With record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout 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 record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout 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 Apr 30, 9:51 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1051 PM CDT THU APR 30 2015 .AVIATION... 01/06Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL. HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AND GENERALLY LIGHT SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 53 79 55 79 / 0 0 0 0 HOBART OK 51 80 53 80 / 0 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 52 80 54 80 / 0 0 0 0 GAGE OK 49 80 54 82 / 0 0 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 50 79 55 81 / 0 0 0 0 DURANT OK 54 79 54 79 / 0 0 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 23/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1117 AM CDT THU APR 30 2015 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011630- 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- 1117 AM CDT THU APR 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE AREA BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY AND INCREASE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL AS SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS... ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. 30/25
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
With record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout the county.
With record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout the county.
With record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout the county.
With record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout the county.
With record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout the county.
With record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout the county.
With record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout the county.
With record rainfall throughout the month of May, drought was completely eradicated throughout the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 570536, 570537, 570538, 570539, 570540, 570541, 570542, 570543.