Drought, McCurtain
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Oklahoma, March 1 to 31, 2011
While much of McCurtain County in Southeast Oklahoma was just under D2 Severe Drought status through the first part of 2011, an abnormally dry month of March resulted in the entire county being classified in a D2 Severe Drought with the western most part of the county being classified with D3 Extreme Drought conditions.
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 happened
The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
While much of McCurtain County in Southeast Oklahoma was just under D2 Severe Drought status through the first part of 2011, an abnormally dry month of March resulted in the entire county being classified in a D2 Severe Drought with the western most part of the county being classified with D3 Extreme Drought conditions.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 9:35 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:35 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 935 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 .DISCUSSION... COLD AIR ADVECTION BEING OBSERVED THIS EVENING AS TEMPS CONTINUE TO FALL. NO REAL CHANGES TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE...BUT WILL UPDATE TEXT PACKAGE TO REMOVE BECOMING WORDING. ELEVEN && .AVIATION... CONCERNING THE ARKLATEX...VFR...SKC EXCEPT FOR A FEW STRATOCU NEAR KMLU AND KELD. MVFR DECK IS SCATTERING OUT/DRIFTING EASTWARD. MOSTLY SKC EXPECTED AREAWIDE ACROSS CWA THRU AT LEAST TUE AFTN. NW WINDS AROUND 10 KTS WITH DIMINISHING GUST THIS EVENING...VEERING NE TO SE AROUND 5 KTS OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS. /24/ && .PREVIOUS POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 41 66 38 68 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 MLU 40 64 37 67 43 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEQ 29 64 30 67 37 / 0 0 0 0 0 TXK 37 64 37 68 42 / 0 0 0 0 0 ELD 35 64 33 67 40 / 0 0 0 0 0 TYR 39 67 40 69 45 / 0 0 0 0 0 GGG 37 67 37 68 43 / 0 0 0 0 0 LFK 42 69 38 71 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/24
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 11:35 AM CST, 12 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1135 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-011200- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1135 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 15
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flood in Indiana, March 1, 2011
- Flooding in Illinois, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Flooding in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 2011
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Flooding in Ohio, March 1 to 3, 2011
- Flooding in Indiana, March 1 to 27, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, March 1, 2011
- Drought in Arkansas, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Drought in Oklahoma, March 1, 2011
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Drought in Louisiana, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Drought in Colorado, March 1 to 31, 2011
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 2011
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: 282469.