Live Updates: Tornado Watch Issued For Northeast Oklahoma

Severe weather threats return to Green Country on Wednesday.

A line of strong to severe storms is expected to form in western to north-central Oklahoma by late afternoon along a cold front, pushing southeast through the night with severe weather embedded until early Thursday morning.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Craig, Delaware and Ottawa Co until 11 p.m.

Tornado Watches

A tornado watch has been issued for several counties in Northeast Oklahoma until midnight.

Counties included are:

1. Craig
2. Creek
3. Haskell
4. Hughes
5. Lincoln
6. Mayes
7. McIntosh
8. Muskogee
9. Nowata
10. Okfuskee
11. Okmulgee
12. Osage
13. Ottawa
14. Pawnee
15. Pittsburg
16. Rogers
17. Tulsa
18. Wagoner
19. Washington

Here is a general timeline for the main severe threats according to Chief Meteorologist Travis Meyer:

1. Northwest of Tulsa: 7 p.m. — 10 p.m.
2. Tulsa Metro & I-44 corridor: 10 p.m. — noon
3. Southeast of Tulsa: noon — 3 a.m.

Large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes are all possible. The tornado risk will be moderate during the initial storms through the evening, with an increased focus on damaging winds and embedded spin-ups after midnight and into early Thursday.