With persistent dry conditions, drought persisted across much of western and central Oklahoma.
Every event with a place to put it; 27 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, drought persisted across much of western and central Oklahoma.
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 Dec 31, 11:38 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1138 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014
.AVIATION...06Z TAF ISSUANCE...
FREEZING DRIZZLE AND RAIN... AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE TEXOMA REGION... IMPACTING KSPS SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. -FZRAPL ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MORNING... SLOWLY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
THROUGH NOON. VFR CEILINGS WILL SLOWLY TRANSITION TO MVFR FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE REGION AS THE AREA OF -FZRA SPREADS IN.
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT... GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST.
JTK
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 949 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014/
DISCUSSION...
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR SOMETIMES LATE THIS EVENING OVER
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH
TEXAS. FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET ARE STILL EXPECTED LATER
TONIGHT IN THESE AREAS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF FREEZING RAIN
APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM THURSDAY. THE UPPER WAVE
PROVIDING THE LIFT FOR THIS WILL EFFECT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATER THURSDAY. FOR THE OVERNIGHT, DEWPOINT
TEMPERATURES WERE LOWERED IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA IN LINE WITH
OBSERVATIONS. ALSO THE CHANCE FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING
DRIZZLE WAS EXPANDED NORTH SLIGHTLY TO INCLUDE SOUTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. POPS IN NORTHERN TEXAS COUNTIES WERE
INCREASED A BIT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 24 20 30 26 / 20 10 40 10
HOBART OK 23 17 27 23 / 20 40 30 10
WICHITA FALLS TX 27 23 30 29 / 20 70 60 30
GAGE OK 17 13 27 18 / 0 10 20 10
PONCA CITY OK 23 18 29 22 / 0 10 20 10
DURANT OK 33 25 34 32 / 20 40 80 60
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR OKZ032-036>048-
050>052.
TX...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR TXZ083>090.
&&
11/04/04HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1140 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011100- 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- 1140 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT... .WINTRY PRECIPITATION... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A HOLDENVILLE TO PAULS VALLEY AND WICHITA FALLS LINE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BE SURE TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST AND ROAD CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .WINTRY PRECIPITATION... WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THURSDAY MAINLY OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPES WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING ON FRIDAY OVER AT LEAST THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND MOST OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO SWITCH OVER TO RAIN. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FARTHER NORTH INTO CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. A TRANSITION FROM RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...TO MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO OKLAHOMA. ACCUMULATING SNOWS APPEAR POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BE SURE TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST AND ROAD CONDITIONS. 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.
27 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D3 (extreme) drought continued through month.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D3 (extreme) drought continued through month.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D4 (exceptional) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D4 (exceptional) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D4 (exceptional) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D4 (exceptional) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D3 (extreme) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D3 (extreme) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D2 (severe) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D2 (severe) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D2 (severe) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D2 (severe) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D2 (severe) drought persisted.
With persistent dry weather. D2 (severe) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D3 (extreme) to D4 (exceptional) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D1 (moderate) to D2 (severe) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D1 (moderate) to D2 (severe) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D1 (moderate) to D2 (severe) drought persisted.
With dry and mild conditions through the month, D1 (moderate) to D2 (severe) drought persisted.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, January 2015
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: 555620, 555621, 555623, 555624, 555625, 555628, 555629, 555630, 555631, 555643, 555644, 555645, 555646, 555647, 555648, 555649, 555650, 555651, 555652, 555653, 555654, 555655, 555656, 555657, 555658, 555659, 555660.