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A tornado watch is in effect until 11 p.m. for much of eastern Oklahoma.
The watch is actually two watches. The first is in effect until 9 p.m. for the following counties: Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah, Tulsa and Wagoner.
Another watch runs until 11 p.m. for Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and Washington counties.
The watches come as cleanup continues from Saturday's tornadoes across eastern Oklahoma. Very warm afternoon temperatures in addition to moisture in the air created favorable conditions for storms to form.
At 6 p.m., severe thunderstorms were already forming to the west of Tulsa and moving to the northeast. The storms will likely become severe quickly with large hail and damaging winds the main threat.
The risk of severe thunderstorms is greatest across eastern Oklahoma and far northwestern Arkansas through the evening, then shifting to southeastern Oklahoma and west-central Arkansas overnight.
The area at greatest risk for tornadoes is west of a line from Grove to just south of McAlester, especially between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.
The cold front is expected to push through into southeastern Oklahoma by midnight, but stall, giving the area chances for thunderstorms again on Wednesday and Thursday.
Stay with NewsChannel 8 for the latest severe weather information.
Learn More:
Tornado Safety Rules
Flooding Safety Rules
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