8 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 11, 8:45 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 945 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006 UNUSUALLY COMPLICATED WEATHER PATTERN THIS MORNING WITH NUMEROUS MESOSCALE INFLUENCES. FIRST ON THE LARGE SCALE...A BROAD LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S...WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY PROGRESSING THROUGH WESTERN OKLAHOMA MCVS EXIST OVER ARKANSAS/NE OKLAHOMA/AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WITH THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MCV MOST ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL AREA OF ONGOING CONVECTION. SURFACE ANALYSIS AND VISIBLE SATELLITE TRENDS SHOW A SURFACE TROUGH OVER KANSAS MOVING EVER SO SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY IS ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN FALLING TO ITS NORTH LAST NIGHT AND INSOLATION CURRENTLY REDUCED DUE TO PROXIMITY OF MCV AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH. THE ABOVE MENTIONED SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOULD AMPLIFY THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT AS A SECONDARY DISTURBANCE OVER COLORADO CATCHES UP WITH AND PHASES WITH THE LEAD TROUGH. THE RESULT SHOULD BE INCREASING/DEEPENING LIFT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA LATER TODAY/TONIGHT WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION MOST LIKELY NEAR THE TROUGH IN KANSAS AND POSSIBLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING WILL BE STRONGEST. STORMS THAT CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING SHOULD BE AUGMENTED BY A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP NEAR THE TROUGH IN KANSAS POSSIBLY PROPAGATING INTO THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER POSSIBLY CONTRIBUTOR TO STORMS LATER TODAY WILL BE EVAPORATION OF WATER FROM A WET GROUND WITH THIS PROCESS POSSIBLY ADDING TO HIGHER INSTABILITY/WEAKER CAP OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. IN ADDITION TO SHIFTING THE HIGHEST POPS TODAY/TONIGHT INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA...WILL ALSO BE LOWERING HIGH TEMPS TODAY NEAR AND ALONG BOTH SIDE OF INTERSTATE 40...WHERE RAIN LAST NIGHT WAS MOST ABUNDANT AND CLOUDS ARE THICKEST. JAMES -------------------------- 355 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006 .DISCUSSION... BACK EDGE OF RAIN THIS MORNING LEAVING PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. OUTFLOW FROM EVENING/OVERNIGHT CONVECTION HAS PUSHED INTO PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THIS BOUNDARY MAY HELP FOCUS ADDITIONAL STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RATHER HIGH PW VALUES...RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND WAVE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO/ NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH AREAS IN AND AROUND I-44 CORRIDOR MOST SUSCEPTIBLE. INSTABILITY AND UPPER FLOW WILL ALSO BE SUFFICIENT FOR STRONG STORMS TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN THE 55 TO 65 RANGE. MODELS INDICATED CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY BEFORE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN US. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 97 73 97 73 / 60 60 40 30 HOBART OK 99 73 99 73 / 60 60 20 30 WICHITA FALLS TX 100 74 100 73 / 40 40 30 30 GAGE OK 96 70 99 70 / 30 30 20 20 PONCA CITY OK 95 71 96 72 / 50 30 30 30 DURANT OK 97 75 96 75 / 50 50 30 30 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 99/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1150 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-121200-
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-
1150 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...AND
OKLAHOMA.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 1 PM
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
IMPACTS...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE THE MOST LIKELY
HAZARDS.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER FROM 1 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON
EAST OF INTERSTATE 44...AS STRONG DAYTIME HEATING AND INFLUENCE FROM
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE HELP INITIATE STORMS. AVERAGE MOTION WILL
BE TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IN
KANSAS...WITH THESE STORMS POSSIBLY MOVING INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL SEVERE
WEATHER POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS COULD EVENTUALLY CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE
OR MORE CLUSTERS OF STORMS OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS.
WITH INSTABILITY DECREASING OVERNIGHT...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH...WHILE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN INCREASES.
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS...STORMS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...DUE A VERY MOIST AND WEAKLY
CAPPED ENVIRONMENT. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IN THESE AREAS CAN NOT
BE RULED OUT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY JUL 12.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...50 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
DUE TO SLOW STORM MOTION AND HUMID AIR...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO A GRADUALLY WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER PATTERN. DUE
TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH INSTABILITY...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE EACH DAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PERSIST THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS...WITH HEAT
INDICES REGULARLY APPROACHING 105 DEGREES. LIMITING OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY IS RECOMMENDED.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
WEDNESDAY.
JAMESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1030 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL 1 NE ADA 34.79N 96.65W
07/10/2006 E0.88 INCH PONTOTOC OK EMERGENCY MNGR
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TYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Temperatures rose to triple digits with higher heat indices and remained there for most of the month. Lows also only fell to 75 degrees or higher. The heat caused several calls for paramedics due to heat-related illnesses.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, 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: 5523904, 5523905, 5523906, 5523907, 5523908, 5523909, 5523910, 5523911.