
GREER HARMON JACKSON
KIOWA TILLMAN
IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA
BECKHAM CUSTER ROGER MILLS
WASHITA
IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN TEXAS
ARCHER BAYLOR FOARD
HARDEMAN KNOX WICHITA
WILBARGER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALTUS, ALVA, ANADARKO, ARCHER CITY,
ARNETT, BUFFALO, BURNS FLAT, CARMEN, CHEROKEE, CHEYENNE, CLINTON,
CORDELL, CROWELL, ELK CITY, FAIRVIEW, FARGO, FREDERICK, GAGE,
GEARY, GRANITE, HAMMON, HELENA, HINTON, HOBART, HOLLIDAY, HOLLIS,
KNOX CITY, LAKESIDE CITY, LAVERNE, LAWTON, LEEDEY, MANGUM,
MUNDAY, OKEENE, QUANAH, SAYRE, SCOTLAND, SEILING, SENTINEL,
SEYMOUR, SHATTUCK, SHEPPARD AFB, SNYDER, TALOGA, TEMPLE, VERNON,
VICI, WALTERS, WATONGA, WEATHERFORD, WICHITA FALLS, AND WOODWARD.
Area Description:
Alfalfa, OK; Beckham, OK; Blaine, OK; Caddo, OK; Comanche, OK; Cotton, OK; Custer, OK; Dewey, OK; Ellis, OK; Greer, OK; Harmon, OK; Harper, OK; Jackson, OK; Kiowa, OK; Major, OK; Roger Mills, OK; Tillman, OK; Washita, OK; Woods, OK; Woodward, OK; Archer, TX; Baylor, TX; Foard, TX; Hardeman, TX; Knox, TX; Wichita, TX; Wilbarger, TX
Forcast Office:
NWS Norman OK
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov