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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Norman, OK

May 7, 1995Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 1995, 12:29 PM CDT for Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 1995, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Wichita County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 May 7, 4:46 AM CDT, 7 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 4:46 AM CDT, 7 hours 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION TO ADD CAUTION ON LKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
445 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

LOOKS AS IF ALL IS STILL ..GO.. FOR WILD WX TDA ACRS MUCH OF THE FA.
SVR TSTMS CERTAINLY PSBL ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE FA TDA...AND IN THE E
THIS EVE.  HAVE ELECTED TO REISSUE FFA FOR TODAY FOR CNTRL...S
CNTRL...AND SERN OK...PLUS CLAY COUNTY IN TX.  THIS AREA HAS COMBO OF
LOWEST FF GDNC... MAX QPF...AND MOST RNFL YDA.  ALTHO STMS SHOULD MOVE
FAIRLY QUICKLY... THE MSTR SUPPLY COULD EASILY BE ENUF FOR RNFL RATES
WELL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AN HR.

WV IMGRY HAS SVRL INTERESTING FTRS.  THE TROP CONCTN CONTS ACRS THE SERN
1/2 OF TX AND APPEARS POISED TO WRAP BACK NW INTO CNTRL AND ERN OK TDA.
THERE ALSO APPEARS TO BE A DVLPG WAVE IN N CNTRL MEXICO THAT SHOULD MOVE
NE TWD OUR SWRN ZNS THIS MRNG.  IT IS PSBL THAT THIS WV WL PRODUCE ANTHR
TSTM COMPLEX THAT WL SPRD ACRS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE FA TDA.  ANTHR
FTR APPEARS TO BE A JET STRK W OF BAJA CA AND MAY BE ABLE TO AFFECT THE
FA THIS AFTN OR EVE.  FNLY...THE MCC OVR THE PNHDLS IS CAUSING SUBSDNC
IN THE AREA SURRNDG IT.  THIS WL INHIBIT PCPN OVR MOST OF THE WRN PT OF
THE FA ERLY THIS MRNG...XCPT FOR THE SHWRS WITHIN THE CMPLX ITSELF.  DO
XPCT A FAIRLY RAPID RCVRY FM THE STABLE CONDS THO.

OTHER PSBL SCENARIO IS THAT STMS WL DVLP THIS AFTN AS DRYLN WORKS E FM
WRN TX.  THIS WOULD RSLT IN A SQUALL LN TRAVERSG THE FA FM W TO
E...PRBLY THIS AFTN AND ERLY EVE.

IN ANY CASE...IT APPEARS NRLY CERTAIN THAT THE ERN 1/2 OF THE FA WL HAVE
SIG PCPN.  HAVE GONE WITH THE 1-DOUBLE-0 POP IN THOSE LOCATIONS.  PCPN
SHOULD WIND DOWN SOME THIS EVE...AND LINGER ONLY IN THE FAR SE TNGT.
THE DRYLN/CDFNT COMBO SHOULD STALL ACRS ERN OK AND WL MAINTAIN LOW TO
CHC POPS THRU MON NGT THERE.  WRPARND LGT SHWRS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION
IN N EITHER ON MON NGT.

HAVE ALSO OPTED FOR A 2ND PD WND ADVSRY IN NW.  MODELS IN SCARILY GOOD
AGRMT IN MOST RESPECTS...INCLDG DVLPMT AND LOCATION OF SFC LOW.  GRDNT
LOOKS TIGHT ENUF FOR 20 TO 30 MPH WND TNGT AND MON IN NW.  MAY EVEN SEE
25 TO 35 MPH THERE ON MON.  AM NOT QUITE CONFIDENT ENUF TO GO WITH A 3RD
PD ADVSRY HWVR....

MOST GDNC TEMPS LOOK OK...BUT COULD NOT JUSTIFY UPPER 70S AT PNC TDA.

ICWF HAS A FEW ROUGH EDGES THAT NEED TO BE FIXED...ZFP MAY BE 15 TO 20
MIN LATE.

FCSTID=23=RS
HBR   77  52  78  54 / 80  10  10  10
OKC   75  56  75  57 / 100 30  10  10
SPS   79  55  78  55 / 70  10  10  10
GAG   75  50  76  50 / 60  10  10  20
PNC   72  54  75  56 / 100 30  10  20
DUA   76  58  78  60 / 100 50  20  30

.OKC...FF WATCH TDA...ZNS 18>20..24>32..39>43..45>53.
       CAUTION ON AREA LAKES TDA...ZNS 4>47..50..51.(
       WND ADVSRY TNGT...ZNS 4>6..9>11..14..15.
.TX...FF WATCH TDA...ZN 90.
      CAUTION ON AREA LAKES TDA...ZNS 83>90.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 6:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 9:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
940 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

830 AM     KNOX CITY                 TX      .75 INCH HAIL 6 MILES
5/7/95     KNOX                              EAST OF KNOX CITY.

915 AM     MABELLE                   TX      .75 INCH HAIL AT MABELLE.
5/7/95     BAYLOR

925 AM     SENTINEL                  OK      1.75 INCH HAIL AT SENTINEL
5/7/95     WASHITA                           POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MCCAMMON

Local storm report, May 7, 10:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1035 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1005 AM    WEATHERFORD               OK      .75 INCH HAIL AT
5/7/95     CUSTER                            WEATHERFORD POLICE
                                             DEPARTMENT.

MCCAMMON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 9:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	52 min
May 7, 9:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	49 min
May 7, 11:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	45 min
May 7, 1:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens	3 hr
May 7, 1:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson	3 hr
May 7, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	65 min
May 7, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	60 min
May 7, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	46 min
May 7, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Harmon	31 min
May 7, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer	47 min
May 7, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Murray	41 min
May 7, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	37 min
May 7, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin	38 min
May 7, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Love	45 min
May 7, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	41 min
May 7, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham, Washita	34 min
May 7, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	57 min
May 7, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Tillman	57 min
May 7, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter	27 min
May 7, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	50 min
May 7, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter	48 min
May 7, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	61 min
May 7, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	57 min
May 7, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Murray	57 min
May 7, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	63 min
May 7, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Pontotoc	37 min
May 7, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	55 min
May 7, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	47 min
May 7, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Stephens	40 min
May 7, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	51 min
May 7, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland	51 min
May 7, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	48 min
May 7, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	McClain, Pottawatomie	40 min
May 7, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin	40 min
May 7, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	48 min
May 7, 8:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	47 min
May 7, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	50 min
May 7, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	52 min
May 7, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	43 min
May 7, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	43 min
May 7, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	43 min
May 7, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger	65 min
May 7, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox	65 min
May 7, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	51 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.