Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Sep 21, 1990, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)

Expired

Sep 21, 1990, 6:30 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Coal County, OK, Pontotoc 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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OKC029-123-211130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
227 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...COAL COUNTY...SOUTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY
 
AT 227 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FITTSTOWN TO THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF COAL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ARE
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR AS THEY MOVE TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN GARVIN AND MURRAY COUNTIES WHICH WILL MOVE
OVER THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS.
LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES MAY BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE
PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF THIS MORNING.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND WARNINGS.
 
 
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 HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

OKZ0-011-015-016-210500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1130 PM CDT THU SEP 20 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE MOVING
THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 1130 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
EXTENDED FROM EASTERN CANADIAN AND NORTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTIES ACROSS
MOST OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CLEVELAND AND MCCLAIN
COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR AT YUKON
MOORE MUSTANG AND THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA ALONG WITH STREET FLOODING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT 20 MPH AND WILL
SPREAD INTO LINCOLN AND NORTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES! DURING THE NEXT
HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS AND BE ALERT FOR POOR VISIBILITIES
AND FLOODED STREETS WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT 1 TO
2 HOURS. BRIEF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

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.