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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Norman, OK

June 4, 1995Tillman County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1995, 3:13 PM CDT for Tillman County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

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

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Tillman County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-303 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 042015 COR
FFWOKC
OKC141-042300-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED HEADER...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
313 PM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     TILLMAN

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     FREDERICK...GRANDFIELD...HOLLISTER...LOVELAND...MANITOU AND
     TIPTON

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS TILLMAN COUNTY WILL PRODUCE
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER SATURATED GROUND. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

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.

CHURCHILL

LAT...LON 3417  9863 3424  9917 3459  9915 3449  9866

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 4, 3:34 AM CDT, 11 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:34 AM CDT, 11 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
325 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

PRIMARY FCST PROBLEM IS FLASH FLOOD THREAT. WSR-88D STORM TOTAL PCPN
PRODUCTS FROM KTLX/KFDR AND OBS FROM OK MESONET INDICATE HEAVIEST RAFL
FROM CNTRL OK SWWD INTO SERN TX PANHDL. ALTHO SOM OF THE RAFL MAXES LIE
BTWN GAGES...SOM LOCATIONS LIKELY HAVE RCVD NR 8 INCHES OF RN SINCE YDA.
HYDROVIEW SOFTWARE INDICATES MANY STREAMS ALREADY RISING RAPIDLY WTH
FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SVRL RVR POINTS...AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
COVERING SVRL COUNTIES. ONGOING CONVECTION CONTS TO AFFECT MNLY SWRN AND
CNTRL OK ATTM. XPCT THESE STMS TO CONT MVG EWD THIS MRNG THEN GRDLY WKN
MID-LATE MRNG.

ANTICIPATE OUTFLOW BNDRY FM THIS MRNGS CONVECTION WL LIE FM NWRN TX INTO
SCNTRL OK BY NOON. AS DAYTIME HTG PROCEEDS...XPCT BNDRY TO LIFT GRDLY
NWD DURG AFTN WITH STMS REFIRING IN VCNTY OF THIS BNDRY. ALTHO SHEAR WL
BE SLGTLY LESS THAN YDA...CAPES WL AGN BE HI...ESP AS MSTR POOLS NR
BNDRY. THFR A FEW SVR STMS APPEAR LIKLY. STMS LKLY WL CONT AND BCM MOR
WDSPRD OVRNGT WTH INCRG THREAT OF HVY RAFL. MDLS BRINGS NEXT WV INTO
POSN TO AFFECT AREA LATE THIS AFTN TONIGHT WHICH WL ALSO AID ADDTL
DVLPMT. IN ADDITION TO OUTFLOW BNDRY...SECOND FOCUS WL BE DRYLINE OVR W
TX. THESE STMS NOT LKLY TO AFFECT FA UNTIL 2ND PD THO.

GVN ABV SCENARIO...WL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY INTO TNGT FOR ALL
BUT XTRM NRN AND SRN PTNS OF FCST AREA. SVRL INCHES OF ADDTL RAFL PSBL
OVR THE FFA AREA BY MON MRNG WHICH CUD RESULT IN WDSPRD FLOODING. FFA
MAY NEED TO BE XPANDED LATER DEPENDING UPON MESOSCALE EVOLUTION.

MOIST SELY LOW LVL FLOW AND WNWLY FLOW ALFT WL PRVD ADDTL OPPORTUNITIES
FOR STMS ON MON. LTL CHG TO MAXES/MINS...W6TH CONVECTION THE PRIMARY
EFFECT.  ..16..  DA

.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TDA/TNGT ZNS 014>042...044>046...50.
.TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TDA/TNGT ZNS 083...085.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1045 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

1020 AM        KNOX CITY             TX     21/2 INCH HAIL NORTH SIDE OF
06/4/95         KNOX                        KNOX CITY.

1040 AM        RHINELAND             TX     1 INCH HAIL IN RHINELAND.
06/4/95         KNOX

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1045 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

1020 ATM        KNOX CITY             TX     21/2 INCH HAIL NORTH SIDE OF
06/4/95         KNOX                        KNOX CITY.

1040 AM        RHINELAND             TX     1 INCH HAIL IN RHINELAND.
06/4/95         KNOX

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-051100-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE
MODERATE RISK AREA IS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA...TO OKLAHOMA
CITY...TO MARIETTA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OF RAIN-COOLED AIR FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY LIES NEAR THE RED RIVER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY
WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OR MOVE SLOWLY NORTH INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR THIS BOUNDARY AND ALSO NEAR A DRY LINE
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEAST
INTO OKLAHOMA.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH
WINDS WHICH VARY FROM SOUTHEAST NEAR THE GROUND TO SOUTHWEST IN
MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PROVIDE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN ONE-HALF OF
OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ALSO OCCUR AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.

BSC
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-051100-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE
MODERATE RISK AREA IS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA...TO OKLAHOMA
CITY...TO MARIETTA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OF RAIN-COOLED AIR FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY LIES NEAR THE RED RIVER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY
WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OR MOVE SLOWLY NORTH INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR THIS BOUNDARY AND ALSO NEAR A DRY LINE
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEAST
INTO OKLAHOMA.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH
WINDS WHICH VARY FROM SOUTHEAST NEAR THE GROUND TO SOUTHWEST IN
MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PROVIDE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN ONE-HALF OF
OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ALSO OCCUR AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.

BSC
Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
100 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

1230 PM        HOLLIS                OK     SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS
06/4/95        HARMON               TORRIENTIAL RAIN WITH
                                            FLOODING ALL OVER THE AREA.

1255 PM        GRANITE               OK     HWY 6 SOUTH OF GRANITE
06/4/95        GREER                        WASHED OUT. WATER ALL AROUND
                                            THE AREA.

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
100 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

1230 PM        HOLLIS                OK     SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS
06/4/95        HARMON               TORRIENTIAL RAIN WITH
                                            FLOODING ALL OVER THE AREA.

1255 PM        GRANITE               OK     HWY 6 SOUTH OF GRANITE
06/4/95        GREER                        WASHED OUT. WATER ALL AROUND
                                            THE AREA.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo45 min
Jun 3, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon44 min
Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon45 min
Jun 3, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson40 min
Jun 3, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo45 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon46 min
Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady40 min
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson35 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian, Grady50 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson47 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian46 min
Jun 3, 9:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson2 hr
Jun 3, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson47 min
Jun 3, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Oklahoma42 min
Jun 3, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon50 min
Jun 3, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan45 min
Jun 3, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa42 min
Jun 3, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa45 min
Jun 3, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson36 min
Jun 3, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon45 min
Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain31 min
Jun 3, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan45 min
Jun 3, 11:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian113 min
Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson48 min
Jun 3, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa, Washita46 min
Jun 3, 11:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLogan114 min
Jun 3, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman40 min
Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJackson110 min
Jun 3, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman33 min
Jun 4, 12:25 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Tillman50 min
Jun 4, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo63 min
Jun 4, 12:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKiowa3 hr
Jun 4, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche65 min
Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain62 min
Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma62 min
Jun 4, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGreer, Harmon3 hr
Jun 4, 1:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNOklahoma2 hr
Jun 4, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLogan110 min
Jun 4, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa61 min
Jun 4, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie55 min
Jun 4, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian2 hr
Jun 4, 1:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJackson3 hr
Jun 4, 2:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady3 hr
Jun 4, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche57 min
Jun 4, 2:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNPayne3 hr
Jun 4, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole57 min
Jun 4, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo64 min
Jun 4, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson58 min
Jun 4, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady63 min
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCleveland, McClain3 hr
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma3 hr
Jun 4, 3:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKiowa3 hr
Jun 4, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian2 hr
Jun 4, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain58 min
Jun 4, 4:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Grady3 hr
Jun 4, 5:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBeckham, Washita3 hr
Jun 4, 7:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKiowa3 hr
Jun 4, 7:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCuster3 hr
Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa52 min
Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson36 min
Jun 4, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita50 min
Jun 4, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon50 min
Jun 4, 12:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGreer, Harmon3 hr
Jun 4, 12:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Washita3 hr
Jun 4, 1:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa3 hr
Jun 4, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward40 min
Jun 4, 2:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo3 hr
Jun 4, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman37 min
Jun 4, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHarmon3 hr
Jun 4, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGreer3 hr
Jun 4, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman45 min
Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa3 hr
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman60 min
Jun 4, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNTillman3 hr
Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton43 min
Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJackson3 hr
Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGreer, Harmon3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1995Every 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.