Drought, Hardeman
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 31, 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 in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2018
Drought intensified over western Oklahoma and western north Texas.
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.
Drought intensified over western Oklahoma and western north Texas.
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 Feb 28, 11:14 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 11:14 PM CST, 46 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Norman OK 1114 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018 .AVIATION...01/06Z TAF Issuance... The frontal boundary has pushed south of all sites except KSPS. MVFR ceilings along the boundary will linger for several hours this morning, before improving through the dawn hours. Rain, likely showers will linger across western north Texas for a few hours at the start, before the front pushes through KSPS. North winds will persist through the period behind the front, relaxing and becoming more light and variable late in the period. Kurtz && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 501 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018/ AVIATION...01/00Z TAF Issuance... VFR conditions will persist for a few hours to start the 01/00Z Period. A frontal boundary will continue to move south and southeast across the region, overnight, with winds shifting out of the northwest and north, increasing, and bringing along MVFR ceilings for portions of the overnight and early morning hours. North Winds will remain breezy through the day, Thursday. Kurtz PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 339 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018/ DISCUSSION... A cold front will continue to advance across Oklahoma and north Texas through tonight, overtaking the dry line boundary out west, with an upper trough approaching the southern plains from out of the southwest. Isolated elevated showers and thunderstorms remain possible well ahead of the frontal boundary across portions western north Texas into southcentral & southeastern Oklahoma. The storms could become a little more numerous late tonight across southeast Oklahoma as the arriving upper support forcing interacts with the surface boundary. A few strong thunderstorms are possible in our southeast, producing up to small hail and perhaps 40 to 50 mph wind gusts, as the severe threat and stronger instability will be in place south and east of our area. Otherwise, the northerly winds will send in slightly cooler air for tonight, with northwest Oklahoma falling into the 30s, to the 40s across the rest of our area. More seasonably normal temperatures will be in store for tomorrow, as high pressure & weak upper ridging settles in. By Friday, a weak warming trend will begin as southerly air makes a return. A tightening pressure gradient will make for windy conditions on Saturday, along with increasing moisture advection for our next weather system to arrive on Sunday. Another upper wave disturbance will be arriving by Sunday, bringing in our next chance for showers and thunderstorms with another cold front push for Monday. Both GFS & ECMWF are in generally agreement for Sunday, so will use the blend model as guidance. Thickness fields keep the frigid cold air across the U.S. northern plains and upper midwestern, so expect seasonable temperatures behind the cold front for early next week. As far as fire weather, elevated fire weather conditions will remain in place through Thursday across western Oklahoma. The fire threat will be low on Friday as we transition between air masses, but will increase to elevated again across our west for this weekend. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 40 57 33 62 / 20 0 0 0 Hobart OK 38 59 33 63 / 20 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 43 60 31 64 / 30 0 0 0 Gage OK 31 57 32 64 / 0 0 0 0 Ponca City OK 35 57 29 61 / 0 0 0 0 Durant OK 47 60 37 63 / 80 0 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None. && 03/04
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 7:40 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Norman OK 740 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-020145- 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- 740 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern... western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight... .Thunderstorms... Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are expected through tonight, especially across south central and southeast Oklahoma. A few storms may produce heavy rain and small hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday... .Thunderstorms... Dry conditions are expected Thursday through Saturday, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms returns on Sunday. .Fire Weather... Elevated fire weather conditions are possible Thursday and again over the weekend. This is mainly a concern across northwest Oklahoma. 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, Foard
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 31, 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, Knox
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.606, -99.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Wilbarger
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 31, 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)
Drought, Baylor
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 31, 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, Wichita
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 31, 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, Archer
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 31, 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)
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
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in California, March 1 to 4, 2018
- High Wind in Connecticut, March 1 to 2, 2018
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 1 to 17, 2018
- Blizzard and Avalanche in California, March 1 to 3, 2018
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 1, 2018
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, March 1 to 2, 2018
- High Wind in Virginia, March 1 to 3, 2018
- Winter Storm and Avalanche in Nevada, March 1 to 4, 2018
- Flooding in Illinois, March 1 to 18, 2018
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 1 to 3, 2018
- Winter Storm in New York, March 1 to 2, 2018
- Winter Storm in Ohio, March 1 to 3, 2018
More
Every storm in Texas in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2018
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: 743368, 743369, 743370, 743371, 743372, 743373, 743374.