Tornado hits Barnsdall, Bartlesville; Severe storms are moving across Green Country

A large tornado struck the northeastern Oklahoma town of Barnsdall Monday evening, one of several severe storms that struck News On 6's coverage area throughout the evening.

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As of 9:45 p.m., there was no confirmation of damage or injuries from the tornado. The storm moved northeast.

This tornado also moved into parts of Bartlesville around 10 p.m. News On 6 storm tracker Alan Hancock was on the east side of downtown Bartlesville and captured heavy damage to a hotel.

Active clocks and alerts

1. Watch for tornado counties in Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and Sequoyah until 5 a.m
2. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties until 10:45 p.m
3. Tornado warning for Osage, Washington County until 10:15 p.m
4. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Creek, Osage, Pawnee and Tulsa counties until 10:15 p.m
5. A tornado watch is active for Nowata, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties until 11 p.m
6. A tornado warning was issued for Creek, Kay, Lincoln, Noble, Okfuskee, Osage, Pawnee and Payne counties until 11 p.m. There is also a watch for Chautauqua County, Kansas until 11 p.m

What is the weather outlook for this week in Oklahoma?

Severe weather threats are expected for a portion of northeastern OK as this storm system continues late Monday afternoon into the evening and may continue for several more hours overnight before moving away from the region. All types of storms are possible.

Another moderate disturbance will occur Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, with additional severe weather threats occurring along and southeast of I-44 beginning Wednesday morning and continuing into the afternoon.

After the front moves across the area Wednesday morning into the afternoon, we expect a pause for a few days and cooler, drier air moving in across the state.

A ridge of high pressure will settle near the northern OK area Thursday through Friday, bringing sunshine, light winds and below-average but pleasant weather.

Disturbances may occur near the state during part of the weekend, resulting in some rainfall as cooler weather remains. We'll learn more about this scenario on Tuesday.

What is a PDS Tornado Watch?

PDS stands for “particularly dangerous situation”. A PDS tornado watch means the storms that form have the potential to produce long-lived, significant tornadoes.

What is the chance of severe weather in Oklahoma on Monday, May 6th?

A powerful upper system will be near the region on Monday. Strong southeasterly surface winds at speeds of 15 to 30 mph will continue to bring abundant low-level moisture to the state, with afternoon highs reaching the upper 70s to lower 80s across the eastern third of the state.

By this afternoon and evening, a dry line of increasing instability will form in extreme western OK along and east of this feature.

A weak mean upper limit is expected to suppress surface thunderstorm activity this morning through midday, but some areas of isolated storms are possible in eastern OK this afternoon, including a slight threat of severe storms.

From 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., isolated supercell storms will attempt to develop along and east of the dry line across western central to northwest OK. As strong upper-level winds develop over the region, depth layer and velocity shear increase, causing storms to quickly become more severe. These individual storms have the greater potential to produce very large hail and possibly a strong, long-track tornado.

Later this evening, the storms are more likely to solidify in at least one or possibly more line segments and move eastward, becoming a damaging wind threat with embedded tornadic activity.

Due to recent heavy rains, flooding has occurred in some places. Streams and creeks will also rise again over the next few days.

We encourage you to remain aware of the weather in your area this evening as this system approaches your area. Make sure you have a severe weather safety plan in place in case warnings are issued for your area.

Outages across Oklahoma:

Northeast Oklahoma is home to several utilities and electric cooperatives, many with overlapping service areas. Below you will find a link to various failure maps.

PSO failure map

OG&E outage map

VVEC failure map

Indian Electric Cooperative (IEC) outage map.

Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives outage map – (Note that several smaller cooperatives are included)

Alan Crone's Morning Weather Podcast Link from Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5j0ovActG8BZCOTqZQzrfU

Apple's Alan Crone Morning Weather Podcast link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weather-out-the-door/id1499556141?i=1000646589555

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