Strong storms will move through the state Monday afternoon with tornadoes, heavy rain and high winds, and some hail is expected from most storm systems.

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A confirmed tornado moved quickly northeast over Lake Tenkiller and into Cookson around 3 p.m. Chief Meteorologist Travis Meyer said this will extend toward Keys and eventually Tahlequah.

The Talala area experienced tornado-like weather around 1 p.m. News On 6 has crews working to gather information on that event.

Watches and warnings:

Monday’s storms are split into two strong sections, with one storm covering the north and one covering the south.

A tornado warning has been issued for Cherokee and Wagoner County so far 3:15 PM

In the Southeast, Tornado Warnings have been issued for Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee and Sequoyah Counties until 3:30 PM.

To the north, a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Ottawa County 3:30 PM.

A Tornado Watch has been issued for Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, Le Flore, Lincoln, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington County to 6 p.m.

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Oklahoma rainfall

Several periods of heavy rainfall have produced totals of several inches across the area, and further periods of heavy rainfall will continue until the main system ends.

Local flood warnings remain in force in some locations this morning, with much of the area also remaining under Flood Watch until this evening. Scattered storms continue to linger across eastern Oklahoma this morning, bringing heavy rain. A few cells can cause gusts of wind and some hail.

A warm front will be positioned over southern OK early this morning and will begin to lift northwestward as the main upper level trough approaches and air pressure begins to drop. A surface area of ​​low pressure should develop early this morning in western areas of North Texas and reach central OK around noon to 1 p.m.

Later this morning into the afternoon, the main upper level system will approach the region, bringing a dry line and a Pacific cold front into the area and increasing the potential for severe storms. All forms of severe weather are possible, including tornadoes.

Additional tornado watches will likely be issued later today for locations along and east of the I-44 corridor through the eastern third of the state into Arkansas and surrounding areas.

Highs today will reach the lower 70s with storm chances including severe threats through at least noon through afternoon later tonight from the metro eastward into Arkansas. There is a chance of southerly winds with speeds of 25 to 40 km/h, with conditions being mainly cloudy.

This low will move to the northeast this afternoon. A dry line is associated with the low surface. Along and ahead of the dry line and close to and south of the warm front, the chance of tornadoes is greatest later today and early this evening. In addition to hail, heavy gusts of wind may also occur.

While scattered storms will continue across the eastern third of the state this morning, additional strong to severe storm chances will return early this afternoon near I-35, moving near the Tulsa metro around 3 p.m. along and east of Highway 69 around 6:00 PM to 8:00 AM. p.m

Most storms leave the state around 8 to 9 p.m. Please understand that the timing of thunderstorms is subject to change.

The front should clear the area later this evening with cooler and drier air following the frontal passage. The strong upper-level jet, with winds of 90 to 100 knots at mid-level, won’t clear the area until early Tuesday morning, but we expect dry air to quickly wrap into the system and end the precipitation as it moves out of the state is blown.

The exception could be a few spotty showers early Tuesday morning in far southeastern OK. Seasonal and pleasant conditions are likely on Election Day and Wednesday before another strong upper level system begins to impact our weather Thursday for part of the weekend with additional chances for thunderstorms, including severe weather threats.

On Election Day, there will be decreasing clouds with morning lows in the upper 40s and lower 50s with highs in the lower to mid 60s. Light northerly winds are likely for most of the day into early Wednesday morning, with lows in the morning to mid 40 degrees.

Southerly winds return Wednesday afternoon at 10 to 15 mph, with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid to upper 60s.

Some inconsistencies in the data will cause storm chances to spread out from Thursday through at least Saturday until more confidence develops in a specific scenario for higher chances of storms. Based on the upper air pattern, severe weather threats will be listed beginning Thursday evening through part of the weekend.

Emergency information: outages in Oklahoma:

Northeastern Oklahoma has several utility companies and electric cooperatives, many of which have overlapping coverage areas. Below you will find a link to various outage maps.

PSO failure card

OG&E outage map

VVEC fault map

Indian Electric Cooperative (IEC) outage map.

Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives Outage Map – (Note: several smaller cooperatives are included)

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