With virtually no rainfall events across north Texas, drought conditions persisted across north Texas through the month of September.
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 virtually no rainfall events across north Texas, drought conditions persisted across north Texas through the month of September.
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 Aug 31, 10:28 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1128 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 .AVIATION... 01/06Z TAFS...VFR AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DOMINATE TONIGHT AND MOST OF TOMORROW. STORMS IN KANSAS IN THE NEAR TERM ARE EXPECTED TO STAY NORTH OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TERMINALS. FROPA STILL EXPECTED 15-17Z AT NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TERMINALS AND APPROACH KPNC AND KCSM LATE IN THE PERIOD. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TRSA POSSIBLE NEAR FRONT TOWARD AND AFTER 00Z AND WILL MENTION IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TERMINALS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 908 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014/ .UPDATE... REMOVED MOST POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PLEASE SEE THE DISCUSSION BELOW. && .DISCUSSION... THE DEEP MOIST CONVECTION HAS REMAINED WELL NORTH OF OUR FA THIS EVENING NEAR A COLD FRONT AND JUST AHEAD OF AN UPPER TROUGH TRAVERSING THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THERE IS STILL A SLIM CHANCE SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD SLIDE SOUTH FAR ENOUGH TO IMPACT EXTREME NORTHERN OK THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SO WILL LEAVE SCHC POPS IN ALONG THE BORDER. OTHERWISE...EXPECT BREEZY S WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING AS LLJ INTENSIFIES. ADJUSTED SKY GRIDS SLIGHTLY TO REFLECT CURRENT SAT IMAGERY. NO OTHER SIG CHANGES NEEDED. ALL UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 75 97 74 95 / 0 10 20 20 HOBART OK 74 99 75 97 / 0 10 10 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 77 100 76 98 / 0 10 0 10 GAGE OK 72 93 68 94 / 10 20 20 10 PONCA CITY OK 76 96 70 92 / 10 20 60 40 DURANT OK 74 96 75 95 / 0 10 0 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 900 PM CDT SUN AUG 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- 900 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE SEEN WITH STRONGER STORMS...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... STORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE OVER AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF CAMARGO...WATONGA...AND STILLWATER...ALTHOUGH STORM CHANCES WILL BE SEEN AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE-40. SOME STORMS THAT OCCUR LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREATS. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS LATE ON LABOR DAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA...STAY WEATHER AWARE AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS ALSO A LOW CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .HEAT... OVERALL...IT WILL BE A HOT WEEK ACROSS THE REGION WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S AND NEAR 100...WITH HEAT INDICES ABOVE 100. IF YOU HAVE TO WORK OUTDOORS OR HAVE PLANS TO BE OUTDOORS DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY...BE SURE TO FOLLOW HEAT SAFETY GUIDELINES. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. 11
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
With little to no rainfall throughout the month, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted through the month.
With little to no rainfall throughout the month, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted through the month.
With little to no rainfall throughout the month, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted through the month.
With little to no rainfall throughout the month, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted through the month.
With little to no rainfall throughout the month, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted through the month.
With little to no rainfall throughout the month, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted through the month.
With little to no rainfall throughout the month, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted through the month.
With little to no rainfall throughout the month, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted through 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, September 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: 544233, 544234, 544235, 544236, 544237, 544238, 544239, 544240.