Precipitation for the month of July was generally near to above average throughout Oklahoma, with the area of drought further retracting in northern, western and southern Oklahoma. For the first time in a full year, D4 drought was eliminated from all the OUN CWA counties of Oklahoma.
Every event with a place to put it; 28 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.
Precipitation for the month of July was generally near to above average throughout Oklahoma, with the area of drought further retracting in northern, western and southern Oklahoma. For the first time in a full year, D4 drought was eliminated from all the OUN CWA counties of Oklahoma.
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 Jun 30, 9:11 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1011 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 .UPDATE... CONVECTION IN THE PANHANDLE HAS MORE OF A SOUTH MOVEMENT TONIGHT AND THE STORM-SCALE MODELS ARE EVEN LESS BULLISH THAN LAST NIGHT ON ANY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. WILL LEAVE THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS LATE IN THE WEST. PACKAGE IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO UPDATES ARE NEEDED AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 557 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013/ AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL 012400. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013/ DISCUSSION... NORTHERLY LOW LEVEL CONTINUES TO SPREAD DRIER AIR AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS DESPITE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. EXPANSIVE LOW LEVEL RIDGE FROM THE NRN PLAINS TO TX WILL PERSIST THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER PATTERN WITH TROUGH OVER THE MID MISS VALLEY AND RIDGE OVER THE WEST CONTINUES. SHOWERS/TSTMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON/EVE. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEST OF THE FA TONIGHT ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS COULD MAKE IT INTO FAR WRN OK LATE TONIGHT. OTRW...DRY WEATHER WITH BLO AVERAGE TEMPS EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK. UPPER RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE WEST WITH UPPER TROUGH EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT WWD TOWARD THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE IN THE WEEK. SLIGHT INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH UPPER TROUGH LINGERING OVER THE AREA MAY SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS AND WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW POPS FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 60 84 59 83 / 10 10 10 10 HOBART OK 60 87 58 87 / 10 10 10 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 64 88 62 86 / 10 10 10 10 GAGE OK 57 82 54 83 / 20 10 10 10 PONCA CITY OK 59 83 55 82 / 10 10 10 10 DURANT OK 62 85 61 83 / 10 10 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1126 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013
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-
1126 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
A GRADUAL DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...MINIMIZING
THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT MONDAY JUL 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...20 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
DRY AND WARM WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH MOST
OF WEDNESDAY. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
MOST OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SEVERE STORMS APPEAR UNLIKELY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5
AM MONDAY.
CMSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
28 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
D3 (extreme) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D2 (severe) by the end of the month.
D4 (exceptional) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D3 (extreme) by the end of the month.
D1 (moderate) drought continued through the month with persistent dry conditions.
D2 (severe) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved to D0 (abnormally dry) by the end of the month.
D2 (severe) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D1 (moderate) by the end of the month.
D3 (extreme) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D2 (severe) by the end of the month.
D3 (extreme) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D2 (severe) by the end of the month.
D3 (extreme) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D2 (severe) by the end of the month.
D3 (extreme) drought continued with persistent dry conditions.
D2 (severe) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved to D0 (abnormally dry) by the end of the month.
D2 (severe) drought continued through the month with persistent dry conditions.
D4 (exceptional) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D3 (extreme) by the end of the month.
D4 (exceptional) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D3 (extreme) by the end of the month.
D3 (extreme) drought continued through the month with persistent dry conditions.
D4 (exceptional) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D3 (extreme) by the end of the month.
D1 (moderate) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D0 (abnormally dry) by the end of the month.
Drought was not present at the beginning of the month, but D0 (abnormally dry) conditions had developed by the end of the month due to below-average precipitation.
D1 (moderate) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D0 (abnormally dry) by the end of the month.
D2 (severe) drought continued through the month with persistent dry conditions.
D0 (abnormally dry) drought continued through the month with persistent dry conditions.
D2 (severe) drought continued through the month with persistent dry conditions.
D0 (abnormally dry) drought continued through the month with persistent dry conditions.
D4 (exceptional) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D3 (extreme) by the end of the month.
D1 (moderate) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D0 (abnormally dry) by the end of the month.
D4 (exceptional) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D3 (extreme) by the end of the month.
D3 (extreme) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had improved slightly to D2 (severe) by the end of the month.
D2 (severe) drought continued through the month with persistent dry conditions.
D2 (severe) drought was present at the beginning of the month, but had worsened slightly to D3 (extreme) by the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 2013
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: 461361, 461362, 461364, 461365, 461367, 461368, 461369, 461370, 461372, 461373, 461374, 461375, 461376, 461377, 461378, 461379, 461380, 461381, 461383, 461384, 461385, 461386, 461387, 461388, 461389, 461390, 461391, 461392.