A few minor precipitation events occurred over western north Texas in February. Overall, drought conditions remained relatively unchanged.
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 episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A few minor precipitation events occurred over western north Texas in February. Overall, drought conditions remained relatively unchanged.
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 Jan 31, 10:35 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1035 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL 020600. NORTHEAST WIND WILL BECOME SOUTH FRIDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 853 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013/ UPDATE... A COLD NIGHT EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. SOME HIGH CLOUDS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FA. WILL SEND UPDATES SHORTLY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 328 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013/ DISCUSSION... LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS WILL REMAIN NORTH AND/OR EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. FORECAST GENERALLY REMAINS DRY EXCEPT FOR RELATIVELY POPS SOUTHEAST MONDAY AND ON THE NEW DAY SEVEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY. AFTER A COLD NIGHT TONIGHT... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE AVERAGES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 20 46 32 59 / 0 0 0 0 HOBART OK 22 47 29 61 / 0 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 25 54 35 62 / 0 0 0 0 GAGE OK 19 49 26 59 / 0 0 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 11 41 29 56 / 0 0 0 0 DURANT OK 27 50 38 60 / 0 0 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 25/09/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
909 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-012100-
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-
909 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
A DRY STABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPRESS ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
TONIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST FRIDAY FEB 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...ZERO PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE
MONDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
FRIDAY.
JTK/MAXWELLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
D3 (extreme) drought conditions continued across Archer County with persistent dry conditions.
D3 (extreme) drought conditions continued across Baylor County with persistent dry conditions.
D3 (extreme) drought conditions were present at the beginning of the month in Clay County, but had improved slightly to D2 (severe) drought by the end of the month.
D3 (extreme) drought conditions were present at the beginning of the month in Foard County, but had improved slightly to D2 (severe) drought by the end of the month.
D2 (severe) drought conditions continued across Hardeman County with persistent dry conditions.
D3 (extreme) drought conditions continued across Knox County with persistent dry conditions.
D4 (exceptional) drought conditions were present at the beginning of the month in Wichita County, but had improved slightly to D3 (extreme) drought by the end of the month.
D4 (exceptional) drought conditions continued across Wilbarger County with persistent dry conditions.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 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: 430355, 430357, 430358, 430359, 430361, 430364, 430366, 430367.