Drought in Oklahoma, November 1 to 30, 2005

Name: Drought in Oklahoma, November 1 to 30, 2005
Start: 2005-11-01T00:00
End: 2005-11-30T23:59
Location: Oklahoma

November 1 to 30, 2005 · NWS TSA · 25 events in 25 counties and zones

25 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 25

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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 7:37 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 7:37 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
737 PM CST MON OCT 31 2005

.UPDATE...
ISSUED A QUICK UPDATE FOR CLOUD/PRECIP TRENDS THIS EVENING AS CLEARING
CONTINUES TO PROGRESS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. MADE NO
ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS...BUT MAY LOWER MINS JUST A LITTLE BIT IN A
FEW LOCATIONS WITH ANOTHER UPDATE IN A LITTLE WHILE. WILL WATCH
TEMP TRENDS IN THE MEANTIME AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DROP OFF.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 218 PM CST MON OCT 31 2005)

DISCUSSION...
IN THE HEY HOW BOUT THAT DEPARTMENT...RADAR INDICATING A NARROW
BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS STREAMING SSW OFF LAKE OOLOGAH (SRN
NOWATA/NRN ROGERS COUNTIES). KINX VWP SHOWING A DEEP NLY FLOW ALONG
THE SPINE OF THE LONGISH NARROW LAKE...WHICH IS APPARENTLY ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE THIS PHENOMENA. IVE NOTICED THIS JUST A HANDFULL OF TIMES
OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.

OTHERWISE...COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY PUSHING OVER NW AR AND EXTREME
SERN OK...AND WILL EXIT THE AREA SHORTLY. WILL CARRYING SOME LOW
POPS OVER THE FAR ERN COUNTIES...AND PERHAPS OVER NERN OK TO ACCOUNT
FOR LIGHT WRAP-AROUND PRECIP. CLEARING LINE HAS MOVED INTO SERN
KS...AND EXPECT RAPID CLEARING LATER TONIGHT. WINDS SHOULD FALL OFF
THIS EVENING...SO WILL SEE GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WITH
MOST AREAS DROPPING OFF OFF TO AROUND 40F WITH MID 30S IN THE COLDER
VALLEY AREAS.

ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IN STORE TUESDAY NIGHT AS SFC RIDGE SETTLES OVER
THE REGION. GENERALLY WENT AT OR BELOW THE COLDEST
GUIDANCE...ESPECIALLY OVER SERN OK.

SLY SFC FLOW RETURNS BY WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH STRENGTHENING SWLY
H85 FLOW. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO WARM AFTERNOON TEMPS A GOOD 10
DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES AREAWIDE.

EXTENDED...
MID-LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL RISE IN WAKE OF EXITING UPPER LOW...WITH FLAT
RIDGING/ZONAL FLOW BY MID-TO-LATE WEEK. BASED ON GFS LOW-LEVEL
TEMPS/THICKNESS...THURSDAY WILL BE ANOTHER WARM DAY AND WILL SIDE WITH
WARMER ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS.

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS (ESPECIALLY THE GFS AND CANADIAN) ARE NOW
SUGGESTING THAT ZONAL FLOW WILL BUCKLE BY THIS WEEKEND...WITH
LONGWAVE RIDGING ALONG THE W COAST. THIS WILL DRIVE A FAST MOVING
SHORTWAVE THROUGH THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY WITH AN ASSOCIATED SFC
LOW/COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH LATER THAT DAY. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
RETURN IS QUESTIONABLE AS GFS SUGGESTS SFC RIDGING ALONG THE
GULF...SO WILL LIMIT LOW POPS TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SLIGHTLY COOLER
PACIFIC AIR WILL MOVE IN FOR SUNDAY...AND LATEST 12Z MEX GUIDANCE
LOOKS GOOD WITH WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPS THAN PREVIOUS RUN.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

FORECASTER ID= 4

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 9:44 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
944 PM CST MON OCT 31 2005

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-011100-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
935 PM CST MON OCT 31 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION...
THE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT FROM ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF
RAIN TO A MAJORITY OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL
PULL AWAY OVERNIGHT. SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...WHERE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER HAS BEEN A CONCERN...RECEIVED THE
MOST RAINFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CAUSE A SURFACE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS TO DEEPEN THURSDAY.  AS THE LOW DEVELOPS SUSTAINED SOUTH
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMBINATION
OF WIND AND RELATIVELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE AN
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL. A LARGE VARIABLE TO THE FIRE
WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE HOW QUICKLY LOCATIONS DRY OUT FROM THE
RAIN THAT FELL MONDAY.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

The radar

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Event by event

25 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Pushmataha

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 34.416, -95.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The prolonged absence of significant rainfall across eastern Oklahoma resulted in the development of severe drought conditions (D2) across much of the region. The worst conditions occurred across southeastern Oklahoma, which through November had received about 40 percent of its normal rainfall since September 1st. That 90 day period was the 3rd driest across the southeastern portion of the state since 1921. Streamflow was well below normal for tributaries of the Red River and Arkansas River basins. Major reservoirs across eastern Oklahoma were below 70 percent of their normal pools. Hugo Lake was at about 58 percent of its normal pool by the end of November. A burn ban was issued on November 15th for the entire state due to the abnormally dry conditions.

Drought, Adair

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Adair forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.884, -94.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cherokee

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cherokee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Choctaw

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Choctaw forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 34.027, -95.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Craig

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Craig forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Creek

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Creek forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Delaware

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Delaware forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Haskell

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Haskell forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Latimer

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Latimer forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 34.876, -95.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Le Flore

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Le Flore forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought, Mayes

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Mayes forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, McIntosh

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: McIntosh forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.374, -95.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Muskogee

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Muskogee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Nowata

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Nowata forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Okfuskee

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.466, -96.323 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Okmulgee

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Okmulgee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Osage

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Osage forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought, Ottawa

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Ottawa forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Pawnee

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Pawnee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Pittsburg

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Rogers

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Rogers forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Sequoyah

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Sequoyah forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought, Tulsa

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Tulsa forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wagoner

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wagoner forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Washington

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, November 2005

Sources

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: 5479892, 5479893, 5479894, 5479895, 5479896, 5479897, 5479898, 5479899, 5479900, 5479983, 5479984, 5479985, 5479986, 5479987, 5479988, 5479989, 5479990, 5479991, 5479992, 5479993, 5479994, 5479995, 5479996, 5479997, 5479998.