Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT for Major County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Major County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3862 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
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 Jun 8, 4:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 405 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 SVR TSTMS HAVE DVLPD TO THE WEST OF THE FA THIS AFTN IN THE VCNTY OF THE DRYLINE AND CDFNT INTERSECTION. ACTIVITY IS LIKELY AIDED BY IMPULSE SHOWG UP ON WATER VAPOR SAT IMAGERY MOVING FROM SE NM INTO W TX. VERY UNSTABLE AMS AHD OF THE FNT AND DRY LINE WITH SFC BASED LIS OF -10 TO -12. MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN ROTATG STG S/W THRU THE BASE OF THE UPR TROF THEN NEWD INTO SERN CO BY 12Z. IN RESPONSE TO THIS MODELS TRY TO DVLP SFC LO IN NWRN KS WITH FNTL BNDRY LIFTING N OF FA. THINK THIS MAY BE OVERDONE AND ONGOING CONVECTION MAY HELP TO KEEP BNDRY FRTHR S. IF BNDRY MAINTAINS ITSELF OVER THE NRN SECTIONS OF THE FA THIS WUD PUT THIS AREA UNDER THE GUN FOR HVY RAINFALL TONIGHT. WILL MENTION LCL HVY RAIN IN NRN ZONES FOR TONIGHT. TSTM THRT TO CONT INTO FRIDAY AS DRY LINE PUSHES INTO WRN OK DURG THE DAY. CDFNT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE AREA ON SAT WITH UPR TROF STILL LAGGING TO THE WEST SO WILL KEEP POP REL HI MOST AREAS. FCSTID = 02 OKC 69 87 68 85 / 30 40 40 40 HBR 67 90 65 85 / 40 40 30 20 SPS 72 92 68 88 / 30 40 40 40 GAG 62 85 57 78 / 70 20 20 10 PNC N 65 86 69 84 / 70 40 40 30 DUA 75 89 74 89 / 10 20 30 40 .OK...NONE. .TX...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 635 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 615 PM WAYNOKA OK 1.00 INCH HAIL IN WAYNOKA 6/8/95 WOODS FROM WAYNOKA PD 625 PM 6.5 N OF QUINLAN OK 0.75 INCH HAIL 6.5 N OF 6/8/95 WOODWARD QUINLAN SN
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 635 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 615 PM WAYNOKA OK 1.00 INCH HAIL IN WAYNOKA 6/8/95 WOODS FROM WAYNOKA PD 625 PM 6.5 N OF QUINLAN OK 0.75 INCH HAIL 6.5 N OF 6/8/95 WOODWARD QUINLAN SN
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 640 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 445 PM 7 W OF ROSSTON OK 50 KNOT WINDS 6/8/95 HARPER 530 PM 9 NW OF BUFFALO OK 1.00 INCH HAIL 6/8/95 HARPER SN
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 640 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 445 PM 7 W OF ROSSTON OK 50 KNOT WINDS 6/8/95 HARPER 530 PM 9 NW OF BUFFALO OK 1.00 INCH HAIL 6/8/95 HARPER SN
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 648 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 615 PM 6.5 N OF QUINLAN OK 0.75 INCH HAIL 6.5 N OF 6/8/95 WOODWARD QUINLAN 625 PM WAYNOKA OK 1.00 INCH HAIL IN WAYNOKA 6/8/95 WOODS FROM WAYNOKA PD 642 PM WOODWARD OK 0.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY 6/8/95 WOODWARD WOODWARD SHERIFF. SN/SPEG ...CORRECTED TIMES ON FIRST TWO REPORTS AND ADDED THIRD...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Woods, Woodward | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Dewey | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Logan | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 11:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Dewey | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major, Woodward | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Woodward | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Major, Woodward | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 2:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Major | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 5:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine | 113 min |
| Jun 9, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 68 min |
| Jun 9, 9:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 55 min |
| Jun 9, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harmon | 55 min |
| Jun 9, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Seminole | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Seminole | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Seminole | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hardeman, Wilbarger | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 65 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.