Oklahoma Media - Weather Coverage

[SoonerDave]

This isn't true and hasn't been for years. The NWS now issues polygon warnings, which can affect all, part, or none of a county. Here is an example from yesterday down in southwest Oklahoma:

Perfect demonstration of having the proper information in hand. Loco, would you happen to have a snip from any one of those tor warns from Purcell around 3pm yesterday? I'd like to see the polygon for it if you happen to be able to find it.

[LocoAko]

Perfect demonstration of having the proper information in hand. Loco, would you happen to have a snip from any one of those tor warns from Purcell around 3pm yesterday? I'd like to see the polygon for it if you happen to be able to find it.

Here ya go -- the two tornado warnings issued for that storm.







Edited to add: Forgot one, as woodyrr pointed out.

I know about polygon warnings, but the weather radio would still go off for everyone in that county. the specific coordinates would be difficult to convey over a radio or text based system.

This is true. I'm not sure of the actual protocol for how people know when to issue warnings. But I was in Norman at the time and heard no sirens despite us being even closer to the Tornado Warning, so there's clearly a way to not sound the sirens unilaterally if any part of the county is in the warning. It is hard without the actual city boundaries but I'm pretty sure not even the far SE reaches of OKC were ever in a Tornado Warning yesterday as they only reach NW of Pink. If it did, it was by a couple feet of the SE OKC reaches.