Oklahoma, 2005Wildfire in Oklahoma, December 1 to 3, 2005
December 1 to 3, 2005 · NWS OUN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 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 Nov 30, 8:36 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 8:36 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
836 PM CST WED NOV 30 2005
.DISCUSSION...
THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AROUND
MIDNIGHT LEAVING GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE
QUICKLY IN THE NORTHWEST AS THE UPPER HIGH SETTLES INTO THIS AREA.
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT SEEM ON TRACK AND WILL NOT
BE ADJUSTED NOW.
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 11:35 AM CST, 12 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST WED NOV 30 2005
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011300-
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL PREVENT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST THURSDAY DEC 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...0 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN VERY HIGH TO
EXTREME FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN
EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STILLWATER TO
WEATHERFORD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
FIRE DANGER WILL AGAIN REACH VERY HIGH LEVELS ON FRIDAY AS GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES RETURN.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
THURSDAY.
JAMESWildfire, Stephens
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM CST to December 3, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.486, -97.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A wildfire began near the town of Velma on November 27, 2005 and continued into the early part of December. This fire caused the evacuation of a town. Several homes and outbuildings were destroyed by the fire. This fire was eventually contained on December 3. Refer to the corresponding wildfire entry in November for further details.
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Drought in Texas, December 1 to 31, 2005$120 million · 45 events
- Wildfire and Drought in Texas, December 1 to 31, 2005$50 million · 8 events
- Drought in Oklahoma, December 1 to 31, 2005$11 million · 29 events
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 1 to 2, 2005$340,000 · 5 events
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 1 to 2, 2005$225,000 · 3 events
- Drought in Oklahoma, December 1 to 31, 200525 events
- Drought in Texas, December 1 to 31, 200521 events
- Drought in Colorado, December 1 to 31, 200521 events
- Drought in Iowa, December 1 to 31, 200518 events
- Drought in Illinois, December 1 to 31, 200515 events
- Drought in Illinois, December 1 to 31, 200513 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 1 to 2, 200510 events
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: 5489132.