Flooding in Texas, October 6 to 9, 2005

Name: Flooding in Texas, October 6 to 9, 2005
Start: 2005-10-06T11:30
End: 2005-10-09T02:30
Location: Texas

October 6 to 9, 2005 · NWS OUN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Oct 6, 9:18 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 9:18 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1018 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005

.UPDATE...
THE RIGHT-ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET WILL BE OVER NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME... DRY AIR WILL BE OVER THAT
AREA... WHILE GREATER AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL BE OVER THE
REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN... WITH SOMEWHAT HEAVIER RAIN IN OUR
TEXAS COUNTIES. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS QPF VALUES THAT APPEAR TO
BE TOO HIGH OVER MOST OF THE AREA... AND THE UPCOMING UPDATE WILL
ADJUST THAT. IT WILL ALSO ADJUST A FEW OF THE 3-HOURLY VALUES TO
BETTER MATCH CURRENT AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT
MAJOR POINTS LIKE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OR POPS... HOWEVER. SINCE
THE RAIN WILL BE MOSTLY STRATIFORM IN NATURE... WE HAVE MADE THE
MINOR MODIFICATION OF CHANGING RAIN SHOWERS TO RAIN IN TODAYS
FORECAST.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 414 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005)

DISCUSSION...
MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING EXTENDS FROM ARCHER CITY
TO ATOKA... BUT RAIN ALSO CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST
FROM SOUTHWEST TO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THERE IS A DECENT DEPTH OF
MOISTURE AVAILABLE THIS MORNING AND AREAS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING. SOME DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR IS ADVECTING INTO
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA WHICH WILL KEEP POPS SOMEWHAT LOWER.

NEXT SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING. AGAIN WE WILL HAVE ABUNDANT MID-LEVEL MOISTURE SO WILL
SEE WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH THE HIGHEST
CHANCES IN THE SOUTH AGAIN. RIDGING FINALLY SETS UP OVER THE AREA
AFTER PASSAGE OF THIS SHORTWAVE SO CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE ON
FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE COOL HOWEVER WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

SOME DIFFERENCES IN TIMING OF THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WAVE EARLY NEXT
WEEK. SCATTERED PRECIP LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BET IN ANY OF THE
SCENARIOS WITH TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT BEING THE MAIN DIFFERENCE
TO AFFECT THE FORECAST. DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK AT THE
NEW ECMWF SO HAVE NOT MADE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE
EXTENDED. DID SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO SOME OF THE TEMPERATURES
TO MATCH BETTER WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES.

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

23/20

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 10:55 AM CST, 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-071200-

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
MUCH COOLER AIR HAS SPREAD ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES... AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN
WERE OCCURRING... MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. A STABLE AIRMASS WILL PREVENT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY OCT 7.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...0 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...0 PERCENT

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN
BEGINNING SUNDAY... AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
FRIDAY.

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The radar

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Archer

When: October 6, 11:30 AM CST to October 9, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Archer forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 29.600, -96.517

Thunderstorms and showers produced rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches over parts of western north Texas during the evening of October 5 and morning of October 6 and produced minor to moderate flooding along the Little Wichita River in Archer and Clay counties. The USGS river gage site recorded a crest of 23.9 feet, 1.9 feet above flood stage around 1:00 am CST on October 8, and the river remained at flood stage from 11:30 am CST on October 6 to 2:30 am CST on October 9.Further downstream on the Little Wichita River and just downstream of Lake Arrowhead, the USGS river gage site near Henrietta, TX also recorded a crest above flood stage on October 8. The Little Wichita River near Henrietta crested at 20.5 feet, 2.5 feet above flood stage, at 3:00 pm CST on October 8, and remained above flood stage from 12:30 pm CST to 9:30 pm CST on October 8. Only minor lowland flooding occurred along the Little Wichita River in Archer and Clay counties during this event, and beneficial inflows into Lake Arrowhead helped raise lake elevations and conservation storage in the reservoir.

Flood, Clay

When: October 6, 11:30 AM CST to October 9, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, October 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: 5476774, 5476775.