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Extreme Fire Weather Concerns; Severe Thunderstorms from the Plains to Mississippi Valley

Extremely critical fire weather concerns for portions of the southern High Plans as strong wind and very dry conditions could result in rapid spread of any fires. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms are expected once again across areas of the Central and Southern Plains, then spreading in the Mississippi Valley regions on Monday. Damaging winds, very large hail and strong tornadoes are possible. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Sun, May 3, 2026 at 3:54:37 am CDT

Elevated to near-critical fire weather conditions are expected on Sunday afternoon across portions of northern and western Oklahoma.
A dry and warm weekend is expected across much of Oklahoma and western-north Texas. Enjoy!

Local Weather History For May 2nd...
To start the year 2018, no tornadoes were recorded in Oklahoma from
January 1 through April 30, the first time with no tornadoes during
this stretch since weather records began. A brief, weak tornado
occurred on May 1 near the Kansas border nroth of Buffalo, bringing
this record stretch to an end. On May 2, several tornadoes occured
from southwest Oklahoma, near Lone Wolf, into the southern part of
the OKC metro. The metro tornado affected northeast sides of Norman
with EF-1 damage. No injuries were reported with any of the
tornadoes.

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