Washington County Storm Chasers

04/27/2026

Sirens may go off in Bartlesville. Storm is tracking more towards Copan and Dewey. Be ready to take your precautions.

04/27/2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY... At 803 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm with strong low level rotation that could produce a tornado at any time was located near Foraker, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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 in or near the path include... Foraker... Bigheart... Pearsonia... Sunset Lake...

04/26/2026

Look at this storm!

Picture taken by Unit 2 outside of Lenapah last night.

This was taken just outside of Lenapah, Oklahoma, on 4-25-2026.

The winds behind it were crazy. I'd say around 2-4 minutes of intense winds of 60+ mph. Then in the matter of 10ish seconds, winds went from 60+, to calm.

Love Shelf clouds!

04/25/2026

Stay weather aware today. Storms should fire up around 6pm. All modes of severe weather are possible.

04/24/2026

04/18/2026

Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
752 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Tornado Warning for... Northeastern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 752 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 4 miles north of Pawhuska, moving east at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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 in or near the path include... Bartlesville... Pawhuska... Bigheart... Osage Hills State Park... Bartlesville Municipal Airport... Hulah... Okesa... Sunset Lake... Wah Sha She State Park...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement 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.

04/18/2026

04/17/2026

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04/15/2026

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
526 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-161030-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
526 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026
..SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL THROUGH TONIGHT...

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.
DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
TORNADO.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Northeast and East-Central Oklahoma and Western Arkansas.
ONSET...This Afternoon.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...Elevated.
AREA...Northeast and East-Central Oklahoma and Western Arkansas.
ONSET...This Afternoon.

FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
ONSET...This Evening.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas.
ONSET...Mid-morning.

DISCUSSION...

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon
across northeast and east-central Oklahoma into western Arkansas.
The storms will be developing in an unstable and strongly sheared
environment and will be capable of producing higher-end severe
weather, in the form of very large hail, locally damaging winds
and tornadoes. Storms are expected to gradually grow upscale into
a complex and move east into the evening, with the threat
transitioning to damaging wind and quick spin-up tornadoes. The
severe weather threat is expected to wane after midnight. Swaths
of locally heavy rainfall will warrant a limited flash flood
threat across northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas.

04/15/2026

Hey to all of pur Independence folks, there is a bit of a stron cell headed your way. You will probably have a lot of wind and maybe some small hail. Spin ups can happen before you know it so make sure you have your alerts on.