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The official Office of Emergency Management for Comanche County and the City of Lawton, Oklahoma, providing emergency information, preparedness guidance, and public safety coordination.

WE'RE HIRING! Comanche County–Lawton Emergency Management is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Planning a...
10/21/2026

WE'RE HIRING!

Comanche County–Lawton Emergency Management is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Planning and Mitigation Officer!

This position plays an important role in strengthening community preparedness, coordinating emergency planning, supporting hazard mitigation initiatives, and helping our community respond to and recover from disasters.

If you're organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about public safety and serving your community, we encourage you to apply!

- Location: Lawton, Oklahoma

- Position: Planning and Mitigation Officer

- Job details and application: Visit www.comanchecountyok.gov and select Employment.

Help us build a safer, more resilient community!

Please share to help us reach qualified candidates!

PLANNING TO BURN BRUSH? KNOW BEFORE YOU BURN!The Comanche County Burn Ban expired on October 19, 2026. While there is cu...
10/21/2026

PLANNING TO BURN BRUSH? KNOW BEFORE YOU BURN!

The Comanche County Burn Ban expired on October 19, 2026. While there is currently NO countywide burn ban in effect, residents should continue practicing responsible outdoor burning.

BEFORE YOU BURN:

Notify Non-Emergency Dispatch: (580) 581-3272. Provide your name, address, and location of the planned burn. This helps dispatch identify controlled burns if smoke is reported.

Check Weather Conditions: Avoid burning during windy conditions, elevated fire danger, or when an ozone or particulate matter alert is in effect.

Prepare Your Burn Area: Clear combustible vegetation around your brush pile to establish a firebreak. Keep water, shovels, and other firefighting equipment readily available.

Follow Burning Hours: Under Oklahoma DEQ regulations, burning must begin no earlier than three hours after sunrise and no later than three hours before sunset.

Burn Only Permitted Materials: Brush, limbs, and other allowable vegetation generated on your property may generally be burned. Never burn tires, plastics, treated lumber, or other prohibited materials.

Never Leave a Fire Unattended: Maintain control of your burn and ensure all flames and embers are completely extinguished before leaving.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

Smoke must not create hazards for nearby roadways or surrounding properties.

Municipalities may have additional restrictions or permit requirements.

Property owners may be held responsible for damages caused by escaped fires.

Even without a burn ban, conditions may be too dangerous for outdoor burning.

If your fire escapes or becomes uncontrollable, call 911 immediately!

đź”— Check the current Comanche County Burn Ban status: https://www.comanchecountyok.gov/298/Comanche-County-Burn-Ban-Information

No Burn Ban Does NOT Mean No Fire Danger!

10/19/2026

BURN BAN HAS EXPIRED FOR COMANCHE COUNTY.

10/15/2026

EVENT: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

ALERT:

SVROUN

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Northwestern Jefferson County in southern Oklahoma...
Southwestern Grady County in central Oklahoma...
Western Stephens County in southern Oklahoma...
Cotton County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Northern Clay County in northern Texas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 906 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles east of Cache to 5 miles west of Temple to 3
miles northwest of Petrolia to near Dean, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Lawton, Duncan, Marlow, Walters, Waurika, Cache, Elgin, Comanche,
Geronimo, Fletcher, Temple, Ryan, Sterling, Petrolia, Byers,
Randlett, Medicine Park, Hastings, Faxon, and Addington.

INSTRUCTIONS:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

TARGET AREA: Comanche, OK; Cotton, OK; Grady, OK; Jefferson, OK; Stephens, OK; Clay, TX

10/15/2026

EVENT: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

ALERT:

SVROUN

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Cotton County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Tillman County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Northwestern Clay County in northern Texas...
Northern Wichita County in northern Texas...
Northeastern Wilbarger County in northern Texas...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 826 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Tipton to 9 miles southwest of
Loveland to 6 miles north of Mankins, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
Western Lawton, Burkburnett, Frederick, Walters, Cache, Electra,
Geronimo, Grandfield, Chattanooga, Randlett, Indiahoma, Manitou,
Devol, Faxon, Hollister, Loveland, Cookietown, southwestern Fort
Sill, Taylor, and Haynesville.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

TARGET AREA: Comanche, OK; Cotton, OK; Tillman, OK; Clay, TX; Wichita, TX; Wilbarger, TX

10/15/2026

EVENT: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

ALERT:

SVROUN

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Northeastern Cotton County in southwestern Oklahoma...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 659 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fort Sill to 7 miles southeast of Lawton to
near Geronimo, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Lawton, Cache, Elgin, Geronimo, Medicine Park, Fort Sill, southern
Lake Ellsworth, and Hulen.

INSTRUCTIONS:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

TARGET AREA: Comanche, OK; Cotton, OK

10/14/2026

EVENT: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

ALERT:

SVROUN

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Central Cotton County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Eastern Tillman County in southwestern Oklahoma...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 625 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles south of Indiahoma to near Chattanooga to 3
miles north of Grandfield, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
Lawton, Walters, Cache, Geronimo, Grandfield, Chattanooga, Faxon,
Loveland, southern Fort Sill, and Cookietown.

INSTRUCTIONS:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

TARGET AREA: Comanche, OK; Cotton, OK; Tillman, OK

10/14/2026

EVENT: Severe Thunderstorm Watch

ALERT:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
685 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

JEFFERSON STEPHENS

IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

COMANCHE COTTON GREER
HARMON JACKSON KIOWA
TILLMAN

IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN NORTHERN TEXAS

ARCHER BAYLOR CLAY
FOARD HARDEMAN KNOX
WICHITA WILBARGER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALTUS, ARCHER CITY, CROWELL, DUNCAN,
FREDERICK, GRANITE, HENRIETTA, HOBART, HOLLIDAY, HOLLIS,
KNOX CITY, LAKESIDE CITY, LAWTON, MANGUM, MUNDAY, QUANAH,
RINGLING, RYAN, SCOTLAND, SEYMOUR, SHEPPARD AFB, SNYDER, TEMPLE,
VERNON, WALTERS, WAURIKA, AND WICHITA FALLS.

TARGET AREA: Comanche, OK; Cotton, OK; Greer, OK; Harmon, OK; Jackson, OK; Jefferson, OK; Kiowa, OK; Stephens, OK; Tillman, OK; Archer, TX; Baylor, TX; Clay, TX; Foard, TX; Hardeman, TX; Knox, TX; Wichita, TX; Wilbarger, TX

10/14/2026

Come out and see us at Lawton Farmers Market for Discovery Day! We will have some games, and talk about Emergency Preparedness and how you can better prepare your family for emergencies and disasters.

10/14/2026

EVENT: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

ALERT:

SVROUN

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Wash*ta County in western Oklahoma...
Northwestern Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Eastern Jackson County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Kiowa County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Northwestern Tillman County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Southeastern Greer County in southwestern Oklahoma...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 843 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Sentinel to near Blair to near Tipton, moving
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Altus, Hobart, Cache, Snyder, Sentinel, Tipton, Blair, Mountain
View, Lone Wolf, Mountain Park, Indiahoma, Roosevelt, Gotebo,
Manitou, Martha, Rocky, Colony, Headrick, Friendship, and
Cooperton.

INSTRUCTIONS:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

TARGET AREA: Comanche, OK; Greer, OK; Jackson, OK; Kiowa, OK; Tillman, OK; Wash*ta, OK

Address

Physical Address: 4500 SW Lee Boulevard Bldg 900 Suite A. Mailing Address: 315 SW 5th St. Suite 107
Lawton, OK

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