13 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 1:58 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 258 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY - THINGS GOING MUCH ACCORDING TO PLAN OVERALL...AT LEAST IN TERMS OF LARGER-SCALE FEATURES. MUCH-NEEDED RAINFALL ON TAP FOR A LARGE PART OF THE CWA. SFC FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS NW OK WILL MOVE SE TONIGHT...BUT EVENTUAL POSITION OF EFFECTIVE SFC BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY BE REDIRECTED BY EFFECTS OF CONVECTION. STORMS AT THE MOMENT ARE BEHAVING MORE OR LESS AS EXPECTED...MORE NUMEROUS CLOSER TO FRONTAL CONVERGENCE ZONE OVER NW OK...AND THIS SHOULD BE THE CASE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH RAIN/SHOWERS/TSTORMS MORE NUMEROUS NEAR AND N OF THE SFC BOUNDARY. POPS ARE RAISED AND EXPANDED BASED ON LATEST MODEL QPFS...BUT STILL FIND IT HARD TO GO MUCH OVER 70PCT LOCALLY DUE TO PREVAILING CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE PRECIP. EXCEPTION IS TONIGHT ACROSS N OK WHERE MODELS HAVE BEEN MOST CONSISTENT IN PAINTING HEAVIER AMOUNTS...WHICH ARE SUPPORTED BY ONGOING ACTIVITY AND WARRANT A SRIPE OF CATEGORICAL POPS THAT FITS IN WELL WITH NEIGHBORING GRIDS. 12Z ETA RUN-TOTAL QPF CONTINUES TO DEPICT WIDESPREAD 1-3 INCH TOTALS BY LATE MON ACROSS THE NW HALF OF OK...SUPPORTED BY POOLING OF MOISTURE AND PRECIPITABLE H20 VALUES OVER 2 INCHES. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH SHOULD BE SOAKED UP WELL IN MOST AREAS DUE TO RECENT DRY WX BUT STILL COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED DRAINAGE PROBLEMS WHEREVER TRAINING RESULTS IN TOO MUCH RAIN TOO FAST. TEMPS MAY BE THE TOUGHEST PART OF THIS FCST AS CLOUDS AND PRECIP ARE LIKELY TO HOLD SOME AREAS IN THE 70S FOR HIGHS. ALTHOUGH EFFECTIVE FRONT REMAINS LIKELY TO SAG S TO NEAR THE RED RIVER BY SUN NIGHT...ETA LIFTS IT BACK N INTO CENTRAL OK ROUGHLY NEAR I-40 ON MON AND SHIFTS THE PRECIP AXIS UP INTO N OK. HARD TO SEE THIS HAPPENING IF CONVECTION PERSISTS N OF THE FRONT...BUT FOR NOW WILL KEEP MUCH OF OUR S/SE IN CHANCE-TYPE POPS ON MONDAY. TUE THROUGH SAT - GRADUAL DECREASE IN POPS AND INCREASE IN DAYTIME HIGHS THRU THU AS FRONTAL ZONE WEAKENS AND LEE TROFING BRINGS BACK A MORE GENERAL S WIND AT LOW LEVELS. NEW CHALLENGE FOR LATE WEEK IS ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT...AS ALLUDED TO YESTERDAY BY THE ECMWF. MOST OF THE OTHER MODELS HAVE NOW TRENDED THIS WAY...BUT SPECIFIC DETAILS STILL VARY QUITE A BIT FROM MODEL TO MODEL AND RUN TO RUN. THERE IS ENOUGH AGREEMENT IN GENERAL TO BACK OFF ON TEMPS AND CONTINUE WITH SOME LOW POPS BEGINNING THU NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO DAY 7/SATURDAY. GFS WOULD SUPPORT EVEN HIGHER POPS AND COOLER MAXES ON FRI-SAT THAN WE HAVE...BUT WOULD RATHER BEGIN A TREND AT THIS POINT AND NOT MAKE DRASTIC CHANGES THAT FAR OUT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 70 86 69 87 / 70 70 60 50 HOBART OK 69 83 68 86 / 70 70 70 60 WICHITA FALLS TX 72 91 72 90 / 70 60 50 40 GAGE OK 65 75 63 85 / 70 70 70 50 PONCA CITY OK 68 80 68 85 / 80 70 70 60 DURANT OK 75 95 73 92 / 60 50 40 20 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 30/24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-141200-
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NO ORGANIZED AREAS OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
SOUTH WINDS IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUE TO
TRANSPORT MOIST AIR INTO THE AREA. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH
NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PRODUCED BY THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT AND
THIS MORNING ALONG WITH WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL AID IN
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING...PROVIDING ANOTHER
FOCUS FOR CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT.
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MARGINALLY SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY AUG 14.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN LIKELY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH AT LEAST
SLIGHT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN THE FORECAST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY... AND AGAIN LATE NEXT WEEK.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLASH
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
SUNDAY.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 243 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 OKZ037-038-044-TXZ086-089-090-132000- ARCHER TX-CLAY TX-COMANCHE OK-COTTON OK-TILLMAN OK-WICHITA TX- 243 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ARCHER...CLAY...COMANCHE... COTTON...TILLMAN AND WICHITA COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATTANOOGA TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF VASHTI AT 243 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 30
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 304 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 OKZ037-038-044-TXZ085-086-089-090-132030- ARCHER TX-CLAY TX-COMANCHE OK-COTTON OK-TILLMAN OK-WICHITA TX- WILBARGER TX- 304 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ARCHER...CLAY...COMANCHE... COTTON...TILLMAN...WICHITA AND WILBARGER COUNTIES. SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 30
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind gust snapped high voltage power poles on the south edge of town.
Debris from a barn was found on Highway 62 near the North Fork River bridge.
Power poles and tree limbs were downed.
A portion of the roof of a house on East 11th Avenue was removed exposing 3 bedrooms, a bathroom, and a stairwell.
Power lines were downed.
Power lines were downed at the intersection of Southwest 44th and Interstate 44.
Wind was reported at the intersection of Southeast 48th and Shields Boulevard.
The wind was measured near the intersection of 63rd and Western Avenue.
The wind gust was measured at KOCO-TV, near the intersection of Broadway Extension Highway and Britton Road.
Power lines were downed near the intersection of 23rd and Boyd.
Eighteen inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, August 2005
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: 5473046, 5473047, 5472970, 5472971, 5473045, 5472972, 5472973, 5472974, 5472975, 5473041, 5473042, 5473043, 5473044.