With persistent dry conditions and only a few snow events, drought conditions did not improve.
Every event with a place to put it; 20 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 persistent dry conditions and only a few snow events, drought conditions did not improve.
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, 11:13 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1113 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014
.AVIATION...
01/06Z TAFS...LIFR WITH EVEN SOME VLIFR VIS/CIGS ACROSS CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA FIRST 4 TO 6 HOURS OF FORECAST. LOWEST VISIBILITIES ARE
OVER OR NEAR KOKC WITH CIGS DRIVING RESTRICTIONS MOST OTHER
LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. LIGHT FREEZING
DRIZZLE AND/OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT FAR NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA TERMINALS FIRST 2 TO 4 HOURS OF FORECAST. IMPROVEMENT
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS SURFACE TROUGH SHIFTS EAST. OUTSIDE OF
KPNC...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO SPREAD WEST TO EAST OVER
TERMINALS 12-16Z TIME FRAME. LOW LEVEL RIDGE REINFORCEMENT TOWARD
END OF PERIOD WILL INCREASE NORTHERLY WIND WITH NEXT ROUND OF
PRECIPITATION JUST BEYOND THIS FORECAST VALID TIME.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 29 41 21 32 / 40 20 20 40
HOBART OK 28 41 21 32 / 0 10 20 40
WICHITA FALLS TX 34 50 25 31 / 0 10 30 70
GAGE OK 24 35 14 32 / 30 10 20 10
PONCA CITY OK 26 36 14 32 / 50 30 10 20
DURANT OK 52 59 30 34 / 30 30 10 80
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY FOR OKZ006>008-
012-013-018>020-024>026-029-030.
TX...NONE.
&&
03/11HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1020 PM CST FRI JAN 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-
1020 PM CST THU JAN 31 2014
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.
DISCUSSION...
VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA BUT INSTABILITY WILL BE TOO WEAK FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY FEB 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...ZERO PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE CONFINED TO
FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD THE OKC METRO...AREAS
OF DENSE FREEZING FOG WILL BE SEEN. NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED BUT SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. EXTRA CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN
IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. BE PREPARED
FOR SLICK WALKWAYS TOO.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX TO OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW
POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS. A FOURTH ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY
OCCUR AROUND FRIDAY. CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES TO THE FORECAST.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
5 AM SATURDAY.
11The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
20 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought conditions remained D2(severe) across most of the county.
Drought conditions remained D2(severe) across most of the county.
Drought conditions remained D2(severe) across most of the county.
Drought conditions remained D2(severe) across most of the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D2(severe) across northwest portions of the county to D1(moderate) across southeast portions of the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D2(severe) across western portions of the county to D1(moderate) across eastern portions of the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D2(severe) across western portions of the county to D1(moderate) across eastern portions of the county.
D3(extreme) drought conditions expanded across most of the county.
D3(extreme) drought conditions expanded across most of the county.
D3(extreme) drought conditions continued to cover the county.
D3(extreme) drought conditions expanded into western portions of the county, resulting in drought conditions ranging from D1(moderate) to D3(extreme) from east to west across the county.
D3(extreme) drought conditions expanded into western portions of the county, resulting in drought conditions ranging from D1(moderate) to D3(extreme) from east to west across the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D3(extreme) to D4(exceptional) from north to south across the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D3(extreme) to D4(exceptional) from northeast to southwest across the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D1(moderate) to D3(extreme) from northeast to southwest across the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D1(moderate) to D3(extreme) from northeast to southwest across the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D2(severe) to D3(extreme) from northeast to southwest across the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D1(moderate) to D2(severe) from northeast to southwest across the county.
Drought conditions ranged from D1(moderate) to D2(severe) from southeast to northwest across the county.
Drought conditions remained at D4(exceptional) across the county.
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, February 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: 504466, 504467, 504469, 504470, 504471, 504472, 504473, 504474, 504475, 504476, 504477, 504478, 504479, 504480, 504482, 504483, 504484, 504485, 504486, 504487.