Precipitation totals for March were below normal across western north Texas, resulting in a slight worsening of the long-term drought.
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.
Precipitation totals for March were below normal across western north Texas, resulting in a slight worsening of the long-term drought.
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 Feb 28, 11:20 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1120 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 .AVIATION... MID/HIGH CLOUDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS S/W TROUGH DROPS SSEWD. CIGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER AS AIRMASS MOISTENS WITH SOME MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY. SOME SPRINKLES/FLURRIES POSSIBLE BUT CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE FOR ANY SITES. && .PREV DISCUSSIONS... /ISSUED 520 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013/ .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE PERIOD. MID/HIGH CLOUDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS S/W TROUGH DROPS SSEWD THROUGH THE REGION. CIGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER AS AIRMASS MOISTENS FROM ABOVE WITH SOME MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE FRIDAY. SOME SPRINKLES/FLURRIES POSSIBLE BUT CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE FOR ANY SITES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 344 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013/ .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES ARE AVERAGING ABOUT +3 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SNOW PACK ACROSS NW OK SLOWLY CONTINUES TO MELT UNDER CLEAR SKIES. MID TO HIGH CLOUD COVERAGE WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING FROM THE NW TO SSW AS A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PANHANDLE. VERY LITTLE LIFT AND SATURATION WILL OCCUR WITH THIS WAVE...ALTHOUGH SOME SPRINKLES AND FLURRIES CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH IT MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FA THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW PM. DEEP NORTHERLY FLOW AND DECREASING THICKNESSES WILL FOLLOW THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WAVE...KEEPING MAX TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL AGAIN FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A SFC HIGH OVERHEAD...BEFORE A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE RIDGE AXIS FINALLY CROSSES THE ROCKIES SUNDAY MORNING AND MOVES INTO THE PLAINS. FAIRLY STRONG MID LEVEL ZONAL FLOW WILL THEN SETUP OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES NEAR S CO AHEAD OF ANOTHER DIGGING VORT MAX ENTERING THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. EXPECT MUCH WARMER TEMPS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LEE SFC LOW AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW. AVG 850MB TEMPS ACROSS THE EXTREME SW MAY JUMP ALL THE WAY INTO THE UPPER TEENS. AT LEAST LOW 70S APPEAR VERY REASONABLE ACROSS WESTERN N TX AS A RESULT. A COUPLE OF COLD FRONTS MON-TUES WILL DROP TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN TO BELOW NORMAL BY TUES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 28 44 25 47 / 0 10 0 0 HOBART OK 27 47 24 52 / 10 10 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 30 51 27 56 / 10 10 0 0 GAGE OK 22 39 20 49 / 10 10 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 24 40 19 40 / 10 10 0 0 DURANT OK 31 49 30 47 / 0 10 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 02/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1159 AM CST THU FEB 28 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011200-
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-
1159 AM CST THU FEB 28 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
A COOL AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL PERSIST.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST FRIDAY MAR 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...
NO THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
FRIDAY MARCH 1.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
D2 (severe) drought conditions were present at the beginning of the month, but had worsened to D3 (extreme) drought by the end of the month.
D3 (extreme) drought conditions were present at the beginning of the month, but had worsened to D4 (exceptional) drought by the end of the month.
D2 (severe) drought conditions were present at the beginning of the month, but had worsened to D3 (extreme) drought by the end of the month.
D2 (severe) drought conditions were present at the beginning of the month, but had worsened to D3 (extreme) drought by the end of the month.
D2 (severe) drought continued with persistent dry conditions.
D3 (extreme) drought conditions were present at the beginning of the month, but had worsened to D4 (exceptional) drought by the end of the month.
D3 (extreme) drought conditions were present at the beginning of the month, but had worsened to D4 (exceptional) drought by the end of the month.
D4 (exceptional) drought continued 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, March 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: 436094, 436095, 436096, 436097, 436099, 436100, 436101, 436102.