Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

May 8, 1993, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Grady County, OK

The Norman radar (KTLX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 082326
FFWOKC
OKC051-090130-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
624 PM CDT SAT MAY 08 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     GRADY

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
    NINNEKAH...ALEX...BRADLEY...AND RUSH SPRINGS. 

AT 624 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF GRADY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF NEAR 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THRU 8 30 PM.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. 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. PERSONS WITH LIVESTOCK OR PROPERTY IN
LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEM
FROM HIGH WATER.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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.  REMEMBER...MOST
DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY.


LAT...LON 3502  9770 3477  9794 3508  9813 3527  9801
          3524  9774

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.