A weak front stalled across southern Oklahoma late on the 8th. As southerly flow developed above the boundary, strong isentropic ascent lead to numerous showers and thunderstorms along a northwest to southeast line.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A weak front stalled across southern Oklahoma late on the 8th. As southerly flow developed above the boundary, strong isentropic ascent lead to numerous showers and thunderstorms along a northwest to southeast line. This line cut right through Oklahoma City and with training storms, very heavy rainfall occurred. Storm total rainfall exceeded 3 inches in many places. In addition, several of the storms produced numerous cloud to ground lightning flashes. At least three homes were damaged or destroyed by lightning-initiated fires.
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 Jul 9, 3:07 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 407 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO LATE MORNING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN THE REGION OF ABOVE-SURFACE CONVERGENCE ALONG A FRONT. SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SMALL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PROBABLY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN SOME PLACES. FRONTOLOSIS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING LEADING TO A DECREASE IN AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN. THE SURFACE FRONT, SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER EARLY THIS MORNING, IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH TODAY AS IT DISSIPATES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON IN VERY HOT CONIDITIONS NEAR AN SOUTH OF THE FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. EFFECTS OF THIS FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED BY SUNSET TODAY. THURSDAY MORNING LOW-LEVEL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO LIGHT NORTHWESTLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE RESULTING AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT PART OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST EARLY THURSDAY. AFTER THIS TIME, A STRONG UPPER HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO HOLD VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS IN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN COMES NEXT TUESDAY WHEN LONGER-TERM MODELS INDICATE A WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND A FRONT APPROACHING NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 91 72 95 73 / 60 30 10 0 HOBART OK 94 73 99 73 / 20 20 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 97 76 99 75 / 10 10 0 0 GAGE OK 92 71 98 71 / 30 30 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 90 69 94 74 / 30 50 30 10 DURANT OK 96 74 96 74 / 30 20 10 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1232 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091000- 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- 1232 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH SUNRISE... .THUNDERSTORMS... A COLD FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE RED RIVER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH SUNRISE WELL NORTH OF THIS FRONT...FROM NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA DOWN TO NEAR THE OKC METRO. SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... AS A COLD FRONT LINGERS ACROSS THE AREA...SCATTERED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY LIFT NORTH OF OKLAHOMA LATE THURSDAY...BRINGING RAIN CHANCES TO AN END. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY UNLIKELY...BUT STRONGER STORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MAY POSE A LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND THREAT. .HEAT... AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF THE REGION...HOT WEATHER WILL DEVELOP FROM THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 90S TO LOW 100S...AND TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDICES MOST DAYS. IF WORKING OR PLAYING OUTDOORS...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TRY TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN THE SHADE OR IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ESTABLISHMENT. MAKE SURE PETS AND LIVESTOCK HAVE ACCESS TO WATER AS WELL. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 255 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 OKZ025-090830- OKLAHOMA OK- 255 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM CDT... AT 254 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF SPENCER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MIDWEST CITY...THE VILLAGE...CHOCTAW...NICHOLS HILLS...SPENCER... JONES...NICOMA PARK...FOREST PARK AND LAKE ALUMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && LAT...LON 3554 9766 3567 9766 3558 9715 3540 9732 TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 296DEG 15KT 3551 9745
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 257 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 OKZ010-011-015-090830- WOODWARD OK-DEWEY OK-MAJOR OK- 257 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOODWARD...NORTH CENTRAL DEWEY AND SOUTHWESTERN MAJOR COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT... AT 254 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUTUAL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEILING...MUTUAL AND CHESTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && LAT...LON 3624 9922 3641 9914 3632 9874 3607 9886 TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 291DEG 19KT 3630 9910
The Norman radar (KTLX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:31 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
KOCO news reports one home burned down due to lightning. The home was along the 3800 block of Cimmarron Park Drive in northeast Oklahoma City. Damages estimated.
KOCO news reports house fire caused by lightning. A large home along Country Club Drive in Nichols Hills was a total loss after the lightning induced fire. No injuries were reported. Damage information from NewsOK.com.
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, July 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: 518241, 518243.