The drought continued to dwindle as more rainfall continued accumulate. Almost all of the D2 drought had been extinguished, with the exception of far southwest Oklahoma.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
The drought continued to dwindle as more rainfall continued accumulate. Almost all of the D2 drought had been extinguished, with the exception of far southwest Oklahoma. The above normal temperatures and precipitation had allowed for a very good year for the wheat and canola crops.
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 Mar 31, 9:26 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1026 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 .AVIATION... IFR CEILINGS AND FOG ARE EXPCTED IN CENTRAL AND PART OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPCTED BY 011500. SOUTH WIND WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY LATER IN THE DAY SUNDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 959 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012/ UPDATE... ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. PATCHY FOG IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...WITH SOME AREAS OF FOG POSSIBLE NEAR SUNRISE. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL FLOW APPEARS LESS CONDUCIVE (VEERING AND INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT) FOR AT LEAST WIDESPREAD AREAS OF DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY MORNING. PATCHY DENSE FOG CANNOT BE RULED OUT THOUGH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN OK STATE BORDERS AND I-35 CORRIDOR WHERE SFC WINDS MAY REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT AND SOUTHERLY UNDER RIDGING ALOFT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 61 93 62 85 / 0 0 10 20 HOBART OK 59 91 60 82 / 0 0 0 40 WICHITA FALLS TX 63 96 63 89 / 0 0 10 30 GAGE OK 53 91 51 82 / 0 0 0 40 PONCA CITY OK 61 91 66 88 / 0 0 10 20 DURANT OK 66 88 65 84 / 0 0 10 20 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/09/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011000-
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-
1155 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. RIDGING ALOFT
COMBINED WITH WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE WILL NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY APR 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...10 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...40 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
AREAS OF LIGHT FOG MAY FORM DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT WIDESPREAD
DENSE FOG IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE NEXT ORGANIZED WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE
A BROAD LINE OF STORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME SEVERE
WEATHER. THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS OUR REGION FROM WEST
TO EAST.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY
5 AM SUNDAY.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
D2 (severe) drought continued over the southwest portion of the county through the month.
D2 (severe) drought continued through the month.
D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought continued through the month. Slight improvement was noted toward the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 2012
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: 378994, 378995, 378996.