Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 2006

Name: Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 2006
Start: 2006-02-01T00:00
End: 2006-02-28T23:59
Location: Texas

February 1 to 28, 2006 · NWS OUN · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

8 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 Jan 31, 9:15 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 9:15 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
915 PM CST TUE JAN 31 2006

COLD FRONT IS PRETTY MUCH ON SCHEDULE...JUST NOW ENTERING THE NW
CORNER OF THE FA.  EXPECT FRONT TO CONTINUE SEWD OVERNIGHT...PUSHING
TO AROUND AN SPS TO OUN TO CQB LINE BY 12Z.  FAIRLY STRONG POST
FRONTAL WINDS SHOWING UP ON MESONET IN THE PANHANDLE PROBABLY AIDED
BY EVAPORATIVE COOLING OF HIGH BASED SHOWERS IN THAT AREA.  SO DO
NOT EXPECT SPEEDS QUITE AS STRONG AS FRONT PUSHES FRTHR SEWD INTO
THE FA. COULD BE A FEW SPRINKLES IN THE NW BUT WITH WITH VERY DRY
AIR IN LOWER LAYERS OF THE AMS DO NOT EXPECT ANY MEASURABLE
PRECIP.

II

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
315 PM CST TUE JAN 31 2006

.DISCUSSION...
FIRE WEATHER IS THE MAIN ISSUE AS EXPECTED. A FEW WILD FIRES HAVE
BEEN DETECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA ON SATELLITE... RADAR
AND VISUALLY. THE WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING
ALTHOUGH MODERATE WINDS WITH SOME GUSTINESS IS STILL EXPECTED.
COLD FRONT IN WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST AND ENTER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE AREA IN THE MID
EVENING HOURS. MODELS STILL ARE NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB
PREDICTING SURFACE DEWPOINTS AS ALL OF THE PRIMARY MODELS HAVE
DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY 00Z. HAVE
GONE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW MODEL DEWPOINTS IN THE GRIDS TONIGHT.

COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TOMORROW THANKS TO THE SURFACE FRONT
MOVING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. TOMORROWS STORM SYSTEM STILL LOOKS TO
TRACK FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO NOT GIVE US SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION
CHANCES. GFS IS THE MOST OPTIMISTIC IN BRINGING QPF INTO THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE AREA. BUT IT LOOKS TO BE SUFFERING FROM SOME
CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK LOOKING AT THE 500 MB VORTICITY PROG. THE 37
UNIT VORT MAX NEAR LONGVIEW AND -20 UNIT VORT MIN SOUTHEAST OF
DALLAS JUST DO NOT LOOK VERY REALISTIC. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST FOR WEDNESDAY... BUT HAVE TRIMMED THE
AREA A LITTLE BIT AND AM NOT TERRIBLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
CHANCES.

SIMILAR SCENARIO WITH THE UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON
FRIDAY. GFS WAS VERY BULLISH WITH QPF FOR FRIDAY ON LAST NIGHTS
00Z RUN... BUT AGAIN IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF
CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AND RUNS SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN DRIER. LOW LEVEL
TRAJECTORIES ARE VERY POOR FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
RETURN SO WILL MAINTAIN ONLY LOW POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST WITH THIS
SYSTEM AS WELL. OTHERWISE THE FORECAST REMAINS DRY AND CONTINUED
MILD TO WARM FOR EARLY FEBRUARY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  41  60  39  63 /   0  10  10   0
HOBART OK         39  60  37  63 /   0   0   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  44  63  40  67 /   0  10  10   0
GAGE OK           32  57  30  59 /   0   0   0   0
PONCA CITY OK     38  58  36  61 /   0   0   0   0
DURANT OK         46  62  44  65 /  10  20  10   0

&&

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

TX...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 12:00 PM CST, 12 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CST TUE JAN 31 2006

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011300-
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 CST TUE JAN 31 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

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

DISCUSSION...
A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST WEDNESDAY FEB 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...0 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTREME OVER ALL BUT SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. REFER TO FIRE DANGER STATEMENT AND RED FLAG
WARNING FOR DETAILS. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON
IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. SEE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL ENCOUNTER
INCREASING MOISTURE IN THIS AREA...BUT INSTABILITY WILL BE VERY
LIMITED. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 700
AM WEDNESDAY.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Hardeman

When: February 1, 12:00 AM CST to February 28, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hardeman forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.290, -99.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought conditions continued across western north Texas throughout the month of February. Mainly extreme (D3) drought conditions were reported across the area. The dry conditions continued to exacerbate already difficult fire weather conditions, with wildfires in parts of the area. The drought was also affecting ranchers and farmers whose farm ponds for the animals were low or dry and pasture grass was less than ideal for feeding large numbers of livestock.

Drought, Archer

When: February 1, 12:00 AM CST to February 28, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Archer forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.615, -98.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Baylor

When: February 1, 12:00 AM CST to February 28, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Baylor forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.617, -99.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Clay

When: February 1, 12:00 AM CST to February 28, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Foard

When: February 1, 12:00 AM CST to February 28, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Foard forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.975, -99.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Knox

When: February 1, 12:00 AM CST to February 28, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.606, -99.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wichita

When: February 1, 12:00 AM CST to February 28, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wichita forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wilbarger

When: February 1, 12:00 AM CST to February 28, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wilbarger forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.081, -99.241 (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 Texas in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, February 2006

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: 5491586, 5491587, 5491588, 5491589, 5491590, 5491591, 5491592, 5491593.