Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 15 to 16, 2024

Name: Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 15 to 16, 2024
Start: 2024-07-15T11:00
End: 2024-07-16T19:00
Location: Oklahoma

July 15 to 16, 2024 · NWS OUN · 16 events in 14 counties and zones

Hot temperatures and high humidity combined to create dangerous heat indices (exceeding 110-degrees) across the western two-thirds of Oklahoma during the afternoon/evening of the 15th and 16th.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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.

Hot temperatures and high humidity combined to create dangerous heat indices (exceeding 110-degrees) across the western two-thirds of Oklahoma during the afternoon/evening of the 15th and 16th.

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 14, 5:15 PM CST, 17 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 5:15 PM CST, 17 hours 45 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

16 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Alfalfa

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Alfalfa forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.731, -98.324 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Garfield

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Garfield forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.379, -97.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Grady

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Grady forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 35.017, -97.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Grant

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Grant forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.796, -97.786 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Greer

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Greer forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 34.936, -99.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Harper

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Harper forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.789, -99.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Jackson

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 34.588, -99.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Kay

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Kay forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Kingfisher

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Kingfisher forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 35.945, -97.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Major

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Major forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.312, -98.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Noble

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Noble forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.389, -97.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Payne

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Payne forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Woods

When: July 15, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Woods forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.767, -98.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Major

When: July 16, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Major forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.312, -98.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Woods

When: July 16, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Woods forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.767, -98.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Woodward

When: July 16, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Woodward forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.423, -99.265 (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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2024 Every state in 2024 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, July 2024

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: 1201600, 1201601, 1201602, 1201603, 1201604, 1201605, 1201606, 1201607, 1201608, 1201609, 1201610, 1201611, 1201612, 1201650, 1201651, 1201652.