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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Norman, OK

June 4, 1995Greer County, Harmon County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1995, 6:35 PM CDT for Greer County, Harmon 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, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 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 042335
FFWOKC
OKC055-057-065-TXC197-487-050230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     GREER...HARMON AND JACKSON

IN NORTHERN TEXAS
     HARDEMAN AND WILBARGER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ALTUS...BLAIR...BRINKMAN...CRETA...DUKE...ELDORADO...ELMER
     ...FRIENDSHIP...GOULD...GRANITE...HESTER...HOLLIS...
     HUMPHREYS...MADGE...MANGUM...MARTHA...MC KNIGHT...MC QUEEN
     ...OLUSTEE...OZARK...REED...VINSON...WILLOW...CHILLICOTHE
     ...GOODLETT...QUANAH AND VERNON

AT 631 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE WARNING
AREA. MEANWHILE... CREEKS AND RIVERS REMAIN HIGH WHILE THE GROUND IS
SATURATED. MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES LIKELY HAVE HIGH WATER
OVER THEM. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING RESULTING IN RAPID RUNOFFS.

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 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 MOS<T CARS AWAY.


LAT...LON 3407  9917 3414  9961 3425  9993 3500  9996
          3508  9939 3469  9922

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 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

FPUS3 KOKC 042030
AFDOKC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
330 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

RATHER BUSY DAY TDA...AND TNGT LOOKS MUCH THE SAME AS SVR WX IS LKLY
ACRS AT LEAST THE SWRN 1/4 OF THE FA EARLY THIS EVE...AND PROB ACRS THE
RMNDR OF THE AREA TNGT.  HVY RNFL IS LKLY ACRS THE ENTIRE AREA...XCPT
THE FAR SE.  HAVE ADDED 3 NEW ZNS TO THE PREV WATCH AREA...TX ZNS
84..87..AND 90...DUE TO HVY RNFL THIS AFTN AND MARGINALLY LOW FF GDNC.
XPCT THE HVIEST RNFL TO BE NR THE RED RVR...SPCLY THE WRN PT...NR WHERE
OUTFLOW BNDRY FM LAST NGTS CONVECTION CAME TO REST AND WHERE SVR STMS
ARE ALREADY OCCURRING.  OMITTED ZNS 86..88..AND 89 FM FFA DUE TO HIGH FF
GDNC AND RELATIVELY LGT OVRNGT RN...BUT EVEN THESE ZNS MAY NEED TO BE
ADDED LATER IF RNFL IS MUCH HVIER THAN XPCTD.

TMRW LOOKS LIKE AN ALL-OR-NOTHING SITN.  STRENGTHENING CAP MAY PREVENT
ANY MAJOR STRM OUTBRK...BUT GRTR FCST HELICITY AND MODERATE CAPES WOULD
PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT EVEN MORE CONDUCIVE TO SUPERCELLS THAN TDA/TNGT.
IT IS QUITE PSBL THAT SFC CNVRGNC ALG WHATEVER OUTFLO BNDRYS ARE ARND
THEN WL BE ENUF TO OVERCOME THE CAP....

SINCE FAN/FWC TEMP GDNC IS VERY SIMILAR TO PREV FCST...HAVE NOT STRAYED
MORE THAN A CPL OF DEG FM GDNC.

1ST PD POPS SUBJECT TO LAST-SECOND REVIEW AND CHGS BASED ON PCPN TRENDS
AT ISSUANCE TIME....

FCSTID=23=RS
HBR   64  85  65  92 / 100 50  30  20
OKC   65  83  66  88 / 70  40  40  20
SPS   66  87  67  92 / 60  40  30  20
GAG   63  83  63  91 / 80  30  30  10
PNC   64  83  66  89 / 90  30  40  30
DUA   67  86  69  87 / 30  20  20  20

.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT...ZNS 14>42..44>46..50.
.TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT...ZNS 83>85..87..90.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
405 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

315 PM       DAVIDSON                 OK   AT LEAST 75 MPH WINDS IN
06/4/95      TILLMAN                       DAVIDSON.  SOME LARGE TREES
                                           DOWN.

343 PM       VERA                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL NEAR VERA.
06/4/95      KNOX

SN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
405 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

315 PM       DAVIDSON                 OK   AT LEAST 75 MPH WINDS IN
06/4/95      TILLMAN                       DAVIDSON.  SOME LARGE TREES
                                           DOWN.

343 PM       VERA                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL NEAR VEzRA.
06/4/95      KNOX

SN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
405 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

243 PM       VERA                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL NEAR VERA.
06/4/95      KNOX

SN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR MPH INSTEAD OF KTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
600 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

425-430PM    GRANDFIELD               OK   94 MPH GUST AT THE MESONET
06/4/95      TILLMAN                       SITE NEAR GRANDFIELD

SN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:03 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
600 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

425-430PM    GRANDFIELD               OK   81 MPH GUST AT THE MESONET
06/4/95      TILLMAN                       SITE NEAR GRANDFIELD

SN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:04 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR MPH INSTEAD OF KTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
600 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

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

425-430PM    GRANDFIELD               OK   94 MPH GUST AT THE MESONET
06/4/95      TILLMAN                       SITE NEAR GRANDFIELD

SN

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, 11:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Logan	114 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

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.