Drought, Archer
- When
- September 15, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Archer forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.615, -98.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Texas, September 15 to 30, 2015
After a long period of little rain, flash drought (D0-D2) began to creep back into western north Texas. This event continues into October.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
After a long period of little rain, flash drought (D0-D2) began to creep back into western north Texas. This event continues into October.
What forecasters said that day
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 Sep 14, 10:36 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 10:36 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1136 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2015 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 6Z WEDNESDAY WITH A BREEZY SOUTH WIND. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 948 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2015/ DISCUSSION... GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT, BUT LESS SO THAN THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE A RATHER MILD NIGHT WITH THE WINDS STAYING UP AND LOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE 60S. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN SOME AREAS THAT HAVE HAD FIRES IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS SHOULD RISE THROUGH THE 60 PERCENTS OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANGES WERE MADE IN TEMPERATURE TRENDS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 627 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2015/ AVIATION... 00Z TAFS...CONVECTION/SHOWERS IN THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD DISSIPATE/MOVE NORTH OF WWR/GAG THROUGH 01Z. OTHERWISE... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH A BREEZY/GUSTY SOUTH WIND. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 342 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2015/ DISCUSSION... THE REMNANTS OF AN MCV CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. IT APPEARS THAT ALL PRECIPITATION FROM THIS FEATURE WILL REMAIN EAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS RESULTED IN MARGINAL WIND ADVISORY- LEVEL WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY. THE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT. WITH A SLIGHTLY LOOSER PRESSURE GRADIENT TOMORROW...DO NOT EXPECT TO NEED AN ADVISORY. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEK...AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ALOFT MOVES OVER THE PLAINS STATES...AND SHOVES A COLD FRONT INTO OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY STALL OVER OKLAHOMA OR FAR NORTHERN TEXAS...MAINTAINING CHANCES FOR RAIN INTO SATURDAY. THEN...A SECOND SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CROSS THE PLAINS STATES...BRINGING HIGHER RAIN CHANCES AGAIN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 66 88 68 90 / 0 0 0 10 HOBART OK 67 91 69 93 / 0 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 67 92 70 94 / 0 0 0 0 GAGE OK 68 92 68 94 / 10 0 10 0 PONCA CITY OK 67 88 69 90 / 0 0 0 0 DURANT OK 64 89 70 92 / 0 0 0 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 10:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1140 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2015 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-151700- 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 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Baylor
- When
- September 15, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -99.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Clay
- When
- September 15, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Foard
- When
- September 15, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Foard forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.975, -99.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Hardeman
- When
- September 15, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -99.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Wichita
- When
- September 15, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Wilbarger
- When
- September 15, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.081, -99.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Mississippi, September 15 to 30, 2015
- Tsunami and Flash Flooding in California, September 15 to 17, 2015
- Drought in Louisiana, September 15 to 30, 2015
- Drought in Arkansas, September 15 to 30, 2015
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 15, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Hawaii, September 15 to 21, 2015
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 15, 2015
- Flash Flooding in Utah, September 15, 2015
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 15, 2015
- Drought in Texas, September 15 to 30, 2015
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, September 15, 2015
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 15, 2015
More
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2015
Sources
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: 598301, 598302, 598303, 598304, 598305, 598306, 598307.