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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Norman, OK

June 7, 1989Jackson County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1989, 2:19 AM CDT for Jackson County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1989, 2:19 AM CDT (07:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1989, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1989-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1989-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
451 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:36 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall46 min
Jun 6, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills44 min
Jun 6, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills47 min
Jun 6, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills51 min
Jun 6, 9:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham28 min
Jun 6, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis53 min
Jun 6, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita40 min
Jun 6, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Washita34 min
Jun 6, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham26 min
Jun 6, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills53 min
Jun 6, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis34 min
Jun 6, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita46 min
Jun 6, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa30 min
Jun 6, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills47 min
Jun 6, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa50 min
Jun 6, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo42 min
Jun 6, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche41 min
Jun 7, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens40 min
Jun 7, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson43 min
Jun 7, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman3 hr
Jun 7, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Love3 hr
Jun 7, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman51 min
Jun 7, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman46 min
Jun 7, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton39 min
Jun 7, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson42 min
Jun 7, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman46 min
Jun 7, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
Jun 7, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Kiowa, Washita50 min
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNOklahoma4 hr
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain4 hr
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Kiowa, Washita4 hr
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGreer4 hr
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher4 hr
Jun 7, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa52 min
Jun 7, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche52 min
Jun 7, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens44 min
Jun 7, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter47 min
Jun 7, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens50 min
Jun 7, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter48 min
Jun 7, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Stephens3 hr
Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson47 min
Jun 7, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall40 min
Jun 7, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love50 min
Jun 7, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Marshall48 min
Jun 7, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston55 min
Jun 7, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Marshall46 min
Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Choctaw40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.