Flood Watch Issued for Comanche County and 30 Other Oklahoma Counties Through Thursday

Lawton and the rest of Comanche County are included in a Flood Watch issued by the National Weather Service in Norman, running from Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon. The watch covers 31 Oklahoma counties plus five in northern Texas, with storms expected to develop in western Oklahoma Tuesday evening and push east through Thursday.

This is a multi-round setup rather than a single line of storms. Threats include golf ball-sized hail, wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour, and a low tornado potential. Rainfall totals could reach six inches in western Oklahoma and five inches across central Oklahoma and western north Texas, with Altus, Clinton, Oklahoma City, Enid, Stillwater, and Ponca City in the heaviest band. Locally, watch for water on low-lying roads and rising creeks near the Wichita Mountains, especially during the Wednesday morning and Thursday commutes toward Fort Sill.

Now is the time to charge your devices, confirm emergency alerts are enabled, and plan around the wettest windows if you have outdoor events or travel scheduled. Keep an umbrella handy and check the radar before heading out. Where’s the spot in Lawton you always avoid when it floods? Let us know in the comments.