Drought, Bryan
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 16, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bryan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.962, -96.260 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Oklahoma, August 1 to 16, 2016
Abnormally dry conditions allowed severe drought continue into Bryan county through mid August. As increased rainfall returned to the area, the drought category was scaled back to moderate drought.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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.
Abnormally dry conditions allowed severe drought continue into Bryan county through mid August. As increased rainfall returned to the area, the drought category was scaled back to moderate drought.
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 Jul 31, 9:36 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 9:36 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 1036 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 .DISCUSSION... 01/06Z TAF discussion follows. && .AVIATION... VFR conditions expected through through period. Veering and increase winds after 12Z with 20+KT gusts likely western Oklahoma terminals. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 75 96 74 98 / 10 10 0 10 Hobart OK 76 99 75 99 / 10 10 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 76 100 75 100 / 10 10 0 0 Gage OK 74 98 73 98 / 10 10 20 10 Ponca City OK 76 97 76 98 / 10 10 0 10 Durant OK 76 98 74 99 / 10 0 0 0 && .OUN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... OK...None. TX...None. && 11/04
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 7:55 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 855 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011645- 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- 855 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED STORMS MAY OCCUR MOST DAYS DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 31, 6:39 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
739 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ENE PAOLI 34.84N 97.21W
07/31/2016 GARVIN OK PUBLIC
TREES SNAPPED BY MICROBURST WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED BY
RADAR.
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FMThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Nevada, August 1 to 2, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Utah, August 1 to 4, 2016
- Hail in Nebraska, August 1, 2016
- Wildfire in Wyoming, August 1 to 6, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, August 1 to 31, 2016
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 1, 2016
- Drought in Georgia, August 1 to 31, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 1 to 2, 2016
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 1 to 2, 2016
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, August 2016
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: 649305.