With very few precipitation events and unseasonably warm temperatures, drought conditions worsened over much of western, northern and central Oklahoma.
Every event with a place to put it; 37 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.
With very few precipitation events and unseasonably warm temperatures, drought conditions worsened over much of western, northern and central 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 Mar 31, 11:02 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1202 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 .DISCUSSION... THE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.... && .AVIATION... AN AREA OF CLOUDS WAS FORMING ALONG THE COLD FRONT AT 05Z. THIS AREA OF CLOUDS IS EXPECTED GENERALLY TO EXPAND THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MORNING. THE CEILINGS ARE LIKELY TO LOWER INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...EXCEPT IN W OK. A FEW PATCHES OF ELEVATED SMOKE MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT LOWER FLIGHT LEVELS...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF THE LARGE FIRE SE OF KGAG. A FEW TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND E OF I-44...BUT CHANCES REMAIN TOO LOW FOR INCLUSION IN TAFS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 952 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014/ DISCUSSION... FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY SWD THIS EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO STALL VICINITY OF THE RED RIVER LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY. SHOWERS/TSTMS HAVE REMAINED JUST EAST OF THE FA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STILL COULD SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT IN SE OK LATER TONIGHT NEAR OR NORTH OF THE FRONT AND WILL LEAVE LOW POPS IN PLACE. WILL MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO MIN TEMPS TONIGHT...OTRW NO OTHER SIG CHANGES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 50 71 60 80 / 10 20 20 30 HOBART OK 47 76 57 86 / 10 10 20 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 54 85 65 86 / 10 20 20 20 GAGE OK 36 70 46 81 / 0 0 10 0 PONCA CITY OK 42 64 55 77 / 10 10 40 30 DURANT OK 58 75 65 77 / 10 20 20 30 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 02/23/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1110 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014
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-
1110 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. IF STORMS DEVELOP...A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG WITH
HAIL...HOWEVER SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY.
DISCUSSION...
SOME LOW LEVEL LIFT COMBINED WITH ELEVATED INSTABILITY NEAR AND NORTH
OF A FRONT MAY ALLOW FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...CAPPING WILL LIKELY BE TOO STRONG FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY APR 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...30 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A FRONT WILL SETTLE NEAR THE RED RIVER EARLY TUESDAY...SLOWLY LIFTING
NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT DURING THE DAY. A DRYLINE WILL DEVELOP FROM
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THESE TWO BOUNDARIES MAY
PROMOTE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.
SHOULD STORMS DEVELOP...THE ENVIRONMENT WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF VERY
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY SHOULD
WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET.
THE SAME FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTH WEDNESDAY...WITH
ADDITIONAL WARM FRONT AND DRYLINE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FROM LATE AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WITH GREATER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE...A
MORE ROBUST SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE MAY TAKE SHAPE. THOUGH ONLY A HANDFUL OF
STORMS MAY ACTUALLY OCCUR....VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL
ACCOMPANY ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS...ALONG WITH A THREAT OF TORNADOES.
STORMS THAT MANAGE TO DEVELOP WILL ONCE AGAIN WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET.
BY THURSDAY...A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL NUDGE THE DRYLINE AND
FRONT EASTWARD...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY CENTRAL AND
EASTERN OKLAHOMA. GIVEN REMAINING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...THE CHANCE
FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL PERSIST.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT SEVERE
STORMS APPEAR VERY UNLIKELY DURING THIS TIMEFRAME.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...COUPLED WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD
TO ELEVATED WILDFIRE POTENTIAL ON THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM
TUESDAY.
AUSTIN/30/MBSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
37 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme (D3) drought worsened to exceptional (D4) drought by the end of the month.
Extreme (D3) drought worsened to exceptional (D4) drought by the end of the month.
Exceptional (D4) drought prevailed through the month.
Exceptional (D4) drought prevailed through the month.
Exceptional (D4) drought prevailed through the month.
Exceptional (D4) drought prevailed through the month.
Exceptional (D4) drought prevailed through the month.
Exceptional (D4) drought prevailed through the month.
Extreme (D3) drought worsened to exceptional (D4) drought by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought worsened to extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought worsened to extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought worsened to extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought worsened to extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought by the end of the month.
Extreme (D3) drought persisted with exceptionatl (D4) drought expanding into western portions of the county.
Severe (D2) to exceptional (D4) drought worsened with extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought by month's end.
Severe (D2) to exceptional (D4) drought worsened with extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought by month's end.
Severe (D2) to exceptional (D4) drought worsened with extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought by month's end.
Severe (D2) drought worsened to extreme (D3) drought by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought worsened to extreme (D3) drought by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month, with extreme (D3) drought developing over much of the county by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month, with extreme (D3) drought developing over much of the county by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month, with extreme (D3) drought developing over much of the county by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month, with extreme (D3) drought developing over much of the county by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month, with extreme (D3) drought developing over much of the county by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month, with extreme (D3) drought developing over much of the county by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month, with extreme (D3) drought developing over much of the county by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted across northern portions of the county through the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted through the month.
Severe (D2) drought persisted across northern portions of the county through the month.
Severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought persisted through the month.
Extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought persisted through the month.
Severe (D2) drought developed by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought developed across southern portions of the county by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought developed across southern portions of the county by the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought developed across southern portions of the county by the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 2014
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: 511273, 511274, 511275, 511276, 511277, 511278, 511279, 511280, 511282, 511283, 511284, 511285, 511286, 511287, 511288, 511289, 511290, 511291, 511292, 511293, 511294, 511295, 511296, 511297, 511298, 511299, 511300, 511301, 511302, 511303, 511304, 511305, 511306, 511307, 511308, 511309, 511310.