Drought, Archer
- When
- July 4, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Archer forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.615, -98.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Texas, July 4 to 31, 2001
An extended period of excessive heat and drought affected western north Texas in July. The mean monthly temperature in Wichita Falls was 90 degrees, which is 5 degrees above normal, while just a trace of rain was recorded.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
An extended period of excessive heat and drought affected western north Texas in July. The mean monthly temperature in Wichita Falls was 90 degrees, which is 5 degrees above normal, while just a trace of rain was recorded. Although no fatalities are known to have occurred directly from the heat in western north Texas, eight fatalities occurred in Oklahoma.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 9:12 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 9:12 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1012 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001 STORMS THAT DEVELOPED IN LOW LEVEL THEMAL RIDGE AXIS ACROSS KANSAS ARE STILL TRYING TO MAKE A RUN AT NRN OK LATE THIS EVENING..BUT LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING SEEMS TO BE TAKING ITS TOLL. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE IN LINE WITH 00Z UPPER AIR DATA AND CURRENT WV SAT IMAGERY/KVNX/KDDC RADAR LOOPS IN SUGGESTING THAT STORMS WILL DIE BEFORE REACHING NW OK. MARGINAL LLJ SET UP OVERNITE APPEARS TO FOCUS MODEST WAA ACROSS KANSAS..BUT LOW LEVEL FORCING FOR NEW STORMS SHUD REMAIN NORTH OF OUR AREA THRU THE OVERNITE PERIOD. MAY MAKE A FEW TWEEKS TO CLOUD FORECAST IN THE NORTH TO ACCOUNT FORX CONVECTIVE DEBRIS..AND MAY NEED TO MAKE SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO WINDS..BUT OVERALL GOING FORECAST SEEMS TO BE IN FINE SHAPE. MILLER .OUN... OK...NONE. TX...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Baylor
- When
- July 4, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -99.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Clay
- When
- July 4, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Foard
- When
- July 4, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Foard forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.975, -99.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Hardeman
- When
- July 4, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -99.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Knox
- When
- July 4, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.606, -99.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Wichita
- When
- July 4, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Wilbarger
- When
- July 4, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.081, -99.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat and Drought in Oklahoma, July 4 to 31, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2001
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, July 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 4, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, July 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 4, 2001
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 4, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, July 4, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 4, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5259493, 5259494, 5259495, 5259496, 5259497, 5259498, 5259499, 5259500.