Newcastle, OK tornado warnings

Newcastle was inside 13 tornado warnings, 169 severe thunderstorm warnings and 31 flash flood warnings from 2016 to 2025, about 1.3, 17 and 3.1 a year, counting warnings whose outline covered the center of Newcastle. The most recent tornado warning there was on June 6, 2025.

In the 12 months to October 19, 2026: 0 tornado warnings, 19 severe thunderstorm warnings, 3 flash flood warnings. 4th of 46 Oklahoma cities on Kinwarn for tornado warnings, 2016 to 2025.

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How many tornado warnings does Newcastle get?

From 2016 to 2025, the center of Newcastle was inside 13 tornado warnings, about 1.3 a year. Severe thunderstorm warnings were more common: 169 severe thunderstorm warnings, about 17 a year. Since the Weather Service started the tag in 2021, 4 severe thunderstorm warnings that covered the center of Newcastle were tagged destructive (winds of 80 mph or more, or hail 2.75 inches or larger) for at least part of the warned area.

The table runs from 2008, the first full year the National Weather Service drew an outline around every warning.

Warnings for Newcastle, OK by year
YearTornadoSevere thunderstormFlash flood
2026 to Oct 190193
20253256
20242184
20235261
2022084
2021185
20200190
20191214
20181144
20170172
20160131
20153169
2014060
20134234
20120171
2011291
20100131
20090170
20080152

Flash flood warnings in Newcastle

The center of Newcastle was inside 31 flash flood warnings from 2016 to 2025, about 3.1 a year, counting warnings whose outline covered the center of Newcastle. The most recent flash flood warning there was on October 14, 2026. The most in one year was 9, in 2015. In the 12 months to October 19, 2026: 3 flash flood warnings. Since 2008, one flash flood warning that covered the center of Newcastle was raised to a flash flood emergency for at least part of the warned area.

A flash flood warning means a flash flood is happening or about to happen. If you are in an area that floods, move to high ground now, and do not drive or walk into floodwater. A flash flood emergency is the rare flash flood warning the National Weather Service issues when a threat to life and catastrophic damage is happening or about to happen.

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Tornadoes near Newcastle

75 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Newcastle since 1950, including 6 rated 4 or 5 on the F or EF scale. The most recent was on June 6, 2025 (EF0, 0.7 miles from the center). The strongest: F5 on May 3, 1999, 4.1 miles away at its closest.

DateRatingClosestPathDeaths
Jun 6, 2025EF00.7 mi1.5 mi0
Jun 6, 2025EF03.5 mi1.3 mi0
Jun 3, 2025EF12.4 mi2.8 mi0
Nov 3, 2024EF10.9 mi7 mi0
Nov 3, 2024EF05 mi1.1 mi0
May 6, 2024EF19.8 mi2.2 mi0
Apr 27, 2024EF08.5 mi1.7 mi0
Apr 27, 2024EF26.9 mi4.9 mi0
Apr 27, 2024EF16.4 mi3.5 mi0
May 11, 2023EF05.3 mi0.4 mi0
May 11, 2023EF01.9 mi2.1 mi0
May 11, 2023EF18.6 mi9.4 mi0

The 12 most recent of 75. Closest is the distance from the center of Newcastle to the tornado’s path. Deaths are for the whole path.

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EF0–EF1EF2–EF3EF4–EF510 miles from the centerRatings before February 2007 are on the older F scale.

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About these numbers

Counts are National Weather Service warnings whose outline covered the center of Newcastle, through October 19, 2026. How Kinwarn counts · Oklahoma data (CSV)

Cite: Kinwarn. “Newcastle, OK tornado warnings.” kinwarn.com/oklahoma/newcastle. National Weather Service data through October 19, 2026.

Sources: IEM warning archive · NWS 2007 outlines · SPC tornado database · Census places · NWS tornado alerts · NWS destructive tag · NWS flood alerts · NWS flash flood tags