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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Norman, OK

June 2, 1991Harmon County, Jackson County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1991, 3:44 AM CDT for Harmon County, Jackson County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1991, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1991, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK

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 1, 11:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
OKZ010-011-014-015-016-020500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1114 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN MOVING INTO THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO
AREA...

AT 1114 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE
OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PIEDMONT TO YUKON TO
BLANCHARD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS DO
NOT APPEAR TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE
WINDS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND VERY FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA...SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. THE STORMS WILL BE IN THE METRO
AREA UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
OKZ004-019-020600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1201 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA...
 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERNM KIOWA COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM...

AT MIDNIGHT CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM GUTHRIE TO MIDWEST CITY TO DUNCAN EXTENDING
WESTWARD ACROSS MOST OF OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY NORTHEAST ACROSS CADDO AND GRADY COUNTY AND INTO
THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45
MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HIGH WATER WAS
REPORTED OVER ROADS SOUTH AND EAST OF ALTUS. ALSO..THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF VERY FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIFGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ019-020-020600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
1130 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR
HARDEMAN..FOARD..KNOX..WILBARGER..BAYLOR..WICHITA..ARCHER..YOUNG..AND..
CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS AND COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

AT 1115 PM CDT WICHITA FALLS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDER
STORMS EXTENDING FROM OKLAHOMA CITY..SOUTHWEST TO LAWTON..AND WEST TO O
ALTUS OKLAHOMA..THEN SOUTHWEST TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.

THIS LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY IN NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS WITH LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT SINCE 1000 PM CDT.  THE PORTION
OF THE LINE IN OKLAHOMA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHWEST HARDEMAN COUNTY...
HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED THEIR SINCE 830 PM CDT.

BECAUSE THIS LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IS NEARLY STATIONARY...
PERSONS IN HARDEMAN COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT
TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING LANDS AS WELLS AS RURAL COUNTRY ROADS.

IN OTHER AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARO&UND WICHITA FALLS..RADAR SHOWED
NO PRECIPITATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ019-020-020630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
1230 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR
HARDEMAN..FOARD..KNOX..WILBARGER..BAYLOR..WICHITA..ARCHER..YOUNG..AND..
CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS AND COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

AT 1230 AM CDT WICHITA FALLS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM OKLAHOMA CITY..SOUTHWEST TO LAWTON..TO SOUTH OF
ALTUS OKLAHOMA..THEN EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS HARDEMAN TO KNOX COUNTIES.

THIS LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY IN NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS WITH INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF HARDEMAN
COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN FOARD COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS
BEEN REPORTED...QUANAH IN HARDEMAN COUNTY HAS REPORTED AROUND 1215 AM
TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

RESIDENTS OF HARDEMAN AND FOARD COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE VERY HEAVY
RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN THE
NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. RESIDENTS OF FOARD AND HARDEMAN COUNTY SHOULD BE
VERY CAREFUL OF LOW-LYING FLOODING AND NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

RADAR SHOWED NO PRECIPITATION WICHITA FALLS OR THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING
COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Washita66 min
Jun 1, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman66 min
Jun 1, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche42 min
Jun 1, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine42 min
Jun 1, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher51 min
Jun 1, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma64 min
Jun 1, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, McClain64 min
Jun 1, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Noble64 min
Jun 1, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne43 min
Jun 1, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie60 min
Jun 1, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa41 min
Jun 1, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne36 min
Jun 1, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa48 min
Jun 1, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKiowa3 hr
Jun 1, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole48 min
Jun 1, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln48 min
Jun 1, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa30 min
Jun 2, 12:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman3 hr
Jun 2, 12:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJackson3 hr
Jun 2, 1:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrady109 min
Jun 2, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa2 hr
Jun 2, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo2 hr
Jun 2, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Love42 min
Jun 2, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston50 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.