With little to no precipitation and warming temperatures, drought conditions persisted across all of western north Texas.
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.
With little to no precipitation and warming temperatures, drought conditions persisted across all of western north Texas.
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, 10:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1042 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 .AVIATION... CEILINGS IN MVFR RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH TO SOUTH IN OKLAHOMA SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE AND LAST THROUGH THE MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED THROUGH THE DAY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WHERE A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AFTER SUNSET. SATURDAY EVENING, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS PROBABLE IN THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OKLAHOMA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 921 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014/ UPDATE... QUIET NIGHT TONIGHT WITH INCREASING CLOUDS. RAISED LOWS A FEW DEGREES IN SW PARTS OF FA WHERE TEMPS ARE SLOW TO DROP AND MOISTURE IS MOVING INTO THE AREA. OTHERWISE... ADJUSTED THE SKY COVER GRIDS FOR OVERNIGHT SHOWING INCREASING CLOUDS AND MADE SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO HOURLY GRIDS TO SHOW CURRENT TRENDS. UPDATES OUT SOON. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 707 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014/ AVIATION... CEILINGS IN MVFR RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH TO SOUTH IN OKLAHOMA SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE AND LAST THROUGH THE MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED THROUGH THE DAY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WHERE A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AFTER SUNSET. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 37 51 19 20 / 10 10 60 60 HOBART OK 38 51 20 22 / 0 10 30 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 43 68 29 32 / 0 10 30 40 GAGE OK 29 38 9 13 / 0 10 40 60 PONCA CITY OK 31 38 12 13 / 0 10 70 80 DURANT OK 46 69 37 37 / 10 10 50 80 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 25/09/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1205 PM CST FRI FEB 28 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-
1205 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
IN THE WAKE OF A STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA... THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
REMAIN TOO STABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY MAR 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY AIR AND WARM TEMPERATURES
TO CREATE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. FIRE DANGER WILL BE HIGHEST IN
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS AND FAR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE
REGION SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH MAINLY
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED...IT WILL
BE ENOUGH TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM SATURDAY
MARCH 1.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought persisted through the month.
Extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought across the county worsened through the month, with exceptional (D4) drought becoming more prevalent.
Extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought across the county worsened through the month, with exceptional (D4) drought becoming more prevalent.
Severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought was present at the beginning of the month. By month's end, most of the county had worsened to extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought.
Extreme (D3) drought covered much of the county at the beginning of the month. By the end of the month, exceptional (D4) drought had spread into much of the county.
Severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought covered much of the county at the beginning of the month. By the end of the month, exceptional (D4) drought had spread into much of the county.
Exceptional (D4) drought persisted throughout the month.
Exceptional (D4) drought persisted throughout the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 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: 509726, 509727, 509728, 509729, 509730, 509731, 509732, 509733.