Weather Alerts For Wakita, OK

Watch county notification for watch 86 National Weather Service Norman OK 850 PM CDT Wed Apr 1 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern Kansas Western and Central Oklahoma Western North Texas * Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 440 PM until Midnight CDT. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3 inches in diameter likely SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms posing a risk for very large hail, damaging gusts and a few tornadoes (a couple possibly strong/EF-2+) will be possible through this evening. Storm coverage is expected to increase over the next couple of hours across western OK and western North Texas, and spread east through the evening. Initially discrete cells are expected to develop into a line as convection spreads east, increasing potential for damaging gusts with time into the nighttime hours, though a tornado and hail risk also will persist. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 110 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles east northeast of Medicine Lodge KS to 70 miles south southwest of Wichita Falls TX. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 85... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24035.

Closest strike: 12.78 miles Storms Approaching Stay alert and frequently check WeatherBug to see if storms are moving toward you. Be mindful that new storms can also form with little notice.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornado potential will continue across the southern and central Plains this evening and overnight. Strong storms are also possible from parts of the Ohio Valley, central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic. 01Z Update Severe thunderstorms with a history of damaging winds are currently located across southwest Oklahoma. This complex will continue to move northeast this evening, aided by mesoscale circulations associated with a mesolow/MCV across western Oklahoma. As the low-level jet increases this evening, an increase in tornado potential will be possible across portions of Tornado Watch #86. See Mesoscale Discussion #325 for more information. Elsewhere, clusters of strong-to-severe thunderstorms will be possible across southeast Kansas into southwest Missouri along a surface boundary. Although deep-layer shear is somewhat less than areas to the south and west, the presence of a low-level boundary, an increasing low-level jet, and sufficient low-level instability will continue to support some severe potential -- including tornadoes -- for several more hours. A hail and wind threat will also persist for several more hours across southwest Texas where MUCAPE values between 1000-1500 J/kg and deep-layer shear around 40 knots will support at least some supercell threat.