A tropical airmass over the area produced widespread showers and a few thunderstorms. A couple of these weak storms were similar to mini-supercell thunderstorms, contained very little lightning, and produced brief tornadoes that caused some damage in central Oklahoma during the evening of June 9th.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A tropical airmass over the area produced widespread showers and a few thunderstorms. A couple of these weak storms were similar to mini-supercell thunderstorms, contained very little lightning, and produced brief tornadoes that caused some damage in central Oklahoma during the evening of June 9th.
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 9, 2:35 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 337 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 .DISCUSSION... HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP FROM NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...SOUTHWARD TO BROWNSVILLE...WHICH IS EAST AND NORTH OF PIVOTING UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN MEXICO...AND WITHIN THE ALONG-STREAM VARIATION OF THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS REAR OF THE JET AXIS. STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST COAST IS EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY SHIFT THE STRONGEST LIFT AND DEEPEST MOISTURE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT OPPORTUNITY EXISTS OVERNIGHT FOR ANOTHER EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN...WITH SOME OF IT HEAVY. 18Z RUC SUGGESTS THAT BETWEEN 00-06Z STRONG ASCENT WILL ACCOMPANY STRENGTHENING OF THE LEVEL JET...AND RE-ORIENTATION OF THE UPPER JET FROM MISSOURI...SOUTH SOUTHWEST INTO TEXAS. WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE AXIS LIKELY OVER THE AREA AT THIS TIME...COULD SEE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BY 12Z...EXPECT THE GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE TO BE EAST OF THE AREA WITH SUBSIDENCE INCREASING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED OVERNIGHT TO INCLUDE AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PONCA CITY...TO CHICKASHA...TO HENRIETTA. DRYLINE WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AS WEST COAST TROUGH LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD WITH THE MAJORITY OF ASCENT/COOLING EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA...HOWEVER THERE EXISTS A PERIOD FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING...WHERE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD INFLUENCE WESTERN OKLAHOMA. INSOLATION SHOULD BE LIMITED THURSDAY DUE TO MOIST GROUND AND ABUNDANT LOW CLOUD COVER. A REPEAT OF THURSDAY MAY OCCUR FRIDAY WITH THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE POSSIBLY BEING MORE EASTWARD PROGRESS OF THE DRYLINE. BUT DURING THIS PERIOD...THE CAP WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN...WHICH MAY LIMIT CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. HAVE CONTINUED WITH LOW POPS FOR WESTERN/NORTHERN AREAS THAN EXTENDS INTO FRIDAY EVENING. WEAK COLD FRONT STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO AND/OR THROUGH THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH LOW POPS JUSTIFIED DURING ITS APPROACH AND PASSAGE. REGION MAY BE INFLUENCED BY A DRIER/MORE STABLE AIRMASS LATE MONDAY/TUESDAY WITH AIRMASS THEN MODIFYING BY WEDNESDAY WITH THE DRYLINE RE-DEVELOPING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 70 85 71 88 / 90 30 20 10 HOBART OK 70 87 70 90 / 60 20 20 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 71 85 71 89 / 80 10 20 10 GAGE OK 68 90 68 91 / 50 30 30 10 PONCA CITY OK 69 84 70 88 / 90 30 20 10 DURANT OK 70 84 72 88 / 100 30 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHERN...AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. TX...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR CLAY COUNTY. && JAMES EFFECTIVE 11 AM TUESDAY JUNE 15 2004...THE AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL CHANGE FROM AFDOKC TO AFDOUN. THE WMO HEADER WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ANY NEEDED CHANGES ARE COMPLETED BY JUNE 15 2004.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
315 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-101300-
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...
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER
MORE RAIN OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS WILL MOVE BACK INTO
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
INSTABILITY REMAINS RATHER LOW SO THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FLOODING.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY JUN 10.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED ACROSS PARTS OF THE
AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE
FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
VERSION OF THIS PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY
FROM THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE
MAIN RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS
NEAR THE DRYLINE... AS IT DRIFTS BACK AND FORTH... MAINLY ACROSS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT
7 AM CDT THURSDAY JUNE 10TH.
SIXSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 325 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 OKZ033-TXZ083-084-092100- FOARD TX-HARDEMAN TX-HARMON OK- 325 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR FOARD...HARDEMAN AND HARMON COUNTIES. AT 325 PM...A SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF COTTLE AND CHILDRESS COUNTY MAY SLOWLY DEVELOP INTO PARTS OF FOARD... HARDEMAN AND HARMON COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY AND CAN PRODUCE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. RESIDENTS IN THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 422 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 OKZ030-092135- POTTAWATOMIE OK- 422 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. A STORM WITH DEVELOPING ROTATION WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF PINK AT 422 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO DOES NOT APPEAR IMMINENT AT THIS TIME...THE STORM WILL BE MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF STRENGTHENING. PEOPLE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY...INCLUDING SHAWNEE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 426 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 OKZ028-029-092145- CLEVELAND OK-MCCLAIN OK- 426 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR EASTERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHERN MCCLAIN COUNTIES. A THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNS OF LOW LEVEL ROTATION WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAYNE AT 426 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO DOES NOT APPEAR IMMINENT...THIS STORM IS BEING MONITORED FOR INCREASED ROTATION AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT. PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND AND MCCLAIN COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 448 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 OKZ029-092215- CLEVELAND OK- 448 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNS OF LOW LEVEL ROTATION WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SLAUGHTERVILLE AT 448 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO DOES NOT APPEAR IMMINENT...THIS STORM IS BEING MONITORED FOR INCREASED ROTATION AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT. PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NORMAN...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 449 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 OKZ030-092200- POTTAWATOMIE OK- 449 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. ROTATION WITHIN A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER APPROACHING SHAWNEE RESERVOIR WAS WEAKENING AT 449 PM. ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN SHOWER WAS NEAR TROUSDALE. BOTH SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. SEVERE WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR IMMINENT IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 517 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 OKZ033-036-TXZ083-084-092245- FOARD TX-HARDEMAN TX-HARMON OK-JACKSON OK- 517 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR FOARD...HARDEMAN...HARMON AND JACKSON COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF GOULD TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLETT AT 517 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...THAT MAY FLOOD POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED.
The Norman radar (KTLX), 7 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief tornado damaged trees on the southeast side of Lake Stanley Draper between South Westminster Road and East Stanley Draper Drive near Southeast 140th Street.
A tornado touched down near Highway 66 west of Chandler, moved northeast, and lifted near Chandler Lake. This tornado damaged trees and power lines. Several roofs of homes were damaged along with several barns damaged or destroyed. A mobile home was destroyed near Chandler Lake before the tornado lifted. Several horses were injured and a cow and a horse were killed by debris in the tornado.
This tornado affected the east side of Agra, near Highway 18, before moving north and dissipating in pasture land north of town. Three homes were damaged with the roof of one home lifted off. Several barns or outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. A double-wide trailer home also sustained roof damage. Many trees were damaged across town.
Wind gusts destroyed a 40 foot by 175 foot lumber warehouse (metal/outbuilding structure) at the Ace Hardware in town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 2004Warnings 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: 5407909, 5407998, 5407999, 5408000.