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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Norman, OK

April 11, 1994Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Logan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1994, 1:25 AM CDT for Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Logan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1994, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Canadian County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1994-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1994-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-505 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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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.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 11, 1:09 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 1:09 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 10:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT....................DELAYED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1030 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994

TIME/DATE           COUNTY               LOCATION/EVENT

910 PM/10TH         FOARD                NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN CROWELL.

920 PM/10TH         WILBARGER            DIME SIZE HAIL 3W LOCKETT.

925 PM/10TH         HARDERMAN            DIME SIZE HAIL 8S CHILLICOTHE.

950 PM/10TH         HARDEMAN             DIME SIZE HAI(L IN CHILLICOTHE.

1015PM/10TH         JACKSON              11/2 INCH HAIL SOUTH OF ALTUS.

1022PM/10TH         JACKSON              11/2-2 INCH HAIL IN ALTUS.

ALA
Local storm report, Apr 10, 10:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1045 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994

TIME/DATE           COUNTY               LOCATION/EVENT

955 PM/10TH         S. KIOWA             DIME SIZE HAIL 1W SADDLE
                                         MOUNTAIN.
1015 PM/10TH        NW COMANCHE          DIME SIZE HAIL 13 1/2 MILES
                                         3 1/2 N OF INDIAHOMA.
ALA
Local storm report, Apr 10, 10:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT .....CORRECTION.....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1045 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994

TIME/DATE           COUNTY               LOCATION/EVENT

955 PM/10TH         S. KIOWA             DIME SIZE HAIL 1W SADDLE
                                         MOUNTAIN.
1015 PM/10TH        NW COMANCHE          DIME SIZE HAIL 13 1/2 MILES N
                                         3 1/2 N OF INDIAHOMA.
ALA
Local storm report, Apr 10, 11:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1125 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994

TIME/DATE           COUNTY               LOCATION/EVENT

1105 PM/10TH        KIOWA                GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 7E OF
                                         MOUNTAIN VEIW.

1105 PM/10TH        W CADDO              DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST
                                         WEST OF CARNEGIE.

1115 PM/10TH        JACKSON              3/4 INCH HAIL IN OLUSTEE.

1118 PM/10TH        JACKSON              DIME SIZE HAIL IN ALTUS.

1122 PM/10TH        JACKSON              21/4 INCH HAIL IN ALTUS.

ALA
Local storm report, Apr 10, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1155 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994

TIME/DATE           COUNTY               LOCATION/EVENT

1130 PM/10TH        JACKSON              DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES
                                         EAST OF ALTUS.

1140 PM/10TH        JACKSON              QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN HEADRICK.

1145 PM/10TH        JACKSON              GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST EAST
                                         OF HEADRICK.

1138 PM/10TH        N. LOGAN             DIME SIZE HAIL IN CRESENT.

1150 PM/10TH        KIOWA                GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN SNYDER.

ALA
Local storm report, Apr 11, 12:55 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1245 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994

TIME/DATE           COUNTY               LOCATION/EVENT

1210 AM/11TH        HARMON               NICKEL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES WEST
                                         1 MILE NORTH OF MCKNIGHT.

1225 AM/11TH        CANADIAN             DIME SIZE HAIL IN CALUMENT.

1230 AM/11TH        CANADIAN             DIME SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH
                                         5 MILES EAST OF CALUMENT.

1242 AM/11TH        KIOWA                DIME HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF
                                         GOTEBO.

1242 AM/11TH        KIOWA                DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES EAST
                                         OF MOUNTAIN VIEW.

1249 AM/11TH        KIOWA                NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN MOUNTAIN
                                         VIEW.

1251 AM/11TH        CANADIAN             DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES WEST OF
    |                                     MUSTANG.

ALA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa45 min
Apr 10, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa41 min
Apr 10, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson45 min
Apr 10, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa45 min
Apr 10, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher50 min
Apr 10, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson45 min
Apr 10, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo48 min
Apr 10, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble37 min
Apr 10, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson50 min
Apr 10, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan44 min
Apr 10, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa48 min
Apr 10, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham46 min
Apr 10, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian47 min
Apr 11, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon42 min
Apr 11, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble45 min
Apr 11, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa48 min
Apr 11, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer45 min
Apr 11, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher49 min
Apr 11, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita51 min
Apr 11, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham52 min
Apr 11, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher45 min
Apr 11, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer41 min
Apr 11, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan41 min
Apr 11, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon53 min
Apr 11, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Noble49 min
Apr 11, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa47 min
Apr 11, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita45 min
Apr 11, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian52 min
Apr 11, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma43 min
Apr 11, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan3 hr
Apr 11, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne48 min
Apr 11, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma25 min
Apr 11, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman36 min
Apr 11, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa41 min
Apr 11, 6:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin51 min
Apr 11, 7:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Seminole48 min
Apr 11, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc36 min
Apr 11, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha40 min
Apr 10, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger39 min
Apr 10, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.