2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 5, 12:31 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
FXUS64 KOUN 051811 AFDOUN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 131 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ZONES OF DIFFERENTIAL HEATING NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL REMAIN PRIMARY AREAS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANCES DECREASE OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THEN MOVE SOUTHWARD FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AS THE DEEPER MOISTURE AXIS AND AN UPPER TROUGH OVER NEBRASKA MOVE TOWARD THE RED RIVER LIMITING THE BEST CHANCES TO THE SOUTHERN TIER. THE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE MODIFYING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH WARMER/MORE MOIST CONDITIONS RETURNING. THE INCREASED INSTABILITY ALONG WITH AN ALREADY PRESENT WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS FURTHER INTO THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 67 88 69 93 / 20 20 10 20 HOBART OK 66 88 69 93 / 30 20 10 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 70 90 71 93 / 40 30 10 20 GAGE OK 61 86 65 93 / 30 10 10 10 PONCA CITY OK 66 88 68 92 / 20 10 10 10 DURANT OK 72 90 72 92 / 40 30 20 20 .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. JAMES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-061200-
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
THIRD OF OKLAHOMA AND A SMALL PART OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...
MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ADA... TO DUNCAN...TO
SEYMOUR TEXAS.
DISCUSSION...
A MOIST AND WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT...ALONG WITH WEAK SOURCES OF
LIFT...WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ABOUT
ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST OF OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS...WHERE A WEAKENING
COLD FRONT EXISTS. WITH ANOTHER HOT DAY EXPECTED NEAR AND AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP... SUPPORTING BRIEF
PERIODS OF MARGINALLY SEVERE WIND AND HAIL...MOST LIKELY DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY AUG 6.
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...
WEAK WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT EXTREMELY SLOW STORM MOTION...AND THUS
TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH LARGER...STRONGER CELLS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN
VARIOUS PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. THE RISK OF SEVERE
STORMS WILL REMAIN LOW.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
SATURDAY.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 238 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 OKZ046-047-052000- CARTER OK-JOHNSTON OK- 238 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CARTER AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NEAR SPRINGER TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF TISHOMINGO AT 238 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 253 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 OKZ044-052015- COTTON OK- 253 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COTTON COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TEMPLE AT 253 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST TOWARD INTERSTATE 44. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
The Norman radar (KTLX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:37 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A storage shed that held athletic equipment was blown onto its side on the south end of Horton Field.
The Mehan Union Church, 6 miles east of Highway 177 on Mehan Road, sustained some damage. Objects inside the church were blown around when the doors, some of which were locked, were blown open. The most significant damage was a stain glass window that was blown into the church and some shingles blown from the east side of the roof.
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: 5473135, 5473136.