WATCH LIVE: Tornado warning issued for northern Oklahoma

Tornadoes have already spun up as severe warnings were issued amid a PDS tornado watch Saturday in Oklahoma.KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane and the First Alert Weather are tracking the severe storms as they move across Oklahoma. Open the video player above to watch live coverage. >> Check live radar | KOCO weather page | Get KOCO on the GoBelow is a running blog of the latest severe weather updates in Oklahoma. Check back for the latest developments. 9:21 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning was issued for Kay, Noble and Garfield counties until 10 p.m. 9:07 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Osage and Pawnee counties until 10 p.m. 8:50 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm has been issued for Osage and Pawnee counties until 9 p.m.8:45 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Noble and Payne counties until 9 p.m.8:33 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Noble and Payne counties.8:36 p.m. Saturday Update: The tornado warning in Love County will be allowed to expire.A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Osage and Pawnee counties until 9 p.m.8:32 p.m. Saturday Update: Law enforcement told KOCO 5 Storm Chaser Nick Smith that a tornado was confirmed on the east side of Interstate 35 near Lake McMurtry. 8:31 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Kay County until 9:15 p.m.8:28 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning for Carter, Johnston, Love and Marshall counties has been continued until 8:45 p.m.8:26 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Noble and Payne counties until 9 p.m.8:25 p.m. Saturday Update: KOCO 5 Storm Chaser Buck King followed storms that were in northwestern and northern Oklahoma that crossed into Kansas. That storm produced a tornado, directly hitting a home near Anthony, Kansas. Open the video player below to learn more.8:13 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning has been issued for Carter, Johnston, Love and Marshall counties until 8:45 p.m.Storm Chaser Nick Smith is tracking the storm near Marietta, saying he spotted a possible tornado and seeing a lowering.8:07 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning has been issued for Carter, Johnston, Love and Marshall counties until 8:45 p.m.8:01 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning has been issued for Carter and Love counties until 8:15 p.m.8 p.m. Saturday Update: Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for Garfield, Kingfisher, Noble, Osage and Pawnee counties.7:58 p.m. Saturday Update: Severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for Garfield, Grant and Alfalfa counties.7:47 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning has been issued for Carter and Love counties until 8:15 p.m.7:34 p.m. Saturday Update: KOCO 5 viewers have shared pictures of large hail that fell earlier in the day in Oklahoma. Click here to see how large the hail stones were.7:33 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Alfalfa County until 8 p.m.7:27 p.m. Saturday Update: The Woodward County Emergency Manager told KOCO 5 that two barns were destroyed and a home southwest of Mutual had minor damage after a tornado hit. Officials also said seven power poles were down east of Mutual, adding that the tornado’s path so far is 2.5 miles. No injuries have been reported yet.7:23 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Grant and Kay counties until 8 p.m.7:20 p.m. Saturday Update: Meteorologist Michael Armstrong found some power poles that were knocked and leaning over near Ames in Major County. He said 70 mph winds were recorded in the area when storms moved through earlier in the day. Open the video player below to learn more.7:14 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Caddo, Kiowa and Washita counties until 8 p.m.7:11 p.m. Saturday Update: Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for Alfalfa, Woods, Garfield, Grant and Major counties.7:05 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Carter, Jefferson and Love counties.7:04 p.m. Saturday Update: The tornado warnings in northwestern Oklahoma have dropped off the radar, but strong storms that bring a threat of large hail continues to move across the state. A tornado warning is still in effect for southern Oklahoma near the state border.6:56 p.m. Saturday Update: Due to the tornado-warned storms, Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics has been moved to MeTV.6:55 p.m. Saturday Update: Tornado warnings were issued for Blaine, Major and Woods counties until 7 p.m.6:52 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major and Woods counties until 7:30 p.m.6:47 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning was issued for Jefferson and Love counties until 7:30 p.m.6:45 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning was issued for Major and Woods counties until 7 p.m.6:35 p.m. Saturday Update: KOCO 5 Storm Chaser Shane Helton spotted a tornado on the ground near Chester in northwestern Oklahoma. Radar is picking up debris in the area. 6:27 p.m. Saturday Update: Tornado warnings are in effect for different storm cells in Major, Woods, Woodward, Blaine and Dewey counties.6:19 p.m. Saturday Update: Another tornado warning has been issued for a different storm in Major and Woodward counties until 7 p.m.6:15 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning has been issued for Major, Woods and Woodward counties until 7 p.m.6:06 p.m. Saturday Update: Severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for Jefferson, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher and Major counties. 5:56 p.m. Saturday Update: Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for Major, Woodward, Harper and Woods counties until 6:30 p.m.5:48 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Dewey, Ellis and Woodward counties until 6 p.m.5:35 p.m. Saturday Update: Severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect for Ellis, Harper, Woodward and Stephens counties until 6:15 p.m. 5:21 p.m. Saturday Update: Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for Cotton, Caddo, Grady, Dewey, Ellis and Woodward counties.5:15 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Caddo, Comanche, Grady and Kiowa counties until 5:45 p.m.5:10 p.m. Saturday Update: Beats & Bites Festival at Riverwind Casino has been postponed. The next one will be on June 22.5:08 p.m. Saturday Update: Severe thunder storm warnings have been issued for Ellis, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and Washita counties until 5:45 p.m.5 p.m. Saturday Update: Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for Harper, Beaver, Kiowa, Washita, Cotton, Tillman, Grady and Stephens counties.4:48 p.m. Saturday Update: The tornado warning for Tillman county has been dropped. Severe thunderstorm warnings, however, are in effect for Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman and Washita counties until 5:15 p.m.Damon says the storms are warned for hail the size of tennis balls and baseballs.4:32 p.m. Saturday Update: A particularly dangerous situation was issued for the tornado warning in Tillman County. Damon says there also have been reports of baseball-sized hail with that storm.4:29 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Caddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa and Tillman counties until 5:15 p.m.4:25 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Comanche, Cotton and Tillman counties until 5 p.m.4:22 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Jackson and Kiowa counties until 4:45 p.m.4:13 p.m. Saturday Update: A tornado warning was issued for Tillman County in southwestern Oklahoma until 4:45 p.m.3:59 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa and Tillman counties until 4:30 p.m.3:49 p.m. Saturday Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Jackson and Tillman counties until 4:15 p.m.3:35 p.m. Saturday Update: A particularly dangerous situation tornado watch has been issued until 11 p.m. for several counties across Oklahoma. The watch was issued for the following counties: Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Creek, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Love, McClain, Major, Marshall, Murray, Noble, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Seminole, Stephens, Tillman, Washita, Woods and Woodward.3:15 p.m. Saturday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says a particularly dangerous situation watch will be issued soon. He says it’s reserved for the highest-end tornado days. Supercells with the risk for strong and long-track tornadoes are possible for western to central and part of eastern Oklahoma.Click here to learn more about what a PDS tornado watch is.9 a.m. Saturday Update: Much of northern and central to west-central Oklahoma, including the OKC metro, has a level-four moderate risk for storms, and the threat lessens in surrounding areas.KOCO 5 Meteorologist Taylor Cox says the storms will move into western Oklahoma between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. and continue east into west-central and central Oklahoma from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. before going into the eastern part of the state after 9 p.m.Taylor says you should be weather-aware after 4 p.m. on Saturday. The storms could produce tornadoes, 80 mph winds and softball-sized hail.The tornado risk for the areas under the moderate risk is a 7 out of 10. Taylor says the area could see long-tracked supercells that may produce tornadoes.Softball-sized hail is possible near Alva and Ponca City, and much of the rest of the state could get hail stones the size of tennis balls and baseballs. Taylor says damaging wind speeds could reach 80-90 mph in far northeastern Oklahoma, 70-80 mph between Stillwater, Ponca City and Bartlesville and 60-70 mph for much of the rest of the state, including the OKC metro. Taylor shows when you can expect to see storms in your area. Open the video player above for the latest severe weather timeline. Be sure to download the KOCO 5 App to receive customized weather alerts. You can watch our team coverage on the app, too.>> Check Closings>> Check Live, Interactive Radar>> Watch KOCO 5 Coverage>> Download the KOCO 5 App on iPhone>> Download the KOCO 5 App on Android>> “Like” KOCO 5 on Facebook>> “Follow” KOCO 5 on X>> Stream KOCO 5 weather updates anytime on the Very Local app

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