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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Norman, OK

October 2, 1986Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Oct 2, 1986, 1:51 PM CDT for Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 1986, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK (KOKC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 12:00Z on 1986-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 12:00Z on 1986-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon40 min
Oct 1, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham56 min
Oct 1, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham27 min
Oct 1, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham, Greer38 min
Oct 1, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer34 min
Oct 1, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Washita33 min
Oct 1, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Woodward47 min
Oct 1, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa, Washita41 min
Oct 2, 9:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Logan, Oklahoma116 min
Oct 2, 9:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCleveland116 min
Oct 2, 10:16 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma59 min
Oct 2, 10:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKingfisher2 hr
Oct 2, 10:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrady54 min
Oct 2, 11:08 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Payne37 min
Oct 2, 11:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGarfield93 min
Oct 2, 1:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher119 min
Oct 2, 2:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma3 hr
Oct 2, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher3 hr
Oct 2, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan33 min
Oct 2, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrady93 min
Oct 2, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan32 min
Oct 2, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCleveland, McClain115 min
Oct 2, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, McClain30 min
Oct 2, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie40 min
Oct 2, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie32 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.