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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Norman, OK

June 3, 1995Logan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1995, 11:36 PM CDT for Logan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1995, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Logan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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: 2206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 11.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 040440
FFWOKC
OKC083-040630-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1136 PM CDT SAT JUN 03 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     LOGAN

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     CRESCENT...GUTHRIE...NAVINA AND SEWARD

AT 1136 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF
LOGAN COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOGAN COUNTY SINCE 10 PM.  ONE TO TWO INCH AMOUNTS
WERE INDICATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. 

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 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 3590  9716 3572  9764 3594  9764 3602  9737

CS

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 Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes before

FPUS3 KOKC 032023
AFDOKC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
325 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

UPR LOW REMAINS OVR NERN UT WITH SVRL SHTWVS ROTATING TWD FA. ONE WV
MOVG NEWD THRU NM WITH ANOTHER ONECOMING INTO WRN AZ. SFC BNDRY ACRS
SCNTL OK WHICH WL LKLY FOCUS CNVCTV DVLPMNT. ANOTHER FEATURE OF INTEREST
IS CNVTV-INDUCED VORT MAX BTWN CDS AND LTS WHICH IS BARELY CRAWLING EWD
ALG BDNRY. EXPCT MAIN PCPN AREA OF INITIATE IN TX PNHDL AND MV INTO WRN
ZNS THIS EVENG. ALSO PSBL THAT CNVTN WL FORM E OF CNVTV VORT IN SCNTRL
ZNS...BUT THIS AREA HAS STGR CAP AND WONT GET AS MUCH SFC HEATING AS
FURTHER W. WL ISSUE FFA FOR MOST OF WRN OK...BUT AREA MAY NEED TO BE
EXTNDD FURTHER E IF CNVTN REMAINS ORGANIZED INTO CNTRL ZNS OR IF LCL
COOLING ALF WITH CNVCTV VORT MAX IS SUFFICIENT TO BREAK CAP. PDS OF TRW
EXPCTD THRU SHORT TERM WITH CHANCES TAPERING OFF IN THE EXTDD PD. ..04..

GAG 60/81/61/82 8464    PNC 65/82/65/82 4354    HBR 68/85/65/85 7464
SPS 69/88/68/89 6344    OKC 65/82/65/82 4354    DUA 70/86/70/84 3344

.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT WRN OK ZNS 4>6..9>11..14>17..21>23..
       33>38..44.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1000 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

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

930 PM            EL RENO            OK       0.75 INCH HAIL
6/3/95            CANADIAN

945 PM             ALTUS             OK      60+ MPH WINDS
6/3/95            JACKSON

948 PM           SW OF ALTUS         OK      2.50 INCH HAIL SOUTH OF THE
6/3/95            JACKSON                    INTERSECTION OF US-62 AND
                                             SH-6

953 PM           W OF ALTUS          OK      70 MPH WINDSJ AT
6/3/95            JACKSON                    INTERSECTION OF US-62 AND
                                             SH-6

957 PM             ALTUS             OK      1.75 INCH HAIL
6/3/95             JACKSON

PM

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

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

920 PM           HOLLIS              OK       ALL ROADS INTO HOLLIS
6/3/95           HARMON                       REPORTED FLOODED

1010 PM          ALTUS AFB           OK      WIND GUST TO 82 MPH AND
6/3/95            JACKSON                    1.25 INCH HAIL

1020 PM        IN AND WEST OF ALTUS  OK      WATER COVERING MANY ROADS
6/3/95            JACKSON                    TO A DEPTH OF 6-8 INCHES

PM

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

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

920 PM           HOLLIS              OK       ALL ROADS INTO HOLLIS
6/3/95           HARMON                       REPORTED FLOODED

1010 PM          ALTUS AFB           OK      WIND GUST TO 82 MPH AND
6/3/95            JACKSON                    1.25 INCH HAIL

1020 PM        IN AND WEST OF ALTUS  OK      WATER COVERING MANY ROADS
6/3/95            JACKSON                    TO A DEPTH OF 6-8 INCHES

PM

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:45 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1045 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

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

1035 PM          PIEDMONT            OK       0.75 INCH HAIL
6/3/95           CANADIAN

1040 PM          4SW OF HEADRICK     OK      TORNADO REPORTED BY
6/3/95           JACKSON                     SPOTTERS

PM

Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1130 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

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

1100 PM          W OF GUTHRIE        OK       1.00 INCH HAIL 3 SOUTH
6/3/95           LOGAN                        OF INTERSECTIN OF HWYS
                                              74 AND 33

1110 PM         7 SW NORMAN          OK       0.88 INCH HAIL
6/3/95           MCCLAIN

1120 PM          NORMAN              OK       0.75 INCH HAIL ON WEST
6/3/95           CLEVELAND                    SIDE OF NORMAN

PM

Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:30 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1130 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

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

1100 PM          W OF GUTHRIE        OK       1.00 INCH HAIL 3 SOUTH
6/3/95           LOGAN                        OF INTERSECTIN OF HWYS
                                              74 AND 33

1110 PM         7 SW NORMAN          OK       0.88 INCH HAIL
6/3/95           MCCLAIN

1120 PM          NORMAN              OK       0.75 INCH HAIL ON WEST
6/3/95           CLEVELAND                    SIDE OF NORMAN

PM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	45 min
Jun 3, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	44 min
Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Harmon	45 min
Jun 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson	40 min
Jun 3, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo	45 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	46 min
Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	40 min
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson	35 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	50 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson	47 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian	46 min
Jun 3, 9:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Harmon, Jackson	2 hr
Jun 3, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson	47 min
Jun 3, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	42 min
Jun 3, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	50 min
Jun 3, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan	45 min
Jun 3, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	42 min
Jun 3, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	45 min
Jun 3, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	36 min
Jun 3, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	45 min
Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	31 min
Jun 3, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan	45 min
Jun 3, 11:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian	113 min
Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	48 min
Jun 3, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	46 min
Jun 3, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	40 min
Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson	110 min
Jun 3, 11:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Tillman	33 min
Jun 4, 12:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Comanche, Tillman	50 min
Jun 4, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	63 min
Jun 4, 12:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	65 min
Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	62 min
Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	62 min
Jun 4, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	2 hr
Jun 4, 1:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Logan	110 min
Jun 4, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	61 min
Jun 4, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	55 min
Jun 4, 1:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian	2 hr
Jun 4, 1:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	57 min
Jun 4, 2:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Payne	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	57 min
Jun 4, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	64 min
Jun 4, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	58 min
Jun 4, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	63 min
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 4:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian	2 hr
Jun 4, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	58 min
Jun 4, 4:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	3 hr
Jun 4, 5:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Beckham, Washita	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Custer	3 hr
Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	52 min
Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	36 min
Jun 4, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	50 min
Jun 4, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	50 min
Jun 4, 12:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	3 hr
Jun 4, 12:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Washita	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	40 min
Jun 4, 2:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	37 min
Jun 4, 3:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Tillman	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Harmon	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	45 min
Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	60 min
Jun 4, 6:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Tillman	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	43 min
Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1995 Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.