1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 28, 2:09 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 309 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 .DISCUSSION... MINIMAL CAPPING AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE HAVE HELPED GENERATE A MULTITUDE OF SMALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF OUR FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS SHOULD MOSTLY DIMINISH OR DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET... BUT ENOUGH MAY PERSIST TO WARRANT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL ZONES. THE RAIN SHOULD END OVERNIGHT... AND NOT RETURN UNTIL AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE GFS AND ECMWF BRING A SUBSTANTIAL STORM SYSTEM INTO THE PLAINS REGION ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... AND IF IT IS AS STRONG AS THE GFS ADVERTISES... WE SHOULD SEE A SUBSTANTIAL BREAK FROM THE HEAT LATE IN THE WEEK. EXACT TIMING THIS FAR OUT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN TEMPERATURES AND POPS... BUT WE HAVE INTRODUCED LOW POPS IN THE LATER PERIODS AND CUT BACK DAYTIME TEMPERATURES NOTICEABLY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES FROM TOMORROW THROUGH AT LEAST NEXT WEDNESDAY LOOK QUITE HOT AGAIN. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS FOR TOMORROW... SINCE RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT MAY SLOW DIURNAL HEATING TOMORROW MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LOWERED HIGHS VERY SLIGHTLY MOST AREAS TOMORROW. AFTER THAT... THE HEAT IS BACK ON FULL THROTTLE... AND WE MAY NEED TO RESUME HEAT ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS IN A FEW DAYS. FOR NOW... WILL DEFER TO LATER SHIFTS... PARTICULARLY SO WE CAN BETTER EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF RAIN TODAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 74 100 75 101 / 30 10 10 10 HOBART OK 74 102 76 104 / 20 10 10 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 75 102 77 103 / 20 10 10 0 GAGE OK 71 98 73 102 / 30 10 10 10 PONCA CITY OK 74 99 76 100 / 30 10 10 10 DURANT OK 76 98 75 100 / 10 10 10 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 22/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-291200-
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-
1200 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE REGION...A FEW COULD PRODUCE
SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY.
DISCUSSION...
THIS AFTERNOON A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN IN NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA...PROVIDING THE BEST FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...OR
PERHAPS A SMALL COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS. DEVELOPMENT IS MOST LIKELY
BETWEEN WOODWARD AND ENID...WITH MOVEMENT TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST.
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY GREATER COVERAGE
OF STORMS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND RELATIVELY HIGH CLOUD BASES MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED
SEVERE WIND GUSTS. THE MAIN CONCERN...HOWEVER...WILL BE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AFFECTING SMALL AREAS. RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES
PER HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THE STRONGER STORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LESS NUMEROUS ACROSS THE REST OF OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...BUT ANY STORMS THAT DO OCCUR MAY ALSO PRODUCE
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
STORM INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY JUL 29.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...80 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING...
ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA. REFER TO OUR FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER TO THE REGION BEGINNING
SATURDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY ISOLATED...AND MAINLY
CONFINED TO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A
COLD FRONT WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES NEXT
THURSDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAT EXHAUSTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN FOR PEOPLE AND PETS
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. STAY INDOORS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
STRONGER WINDS MAY PRODUCE EXTREME FIRE DANGER MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
SATURDAY.
MAXWELL/BURKESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 426 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 OKZ021-034-282200- BECKHAM OK-GREER OK- 426 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM AND GREER COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WILLOW TO ELK CITY AT 426 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. HEAVY RAIN WITH LOW VISIBILITY WILL AFFECT TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 40 AROUND ELK CITY AND SAYRE. WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY. BURKE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 430 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 OKZ006-282215- ALFALFA OK- 430 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ALFALFA COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL ALFALFA COUNTY FROM LAMBERT TO JET AND THE GREAT SALT PLAINS LAKE AT 430 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOW...AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY. BURKE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 436 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 OKZ026-282145- LINCOLN OK- 436 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LINCOLN COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON AT 436 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 442 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 OKZ005-282215- WOODS OK- 442 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR WOODS COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WAYNOKA AT 442 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND WAYNOKA WILL RECEIVE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY. BURKE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 459 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 OKZ021-282230- BECKHAM OK- 459 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORM WERE LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF SAYRE TO NEAR ELK CITY AT 459 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS WHICH WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN SAYRE AND ELK CITY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 507 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 OKZ006-007-282215- ALFALFA OK-GRANT OK- 507 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ALFALFA AND GRANT COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF WAKITA AT 507 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS BETWEEN WAKITA AND BURLINGTON. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY...AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE LIKELY. BURKE
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were uprooted on the south side of town. A home sustained some roof damage. An apartment roof was also heavily damaged.
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