Tornado warning issued for central Oklahoma

Severe thunderstorms are firing off Friday, bringing twister menace to Oklahoma as a number of waves of storms are anticipated. >> Go to the KOCO climate web page | Get KOCO on the Go | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning NewsletterBelow is a working weblog for Friday’s extreme storms 9 p.m. Friday Update:Tornado warning issued for northeastern Grady County, southwestern Oklahoma County, northwestern Cleveland County, southeastern Canadian County and northwestern McClain County till 9:45 p.m.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Oklahoma City, northern Norman, Moore, Midwest City, Del City, Newcastle, Mustang, Choctaw, Tuttle, Spencer, Nicoma Park, Valley Brook, Tinker Air Force Base, Stanley Draper Lake, Forest Park, and Smith Village.Those within the affected areas ought to take precautions now.8:45 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has allowed the twister warnings to run out.8:40 p.m. Friday Update:A extreme thunderstorm warning stays in impact for northern Grady County, Oklahoma County, northwestern Cleveland County, south central Logan County, Canadian County and northwestern McClain County till 9:15 p.m. The principal threats are 60 mph wind gusts and nickel-sized hail.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Moore, Midwest City, Del City, El Reno, Newcastle, Blanchard, Yukon, Bethany, Mustang, Warr Acres, The Village, Noble, Tuttle, Piedmont, Slaughterville, Spencer, and Nichols Hills.8:35 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for southeastern Canadian County and northern Grady County till 11:45 p.m.Areas that could possibly be affected by flash flooding embrace southwestern Oklahoma City, El Reno, Newcastle, Yukon, Mustang, Tuttle, Union City and Minco.8:30 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for northern Grady County, Oklahoma County, northwestern Cleveland County, south central Logan County, Canadian County and northwestern McClain County.The principal threats with the storms are 60 mph wind gusts and nickel-sized hail.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Moore, Midwest City, Del City, El Reno, Newcastle, Blanchard, Yukon, Bethany, Mustang, Warr Acres, The Village, Noble, Tuttle, Piedmont, Slaughterville, Spencer, and Nichols Hills.The warning is about to run out at 9:15 p.m.8:28 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for west central Caddo County, northeastern Kiowa County and southeastern Washita County till 11:30 p.m.Areas that might see flash flooding embrace Carnegie, Mountain View and Gotebo.8:25 p.m. Friday Update:A twister warning stays in impact for northwestern Grady County and southeastern Canadian County till 8:45 p.m.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace southwestern Oklahoma City, Tuttle, Union City and Minco.Those within the affected areas ought to take precautions.8:22 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for central Grady County and southeastern Caddo County.The principal threats with the storms are 60 mph wind gusts and quarter sized hail.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Chickasha, Blanchard, Anadarko, Apache, Cyril, Alex, Verden, Cement, Amber, Norge, Bradley, Agawam, Middleberg, Tabler, Lake Chickasha, Ninnekah, Stecker, and Laverty.The warning is about to run out at 9 p.m.8:20 p.m. Friday Update:A extreme thunderstorm warning stays in impact for southwestern Caddo County till 8:30 p.m.The principal threats with the storms are 60 mph wind gusts and quarter sized hail.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Carnegie, Fort Cobb, Fort Cobb Reservoir, and Stecker.8 p.m. Friday Update:A twister warning has been issued for northwestern Grady County, east central Caddo County and southern Canadian County till 8:45 p.m.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace southwestern Oklahoma City, Tuttle, Union City, Minco, and Cogar.Those within the affected areas ought to take precautions now.7:55 p.m. Friday Update:A twister warning has been issued for west central Caddo County till 8:45 p.m.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Carnegie, Fort Cobb, and Fort Cobb Reservoir.Those within the affected areas ought to take shelter now.The National Weather Service has additionally issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for northern Grady County, northeastern Caddo County and Canadian County.The principal threats with the storms are 60 mph wind gusts and nickel-sized hail.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Western Oklahoma City, El Reno, Blanchard, Yukon, Mustang, Tuttle, Piedmont, Hinton, Union City, Minco, Binger, Calumet, Amber, Bridge Creek, Gracemont, Lookeba, Pocasset, Bridgeport, Cogar, and Concho.The warning is about to run out at 8:30 p.m.7:45 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for southeastern Washita County, southwestern Caddo County and northeastern Kiowa County.The principal threats with the storms are golf ball sized hail and 60 mph wind gusts.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Carnegie, Mountain View, Fort Cobb, Fort Cobb Reservoir, and Stecker.The warning is about to run out at 8:30 p.m.7:30 p.m. Friday Update:A twister warning stays in impact for northeastern Caddo and southwestern Canadian counties till 8 p.m.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Binger, Lookeba and Cedar Lake.Those within the affected areas ought to take precautions now.7:20 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a twister warning for northeastern Caddo County and southwestern Canadian County till 8 p.m.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Binger, Lookeba, and Cedar Lake.Take precautions now.7:10 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for northwestern Comanche County, southwestern Caddo County, Jackson County, Kiowa County, northwestern Tillman County, southern Harmon County and southeastern Greer County.The principal threats with the storms are ping pong dimension hail and 60 mph wind gusts.The warning is about to run out at 7:45 p.m.7:05 p.m. Friday Update:A twister warning stays in impact for southeastern Washita and northeastern Kiowa counties till 7:15 p.m.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Mountain View and Gotebo.Take precautions now.7 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for southeastern Washita County, southwestern Caddo County and northeastern Kiowa County.The principal threats with the storms are golf ball sized hail and 60 mph wind gusts.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Carnegie, Mountain View, Fort Cobb, Gotebo, Fort Cobb Reservoir, Alfalfa, Albert, Cloud Chief, and Cowden.The warning is about to run out at 7:45 p.m.6:45 p.m. Friday Update:A twister warning has been issued for southeastern Washita County and northeastern Kiowa County till 7:15 p.m.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Gotebo and Mountain View.Those within the areas affected ought to take shelter now.6:35 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for south central Washita County and north central Kiowa County.The principal threats with the storms are 60 mph wind gusts and quarter sized hail.Areas that could possibly be impacted Hobart and Gotebo.The warning is about to run out at 7 p.m.6 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service studies just one remaining extreme thunderstorm stays in Oklahoma. A extreme thunderstorm warning stays in impact till 6:15 p.m. for west central Osage and northwestern Pawnee CountyThe principal threats with the storms are 60 mph wind gusts and hail the dimensions of quarters.5:25 p.m. Friday Update:A extreme thunderstorm warning stays in impact for south central Kay County and Noble County till 5:45 p.m.The principal threats with the storms are ping pong ball sized hail and wind gusts as much as 60 mph.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Perry, Red Rock, Marland, Sooner Lake, and Ceres.5 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for south central Kay County, Noble County and east central Garfield County.The principal threats with the storms are wind gusts as much as 60 mph and quarter-sized hail.Areas that could possibly be impacted embrace Perry, Red Rock, Marland, Lucien, Sooner Lake, and Ceres.The warning is about to run out at 5:45 p.m.4:20 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for Kingfisher County, southeastern Blaine County, west central Logan County, southwestern Garfield County and northwestern Canadian County.The principal threats with the storms are 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-sized hail.The warning is about to run out at 5 p.m.4:15 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for southeastern Washita County, central Caddo County and northeastern Kiowa County.The principal threats with the storms are ping pong sized hail and wind gusts as much as 60 mph.The warning is about to run out at 5 p.m.3:55 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for southwestern Comanche County, southeastern Jackson County, south central Kiowa County and northern Tillman County.The principal threats with the storms are 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-sized hail.The warning is about to run out at 4:30 p.m.3:35 p.m. Friday Update:The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm warning for northwestern Kay County and southeastern Grant County.The principal threats with the storms are 60 mph wind gusts and hail as much as the dimensions of quarters.The warning is about to run out at 4:15 p.m.A extreme thunderstorm warning can be in impact for southwestern Kay County, northwestern Noble County, and Garfield County till 4:15 p.m.Threats with the storms are wind gusts as much as 60 mph and quarter dimension hail.3:30 p.m. Friday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a extreme thunderstorm watch for Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Custer, Delaware, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Mayes, McClain, Murray, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Rogers, Seminole, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington and Washita counties.The watch is about to run out at 10 p.m.KOCO 5 Meteorologist Mikayla Smith breaks down what it’s essential to know under. Oklahoma Storm Risk A stage 2 slight threat has been issued for nearly all of Oklahoma, and the chance zone consists of the OKC metro. A band close to Woodward and Alva in addition to far southeastern Oklahoma is also beneath a stage 1 marginal threat. Mikayla says storms may produce hail, 60-70 mph wind gusts and flash flooding. There’s additionally a low twister threat. Video Below: Meet the staff of KOCO 5 First Alert Storm Chasers who maintain you secure throughout extreme climateOklahoma Tornado Risk Mikayla says the twister threat for Friday is low however not zero. The twister index for southwestern, central and japanese Oklahoma is 2 out of 10. The window to see tornadoes is 4 p.m. to midnight. Oklahoma Hail Risk The greater threat for Friday will probably be for hail and powerful winds. The largest hail may drop in central, west-central and northern Oklahoma. That zone, which incorporates the OKC metro, may get golf ball-sized hail. Isolated 2-inch hail stones are potential to the west of the OKC metro. Severe Storm Timeline Mikayla says she expects to see two waves of storms on Friday, with the primary beginning within the late afternoon and early night. The window for the primary wave is 4-8 p.m., and the second wave is from 10 p.m. to midnight. The first wave brings the hail, damaging wind, and low twister menace. The second is generally a flooding menace.Radar predictor exhibits some scattered showers round 3 p.m., and storms will probably be in southwestern, central and northern Oklahoma by 5-6 p.m. Friday. Those storms will proceed east of I-35 by 8 p.m., and the vanguard of these storms in southern Oklahoma close to Pauls Valley, Duncan, and Ardmore can have a twister threat. The second wave of storms will transfer into southwestern and central Oklahoma, together with the OKC metro, from 10 p.m. to midnight. That wave of storms will deliver some heavy-duty rain and a flooding threat. Those storms will probably be out of central Oklahoma and into the japanese a part of the state by Saturday morning. KOCO 5 First Alert Weather Team, led by Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane, has been licensed by WeatheRate as offering the Most Accurate Forecast in Oklahoma City for 14 consecutive years. This excellent achievement underscores KOCO 5’s unwavering dedication to delivering dependable climate forecasts to viewers.