Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1992, 2:33 AM CDT for Love County, Marshall County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1992, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1992, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KOKC 020733
FFWOKC
OKC085-095-021315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
233 AM CDT TUE JUN 02 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
IN SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
LOVE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARIETTA AND KINGSTON
AT 233 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS LOVE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS
LIKELY DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE GROUND
REMAINS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL AND THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS
NOW OCCURRING WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY
FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTO. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE
OVER A ROAD COVERED BY WATER. THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT
UNDER THE WATER SURFACE.
LAT...LON 3387 9705 3391 9740 3404 9745 3404 9702What 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, 9:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
OKZ020-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 935 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN LAKE TEXOMA AREA... AT 935 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY SOUTHWARD ACROSS LAKE TEXOMA. RADAR-BASED RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES HAVE OCCURRED NEAR WILLIS ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE TEXOMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED LITTLE SINCE 9 PM AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MARSHALL COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SINCE THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS OF MARSHALL COUNTY AND CAMPERS IN THE LAKE TEXOMA AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NA^TIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ019-020-020450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 1050 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR YOUNG...JACK...ARCHER...CLAY...BAYLOR...KNOX AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AT 1040 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM VERNON TO CHILDRESS AND SOUTHWARD TO NEAR ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE... WERE OCCURRING FROM SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE AND EAST TO DALLAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE CAUSED BY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WILL IYNTERACT WITH THE HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ019-020-020610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 1210 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR YOUNG...JACK...ARCHER...CLAY...BAYLOR...KNOX AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1205 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN WICHITA COUNTY TO BRECKENRIDGE AND WESTWARD TO CHILDRESS AND SOUTH TO ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM MINERAL WELLS TO BRIDGEPORT TO EAST TO DALLAS. MOVEMENT EAST AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OR CLOSE TO NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE CAUSED BY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WILL INTERACT WITH THE HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE AREA. DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST WEEKS...FLASH FLOODING CAN ALSO BE A PROBLELM.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ019-020-020610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 1210 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR YOUNG...JACK...ARCHER...CLAY...BAYLOR...KNOX AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1205 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN WICHITA COUNTY TO BRECKENRIDGE AND WESTWARD TO CHILDRESS AND SOUTH TO ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM MINERAL WELLS TO BRIDGEPORT TO EAST TO DALLAS. MOVEMENT EAST AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OR CLOSE TO NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE CAUSED BY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WILL INTERACT WITH THE HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE AREA. DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST WEEKS...FLASH FLOODING CAN ALSO BE A PROBLEM.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ019-020-020710- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 110 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR YOUNG...JACK...ARCHER...CLAY AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR KNOX AND BAYLOR COUNTIES... AT 105 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM VERNON AND WICHITA FALLS SOUTH TO JACKSBORO AND GRAHAM. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS FROM WINDTHORST TO NEWSCASTLE. OTHER STORMS OUTSIDE OF NORTH TEXAS WERE OCCURRING FROM BRIDGEPORT TO LAKE TEXOMA TO GREENVILLE AND ALSO SOUTH OF CHILDRESS. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACITlIVITY IS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE THE WATCH BEGAN. FLASH FLOODING MAY BE A PROBLEM IF THE STORMS SLOW OR REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OVER THE SAME AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:30 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
TXZ019-020-020830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 230 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR YOUNG...JACK...ARCHER...CLAY AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR KNOX AND BAYLOR COUNTIES... AT 215 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM VERNON AND WICHITA FALLS SOUTH TO JACKSBORO AND GRAHAM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF NOCONA SOUTH NEAR SHANNON TO JERMYN. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACITIVITY IS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE THE WATCH BEGAN. FLASH FLOODING MAY BE A PROBLEM IF THE STORMS SLOW OR REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OVER THE SAME AREAS.
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.