Drought persisted with minor improvements in the absence of meaningful rainfall.
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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.
Drought persisted with minor improvements in the absence of meaningful rainfall.
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 Oct 31, 9:37 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1037 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014 .AVIATION... LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND WILL TURN TO SOUTH EARLY SATURDAY AND BEGIN TO GUST BY MID-MORNING. WESTERN OKLAHOMA MAY HAVE GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 923 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014/ DISCUSSION... THE COOL...AND VERY DRY...AIRMASS CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL RESULT IN A VERY COOL NIGHT ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY MAINLY IN THE 30S AND 40S...AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS AND A NEARLY CLEAR SKY. SHORT-RANGE MODELS AGREE WITH OUR CURRENT FORECAST...PLACING THE FREEZING LINE ACROSS OUR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES AROUND SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN QUICKLY ON SATURDAY...BRINGING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND REDUCING THE DURATION OF THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON. NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE FORECAST THIS EVENING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014/ DISCUSSION... TWO FORECAST CONCERNS TODAY... STARTING WITH OUR FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT... THEN RAIN CHANCES INCREASING EARLY THIS COMING WEEK. MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT AND KEPT FREEZE WARNING INTACT FROM THE NIGHT SHIFT. CURRENTLY... OUR STOUT BLOCKING HIGH REMAINS WELL POSITIONED... WITH ITS AXIS FROM THE CANADIAN PLAINS ALONG THE U.S. ROCKIES. LOOKING UP STREAM... COLD TEMPS ARE ON THEIR WAY... WITH AFTN TEMPS IN THE 40S ACROSS THE MID-MISSOURI VALLEY... WITH BREEZY NORTH WINDS AS THE ERN TROUGH PLUNGES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. LOCATIONS ACROSS NRN AND ERN OK... ALONG I-35 WILL HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL TO DIP INTO THE MID-UPPER 20S... AS WINDS WILL CALM AS THE SFC HIGH MEANDERS SWRD INTO THE OZARKS/ERN OK. OVERNIGHT... WINDS WILL SLOWLY VEER TO THE SE/S THROUGH SUNRISE ACROSS WRN OK AND WRN N TX... PICKING UP GRADUALLY THROUGH TMRW MORNING. THEREFORE... ONLY EXPECT A NARROW WINDOW... MAYBE 2-3HRS OF AT OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPS ACROSS SWRN OK AND PORTIONS OF WRN N TX BEFORE TEMPS INCREASE. STILL... THOSE HEADING OUT SAT AM WILL NEED TO GRAB THAT JACKET... AS WELL AS PROTECT ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS TONIGHT. TEMPS WILL REBOUND SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY AS THE H500 RIDGE BUILD WEST ON THE HEELS OF THE STRONG TROUGH DIGGING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. THEN... INTO MONDAY... ANOTHER STRONG H500 TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM... DECENT LL/MID-LVL MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL TAKE PLACE GIVEN THE DOORWAY TO THE GULF OPENED BY THE EXPANSIVE SFC HIGH ACROSS THE SERN U.S. A POSITIVELY TILTED H500 TROUGH... AN AREA OF ENHANCED ISENTROPIC ASCENT WILL REMAIN FOCUSED MON-TUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT LOOKS TO PUSH S/SE THROUGH EARLY WED. GIVEN RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY BETWEEN GUIDANCE... UPPED PRECIP CHCS MON NIGHT-TUE AM... WITH AMOUNTS FORECAST ANYWHERE FROM .50 TO 1.50... WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. JTK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 29 58 40 66 / 0 0 0 0 HOBART OK 31 59 41 67 / 0 0 0 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 32 61 42 69 / 0 0 0 0 GAGE OK 29 59 42 68 / 0 0 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 24 56 41 66 / 0 10 0 0 DURANT OK 30 58 38 66 / 0 0 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 11 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR OKZ004>048-050>052. TX...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 11 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR TXZ085-086-089-090. && 23/09/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1155 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011000- 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- 1155 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT... .FROST/FREEZE... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL SEE A HARD FREEZE WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 28. SEE THE FREEZE WARNING FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...MAINLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
41 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) drought persisted across the region.
D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought retreated, leaving D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought in the county.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) drought persisted across the northeast portions of the county.
D2 (severe) persisted, and D3 (extreme) drought improved slightly.
D2 (severe) drought improved slightly.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) and D0 (abnormally dry) drought.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) and D0 (abnormally dry) drought.
D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought retreated, leaving D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought in the county.
D4 (exceptional) drought retreated, leaving D3 (extreme) drought in the county.
D2 (severe) drought improved slightly.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted across the county.
With little rainfall, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted across the county.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted across the county.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) drought.
D2 (severe) drought was almost completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) drought and a small area of D2 (severe) drought.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) drought persisted across the county.
With little rainfall, D4 (exceptional) drought persisted across the county.
With little rainfall, D4 (exceptional) drought persisted across the county.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted across the county.
With little rainfall, D4 (exceptional) drought persisted across the county.
D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought retreated, leaving D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought in the county.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) and D0 (abnormally dry) drought.
D2 (severe) drought improved.
D3 (extreme) drought persisted, while D2 (severe) drought improved slightly.
With little rainfall, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted across the county.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) and D0 (abnormally dry) drought.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) and D0 (abnormally dry) drought.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted across the county.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) and D0 (abnormally dry) drought.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) and D0 (abnormally dry) drought.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) drought.
D2 (severe) drought improved.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) drought.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) and D0 (abnormally dry) drought.
D2 (severe) drought was completely removed, leaving only D1 (moderate) and D0 (abnormally dry) drought.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted across the county.
D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought retreated, leaving D1 (moderate) to D2 (severe) drought in the county.
D4 (exceptional) drought retreated, leaving D3 (extreme) drought in the county.
D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted across the county with some improvement.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) drought persisted across the county.
With little rainfall, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted across the county.
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