1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 28, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 250 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 .DISCUSSION... SHWRS/TSTMS CONT TO DEVELOP THIS AFTN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. ACTIVITY IN FA IS MOVING SLOWLY IF AT ALL CAUSING HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN SOME AREAS. SHWRS/TSTMS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTH AND CONT OVERNIGHT AS H85/H7 TROUGH CONT MOVE SOUTHWARD. WILL MAKE ANY NEEDED LAST MINUTE CHANGES TO POPS BEFORE PRODUCT ISSUANCE BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. SHWRS/TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THRU FRI...AS SHORTWAVE MOVES THRU UPR RIDGE AND FRONT HANGS OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS POSSIBLY LIFTING NORTHWARD SOMEWHAT ACROSS OK. MCS COULD ALSO AFFECT THE FA TUES NIGHT/WED FROM CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS IN THE HIGH PLAINS FROM UPSLOPE FLOW. WITH BOUNDARY IN/NEAR THE AREA AND DECENT UPR LVL SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK BELIEVE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE TUES NIGHT/WED ATTM. MODELS DISAGREE FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ECMWF HAS RIDGE BUILDING EAST INTO THE AREA WHICH SHOULD KEEP CONDITIONS DRY. HOWEVER...GFS HAS FAIRLY NEW SCENARIO IN CONTINUING NORTHWEST FLOW OVR THE AREA. WILL LEAVE THE FORECAST DRY OVR THE WEEKEND WITH SUBSIDENCE BEHIND SHORTWAVE AND THEN UPR RIDGE IN THE AREA FOR NOW... BUT IF TREND CONT IN GFS LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO ADD POPS. DID ADD SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SUN NIGHT/MON...WITH ANOTHER FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE FA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 63 84 67 85 / 30 20 30 40 HOBART OK 63 84 66 86 / 50 40 30 40 WICHITA FALLS TX 66 85 68 87 / 60 50 30 40 GAGE OK 60 83 63 85 / 20 20 30 40 PONCA CITY OK 61 83 66 85 / 10 10 30 40 DURANT OK 69 85 69 85 / 50 50 30 40 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-291200-
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED DURING THE MORNING...
AND WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON AS ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG VARIOUS SURFACE BOUNDARIES IN THE WEAKLY
CAPPED ENVIRONMENT. ALTHOUGH THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME MODERATELY
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON... THE PRESENCE OF RELATIVELY WEAK WINDS
ALOFT WILL REDUCE THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE
LIGHT WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY JUN 29.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...15 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
WITH THE WEAK WIND SHIFT LINE CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY
FOR MAINLY SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY MIDWEEK
AS MOISTURE DEEPENS ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION WHILE AN UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
TUESDAY.
2The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred during the evening of June 28 as rainfall totals up to 4 inches over Jackson County in southwestern Oklahoma. OK State Highway 6 was covered by floodwaters and mud at 8:30 pm CDT on June 28 at two locations on the highway about 1 mile north of Olustee, OK.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 2004
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: 5408002.