Drought, Roger Mills
- When
- July 18, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 35.688, -99.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Oklahoma, July 18 to 31, 2017
Due to dry conditions, severe drought developed over parts of western and central Oklahoma.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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.
Due to dry conditions, severe drought developed over parts of western and central Oklahoma.
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 17, 10:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 10:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 1146 PM CDT Mon Jul 17 2017 .AVIATION... TAFS 1806/1906... VFR conditions will prevail through the period. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 932 PM CDT Mon Jul 17 2017/ DISCUSSION... The ridge aloft is providing a fairly standard summer night across Oklahoma and north Texas. Have made some minor adjustments to the sky cover forecast for tonight, but no other changes are planned this evening. CmS PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 637 PM CDT Mon Jul 17 2017/ AVIATION... TAFS 1800/1824... VFR conditions will prevail through the period with a southeast to south wind. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 233 PM CDT Mon Jul 17 2017/ DISCUSSION... Primary forecast concern is on persistent hot temperatures through the week. Currently, a bullish 500mb ridge continues to build, with it's axis impinging towards the upper Midwest/western Great Lakes region. In response, a surface ridge continues to hold from eastern Oklahoma to the nearly Lake Michigan. Latest loop of visible satellite imagery shows this surface feature clearly in the cumulus field that wraps its way across the southern plains and stretches to the Gulf. Through the late afternoon and evening, diurnally driven isolated showers and thunder chances remain low, but will persist through sunset, primarily across central and south central Oklahoma. As we move through the week, the persistent hot temperatures will be the challenge, with highs each day ranging in the mid to upper 90s, to low 100s for some locations. Although dew points will crawl into the upper 60s/lower 70s across central and eastern Oklahoma into north Texas, heat indices will hold near or a few degrees above the observed highs. However, toward the end of the week, Thursday through Friday, as the high settles directly over the region, with persistent southerly return flow, daily, heat indices may reach advisory criteria. More importantly, with daily highs in the upper 90s/low 100s, the risk of heat related illnesses will gradually increase, as low's each night will only dip into the mid to upper 70s. This lack of recovery/cooling may impact those most vulnerable to heat related illnesses, the elderly and infirmed. Be a good neighbor, check on the elderly in your neighborhoods, make sure they have access to air conditioning or, at least, a good working fan. Additionally, 21 children have died this year as a result of being left in a hot car. Please, please, check the backseat when you park. Do not leave children or pets in parked cars. Into the weekend, the upper ridge will weaken, with a return to a more zonal flow pattern. At the same time, long range guidance suggests a weak short wave will approach and move across the plains over the weekend, bringing low precipitation chances to the area. Kurtz && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 72 95 73 96 / 10 0 0 0 Hobart OK 74 97 74 99 / 10 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 75 97 74 98 / 10 0 0 0 Gage OK 73 98 72 99 / 10 0 0 0 Ponca City OK 72 97 73 98 / 0 0 0 0 Durant OK 73 93 74 95 / 10 10 0 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None..DISCUSSION... && &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 11:46 PM CST, 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Norman OK 1246 AM CDT Tue Jul 18 2017 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-190600- 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- 1246 AM CDT Tue Jul 18 2017 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... There is a chance for thunderstorms Sunday. .Heat... Very hot and humid weather is expected this week--especially the second half of the week. 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
6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Beckham
- When
- July 18, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 35.269, -99.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Kingfisher
- When
- July 18, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Kingfisher forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 35.945, -97.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Canadian
- When
- July 18, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Oklahoma
- When
- July 18, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Cleveland
- When
- July 18, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 35.203, -97.326 (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
- Excessive Heat in Missouri, July 18 to 23, 2017
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 18, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 18, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 18, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in Arizona, July 18 to 19, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 18, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 18, 2017
- Flooding and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 18 to 19, 2017
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 18, 2017
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 18, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 18, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 18, 2017
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 2017
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: 716691, 716692, 716693, 716694, 716695, 716696.