Drought, McCurtain
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Oklahoma, November 1 to 30, 2012
Drought conditions continued across McCurtain County in Southeast Oklahoma during the month of November. Much of the month was on the dry side with rainfall across the county ranging from near one quarter of an inch to near two inches in some locations.
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.
Drought conditions continued across McCurtain County in Southeast Oklahoma during the month of November. Much of the month was on the dry side with rainfall across the county ranging from near one quarter of an inch to near two inches in some locations. This was obviously not enough rainfall for McCurtain County's drought conditions to improve any. All of McCurtain County remained under D3 Extreme Drought conditions during the month of November.
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 Oct 31, 8:12 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 8:12 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 912 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2012 .DISCUSSION... CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WIND AND MILD TEMPERATURES AREAWIDE THIS EVENING. FORECAST LOWS FOR TONIGHT IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S LOOK GOOD. SEE NO REASON FOR AN UPDATE AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... VFR TO PREVAIL AT MOST TAF SITES THROUGH THE 06Z TAF PD. KLFK MAY EXPERIENCE BR/FG ONCE AGAIN BEFORE SUNRISE...BUT SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. OTHERWISE...NEAR CALM WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 4-8 KTS OUT OF THE SE AFTER SUNRISE...VEERING TO THE SW BY AFTERNOON. /12/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 52 81 56 84 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 MLU 46 77 53 84 57 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEQ 43 81 54 86 57 / 0 0 0 0 0 TXK 50 81 55 86 59 / 0 0 0 0 0 ELD 44 77 53 84 57 / 0 0 0 0 0 TYR 52 83 59 84 62 / 0 0 0 0 0 GGG 48 83 58 84 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 LFK 51 84 58 83 61 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14/12
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 11:04 AM CST, 12 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1204 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2012 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-011100- 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- 1204 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2012 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS BACK TO THE FOUR STATE AREA LATE SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. 09
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
- Drought in Texas, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Texas, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Oklahoma, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Oklahoma, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Texas, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Arkansas, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Nebraska, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Nebraska, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Missouri, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Kansas, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in New Mexico, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Oklahoma, November 1 to 30, 2012
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, November 2012
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: 417360.