18 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 9:40 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1040 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ...CORRECTED... .UPDATE... WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WEATHER AND POPS FOR THIS UPDATE. WE ARE PREFERRING THE RUC OUTPUT FOR THE SHORT TERM...AS IT BEST LINES UP WITH THE CURRENT RADAR AND OBSERVATIONS. GFS SEEMS TO HAVE SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...AND THE NAM DEVELOPS AN MCS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WHICH WE ARE NOT BUYING INTO. THE LATEST RUC INDICATES THAT CURRENT ACTIVITY OVER NW OK WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE...AND REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD OCCUR OVER THE TX PANHANDLE DURING THE MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. BASED ON THIS...WE SHIFTED THE LIKELY POPS TO NW OK...WITH CHANCE ACROSS NRN AND CENTRAL OK AND WRN NORTH TX. MAY ALSO NEED TO DO SOME TEMP ADJUSTMENTS...BUT WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW UNTIL IT BECOMES CLEARER WHAT THE CLOUD COVER OVER NRN AND NWRN OK IS GOING TO DO. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 312 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2006) DISCUSSION... SHWRS/TSTMS CONT TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE FA AGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING OVR THE AREA DUE TO AN UPR LOW. THIS SLOW MOVING UPR SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. A FRONT WILL ALSO DRIFT SOUTH TOWARDS THE OK-KS BORDER TODAY. THIS FRONT ALONG WITH ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THE OVERNIGHT CONVECTION COULD BE FOCUS FOR TSTM DEVELOPMENT TODAY. SHWRS/TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE UPR LOW CONT TO INFLUENCE THE AREA. SFC HEATING WILL ALSO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION TODAY DUE TO THE MOIST WEAKLY CAPPED ATMOSPHERE OVR THE FA. THE UPR LOW WILL CONT TO MOVE EAST TUES WITH THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR RAIN ENDING DURING THE DAY. HOWEVER... SHWRS/TSTMS WILL CONT TO BE POSSIBLE TUES NITE/WEDNESDAY... MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN OK. MODELS SHOWING DISTURBANCES MOVING THRU THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME SHWRS/TSTMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE FA TUES NITE/WED. RAIN CHANCES WILL END WED AS UPR RIDGE BUILDS OVR THE AREA AND BECOMES THE DOMINANT FEATURE INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH UPR RIDGE OVR THE REGION... AREA WILL SEE A RETURN TO HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 94 72 95 73 / 50 50 20 10 HOBART OK 96 72 98 73 / 40 40 10 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 99 74 99 74 / 20 20 10 10 GAGE OK 91 69 96 71 / 60 40 20 20 PONCA CITY OK 88 71 94 73 / 70 60 40 20 DURANT OK 96 74 96 74 / 20 30 20 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05/22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2006
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-111200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1155 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY LOW THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...HEATING AND AN UPPER AIR
DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
INITIAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO
FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA...WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING NORTHEAST. A FEW OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY JUL 11.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...70 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS BY MID WEEK...BRINGING WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT
7 AM TUESDAY.
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 157 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 OKZ027-039-101930- GRADY OK-STEPHENS OK- 157 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GRADY AND STEPHENS COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DUNCAN AND MARLOW...TO NEAR RUSH SPRINGS AT 157 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 229 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 OKZ032-102000- HUGHES OK- 229 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HUGHES COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WETUMKA AT 229 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH.
The Norman radar (KTLX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.
18 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike damaged a home on Main Street. There were three separate holes in the roof found in the roof. A fire ignited by the lightning also damaged the home.
Wind gust was reported at the intersection of Sooner Road and 89th Street.
A six inch diameter cottonwood tree limb was downed.
A tree limb, approximately six inches in diameter, was downed.
The roof was peeled away and lines ruptured at a business that contained commercial refrigeration units on the southeast side of the city. The building was evacuated due to a cloud being seen and ammonia vapors smelled. One person was injured. Power lines were also downed.
Tree limbs, two inches in diameter, were downed.
Two inch diameter tree limbs were downed. An awning at a business was also blown down.
Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
Power lines were downed, along with three to four inch diameter tree limbs.
A lightning strike on the east side of town caused a fire in a home that destroyed the roof and attic. The second floor also sustained significant damage.
Cars were blown off Interstate 35 near mile marker 194 and Highway 412.
Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
Two tractor-trailers were blown over near Interstate 40 and Cimarron Road.
A lightning strike caused a fire in a large, approximately 3000 square foot, home on the west side of town. Heavy fire damage was sustained to the roof and attic. Heavy smoke damage also occurred to the second floor of the home.
Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
A barn was destroyed. Two horses were killed due to the flying debris of the barn. The debris was observed along a path north of the barn up to 1.5 miles away.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 2006
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: 5523637, 5523617, 5523618, 5523619, 5523620, 5523621, 5523693, 5523622, 5523623, 5523624, 5523625, 5523626, 5523627, 5523628, 5523629, 5523695, 5523630, 5523631, 5523694, 5523632, 5523633, 5523634, 5523696, 5523635, 5523636.