4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 12:29 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 129 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 .DISCUSSION... A HOT AND DRY WEEK IS IN STORE AS THE UPPER HIGH BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. A WEAK FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHERN NE OR KS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BEGINS ACROSS OK. A MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IS INCLUDED FOR NEXT THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 68 97 71 96 / 0 0 0 0 HOBART OK 69 100 72 99 / 0 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 71 99 72 100 / 0 0 0 0 GAGE OK 68 98 71 99 / 0 10 10 0 PONCA CITY OK 68 96 72 96 / 0 10 10 0 DURANT OK 71 96 73 97 / 0 0 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1045 AM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-191200-
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-
1045 AM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA.
DISCUSSION...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...POSSIBLY
RESULTING IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE
BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM HOLDENVILLE...TO
LAKE TEXOMA...FROM 3 TO 7 PM. ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS ARE NOT FAVORABLE
FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER...THE PRESENCE OF MODERATE INSTABILITY
AND ABUNDANT DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS...MAY ALLOW THE STRONGEST
STORMS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS TO 60 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT MONDAY JUN 19.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...15 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE UPCOMING WEEK IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
RETURN TO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA NEXT WEEKEND...AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HOT TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...AND
MAY PRESENT SOME HEAT RELATED STRESS.
JAMESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
222 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL PERNELL 34.57N 97.50W
06/17/2006 E1.25 INCH GARVIN OK PUBLIC
0520 PM HAIL 5 ENE WYNNEWOOD 34.67N 97.08W
06/17/2006 E0.88 INCH GARVIN OK PUBLIC
&&
TYThe Norman radar (KTLX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A 21-month old boy succumbed (indirect) to the heat when left in a car for an hour in Stillwater, Oklahoma. High temperatures across the area were in the mid 90s on June 18th.
Trees were reported snapped and power poles downed between EW 31 and EW33 roads.
Hail was reported covering the ground.
Hail, 2.5-3 inches in diameter, was observed west of Highway 283 on Highway 15.
Wind gust was measured by the KGAG ASOS.
Wind gust was measured by the KWWR AWOS near Woodward.
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, June 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: 5516057, 5516056, 5515852, 5515853, 5515854, 5516053, 5516054, 5516055.