1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 9:30 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005
.UPDATE...
LATEST WV LOOP INDICATES A SHEAR AXIS OVER THE FCST AREA THIS MORNING WHICH
IS EXPECTED TO SINK SOUTHWEST TOWARD SOUTHWEST LA AND SE TEXAS. TSTMS HAVE
DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND ARE DRIFTING SOUTHWEST.
CURRENT CLOUD COVER OVER THE NORTH LA ZONES MAY INHIBIT TEMPS FROM REACHING FCST
MAXS...BUT WILL WAIT TO SEE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IF AN UPDATE IS NEEDED. THE REST
OF THE ADVISORY AREA OVER AR/OK/FAR NE TX SHOULD REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA LATER TODAY.
THE REST OF THE FCST LOOKS GOOD...NO CHANGES PLANNED.
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...SEVIER...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...
HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA...MILLER...LAFAYETTE...COLUMBIA...UNION.
LA...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...CLAIBORNE...
LINCOLN...UNION...DE SOTO...RED RIVER...BIENVILLE...
JACKSON...OUACHITA...SABINE...NATCHITOCHES...WINN...
GRANT...CALDWELL...LA SALLE.
OK...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...MCCURTAIN.
TX...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...BOWIE...CASS...MARION...HARRISON...
PANOLA.
&&
02HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-231100- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1200 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION... THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE EXTENDED INTO SATURDAY FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS...AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA...AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES ONCE AGAIN. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 110 DEGREES. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY OFFER SOME RELIEF TO THE HEAT OVER THE REGION...BEFORE THE HEAT BEGINS TO EASE A BIT BY THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 15
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A McCurtain County man was doing contract logging work when he succombed to the heat.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, McCurtain | 2005-07-22 | 58 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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, July 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: 5481193.