Oklahoma, 2022

Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 24 to 28, 2022

July 24 to 28, 2022 · NWS TSA · 24 events in 24 counties and zones

A ridge of high pressure in the middle and upper atmosphere restrengthened over the southern United States during late July. Unseasonably hot afternoon temperatures reaching 100 to 110 degrees, combined with high humidity, resulted in heat index values in the 110 to 115 degree range across much of eastern Oklahoma on the 24th through 28th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
20
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
24

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 TSA wrote it up.

A ridge of high pressure in the middle and upper atmosphere restrengthened over the southern United States during late July. Unseasonably hot afternoon temperatures reaching 100 to 110 degrees, combined with high humidity, resulted in heat index values in the 110 to 115 degree range across much of eastern Oklahoma on the 24th through 28th. There were at least twenty heat-related medical calls in the City of Tulsa during this period.

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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 9:22 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 9:22 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

24 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Osage

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Osage forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations

Excessive Heat, Pawnee

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Pawnee forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Washington

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.715, -95.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Nowata

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Nowata forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Craig

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Craig forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Ottawa

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 26, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Ottawa forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Creek

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Creek forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Tulsa

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Tulsa forecast zone
Injuries
20 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Rogers

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Rogers forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Mayes

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Mayes forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Wagoner

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Wagoner forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.961, -95.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Okfuskee

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Okfuskee forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.466, -96.323 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Okmulgee

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Okmulgee forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Muskogee

When
July 24, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Muskogee forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Delaware

When
July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Delaware forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, McIntosh

When
July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
McIntosh forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.374, -95.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Cherokee

When
July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Cherokee forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Adair

When
July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Adair forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.884, -94.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Sequoyah

When
July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Sequoyah forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations

Excessive Heat, Pittsburg

When
July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Pittsburg forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Haskell

When
July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Haskell forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.225, -95.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Latimer

When
July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Latimer forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
34.876, -95.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Le Flore

When
July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Le Flore forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations

Excessive Heat, Pushmataha

When
July 28, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where
Pushmataha forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
34.416, -95.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1034575, 1034576, 1034578, 1034579, 1034580, 1034581, 1034582, 1034583, 1034584, 1034585, 1034586, 1034588, 1034589, 1034591, 1034587, 1034592, 1034593, 1034594, 1034596, 1034597, 1034598, 1034599, 1034601, 1034602.