Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

May 1, 1995, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)

Expired

May 1, 1995, 3:15 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Murray County, OK

The Norman radar (KTLX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 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 010521
FFWOKC
OKC019-099-137-010815-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1218 AM CDT MON MAY 01 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
     CARTER AND MURRAY

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     STEPHENS

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ALMA...ALPERS...ARDMORE...COUNTYLINE...DAVIS...DOUGHERTY...
     DUNCAN...FOX...GENE AUTRY...GRAHAM...HEALDTON...HENNEPIN...
     LOCO...LONE GROVE...MILO...POOLEVILLE...RATLIFF CITY...
     SPRINGER...TATUMS...TUSSY...VELMA...WIRT AND WOODFORD

AT 1218 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY FALLING FROM THE TURNER FALLS
AREA WEST TOWARD DUNCAN AND MARLOW. THIS RAIN IS IN ADDITION TO UP TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN LIKELY
WILL CONTINUE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO HOURS AND RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHNEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
IT IS VERY DIFFUCULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON
ROADS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH.


LAT...LON 3421  9702 3414  9727 3420  9753 3457  9804
          3450  9758 3452  9698

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 30, 3:20 PM CDT, 8 hours 58 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
320 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

WMFNT NOW JUST S OF RED RVR AND DRYLN SITS ACRS WRN TX PNHDL INTO SW TX.
XPCT WMFNT TO CONT TO DRAG ITSELF NWD A LTL FARTHER THIS EVE AND
TNGT...PROB TO IMMED VCNTY OF RED RVR.

ALL MODELS BRNG S/W THRU THE RGN TNGT...AND ARE IN GENLY GOOD AGRMT ON
MOST FTRS.  THE AVN DOES APPEAR A LTL QUICKER ON A FEW ITEMS...BUT NONE
THAT REALLY MEAN MUCH TO OUR FA.  ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT WE WL HAVE
ALL NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR LOTS OF RN THIS EVE AND TNGT ACRS MOST OF
THE FA.  HAVE OPTED FOR A FF WATCH FOR AN IRREGULAR AREA GENLY INCLDG
MOST OF THE FAR NRN ZNS...ERN...SERN...AND S CNTRL ZNS.  SEE LIST BLO.
BASED AREA MNLY ON FF GDNC VS AMT OF RN XPCTD.  COORD ON FFA WITH TUL...
TOP...AND FTW.

SOME SVR TSTMS LKLY IN SRN 1/2 OF FA AND QUITE PSBL IN THE NRN 1/2.
HAVE NO COMPLAINTS WITH SWODY1 OR 2 ON THIS SUBJECT.

SEE NO GOOD RSN TO DEPART MUCH FM GDNC XCPT TO FAVOR FWC POP AT OKC
TNGT AS OPPOSED TO THE MUCH LWR FAN NUMBER.

FCSTID=23/RS
HBR   52  70  43  69 / 50  10  0   0
OKC   55  67  44  67 / 80  10  0   0
SPS   58  73  48  71 / 50  10  0   0
GAG   48  63 Z 36  68 / 30  0   0   0
PNC   51  60  40  66 / 80  20  0   0
DUA   62  68  48  68 / 90  30  10  0

.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...ZNS 5>8..13..19..20..26..30>32..38..
                                       39..41>53.
.TX...NONE.

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

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.