Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

May 2, 1990, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1990, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bryan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK

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

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
453 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CANADIAN COUNTY...CLEVELAND COUNTY...GRADY COUNTY
   ...KINGFISHER COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY...LOGAN COUNTY...MCCLAIN COUN
   ...OKLAHOMA COUNTY...PAYNE COUNTY...POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
   ...SEMINOLE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ATOKA COUNTY...BRYAN COUNTY...CARTER COUNTY...COAL COUNTY
   ...GARVIN COUNTY...HUGHES COUNTY...JOHNSTON COUNTY...LOVE COUNTY
   ...MARSHALL COUNTY...MURRAY COUNTY...PONTOTOC COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CADDO COUNTY...COMANCHE COUNTY...COTTON COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNT   ...STEPHENS COUNTY
 
VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES COMMON...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES
SINCE THIS MORNING. RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING AT 450 PM
ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTHCENTRAL...AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE
LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WITH SATURATED GROUND
CONDITIONS...THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY INCREASE FLOODING ALREADY
IN PROGRESS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHPER GROUND.

In the hours before

OKZALL-261200-

OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
100 PM CDT WED MAY 02 1990

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS SOUTH OF A WAURIKA TO ADA TO POTEAU LINE. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON.

A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING TOWARD OKLAHOMA
FROM ARIZONA. A STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL
BEGIN MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WARM
VERY MOIST AIR IS MOVING NORTHWARD OVER THE FRONT AND HELPING TO
PRODUCE THE WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE STATE. AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM APPROCHES FROM THE WEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
RAINFALL WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE STATE WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN
EXCESS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS.

THE HEAVY RAIN IS LIKLEY TO CONTyINUE OVER MOST OF THE STATE THROUGH
TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST
PORTION OF THE STATE COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL.

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.