SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING: Take Immediate Shelter!
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect until 8:00 PM CDT tonight for parts of Jackson, Tillman, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, and Wilbarger Counties, with 70 mph wind gusts and potential damage. Take immediate shelter.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for parts of Jackson and Tillman Counties in Oklahoma, and Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, and Wilbarger Counties in Texas, effective immediately until 8:00 PM CDT tonight, October 14, 2026.
The National Weather Service (NWS) Norman OK has issued this warning. At 7:36 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were detected along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of Eldorado to 5 miles east of Thalia to near Red Springs, moving northeast at 40 mph.
The primary hazard is 70 mph wind gusts, which radar indicated. This level of wind is expected to cause considerable tree damage. Damage to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings is likely.
Locations impacted include, but are not limited to, Vernon, Seymour, Quanah, Crowell, Chillicothe, Elmer, Red Springs, Thalia, Bomarton, Margaret, Lockett, Lake Kemp, Mabelle, Vera, Medicine Mound, Fargo, Odell, Oklaunion, Grayback, and Rhineland.
For your protection, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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