Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1992, 5:41 PM CDT for Comanche County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1992, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comanche County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOKC 162240 FFWOKC OKC031-170245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 541 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ...COMANCHE COUNTY AT 541 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS EXTENDING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ALONG THE H. E. BAILEY TURNPIKE. HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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, Apr 16, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ019-020-162145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 345 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HARDEMAN AND FOARD COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 335 PM WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CHILDRESS...HOBART...PERCELL OKLAHOMA LINE. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVNING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH WITH TIME. PERSONS IN HARDEMAN COUNTY MAY EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORM TYPE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWQO HOURS. UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS PREVAIL ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A STATIONARY... DISSIPATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA HAS AIDED IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THIS REGION.
Local storm report, Apr 16, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
342 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
245 PM CADDO QUARTER-SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF
[ CARNEGIE
329 PM HARMON GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL IN HOLLISSpecial weather statement, Apr 16, 4:44 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
TXZ019-020-162245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 445 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HARDEMAN AND FOARD COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 440 PM WICHITA FALLS RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG OR NORTH OF A CHILDRESS...LAWTON AND WEWOKA OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WAS TOWARDS THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE SOUTH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED WEST AND NORTH OF CHILDRESS... NEAR HOBART AND CHICKASHA. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAS PERSISTED BETWEEN ABILINE AND STEPHENSVILLE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THIS SECTION NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP LATTER TONIGHT.
Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:09 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
507 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
315 PM GRADY DIME SIZE HAIL AT NINNEKAH HIGH SCHOOL.
345 PM GREER ONE INCH HAIL 1 1/2 S OF MANGUM.
410 PM GRADY HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN CHICKASHA.
417 PM LINCOLN DIME SIZE HAIL IN JACKTOWN.
428 PM GRADY DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHICKASHA.
430 PM KIOWA DIME SIZE HAIL 2 N AND 3/4 E OF
COOPERTON.
434 PM GRADY GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN CHICKASHA.
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2-3 INCHES
DEEP.
503 PM GRADY 2-3 FEET OF WATER ACROSS SEVERAL STREETS
IN CHICKASHA.Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:17 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 516 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT 428 PM OKLAHOMA NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN DEL CITY.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 5:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
TXZ019-020-162340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 540 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HARDEMAN AND FOARD COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 535 PM...THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THRU THE CHILDRESS VICINITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AT THE CHILDRESS AIRPORT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE GENERALL^Y ALONG AND NORTH OF A ALTUS...LAWTON OKLAHOMA LINE. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST NORTHEAST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Grady | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, Stephens | 49 min |
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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.