Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Jun 9, 1995, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)

Expired

Jun 9, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Garfield County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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 090555
FFWOKC
OKC073-083-047-091100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1255 AM CDT FRI JUN 09 1995

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

IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     KINGFISHER AND LOGAN

IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN GARFIELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BISON...CASHION...COVINGTON...CRESCENT...DOUGLAS...DOVER...
     GUTHRIE...HAYWARD...HENNESSEY...KINGFISHER...LACEY...LOVELL
     ...MARSHALL...MULHALL...NAVINA...OMEGA...SEWARD AND
     WAUKOMIS

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER LOGAN...KINGFISHER...
AND SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTIES WITH MORE STORMS APPROACHING THE AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE
AREA WITH A REPORTS UP TO 4 INCHES.  FLOOD PRONE REGIONS OF
KINGFISHER... LOGAN AND SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR
FLASH FLOODING.  PEOPLE NEAR TURKEY CREEK... KINGFISHER CREEK...
COTTONWOOD CREEK... AND UNCLE JOHNS CREEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPID
RISES IN THE CREEK.  FLOODING IS ALREADY BEING REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 33
EAST OF KINGFISHER.

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.

LAT...LON 3634  9748 3574  9729 3574  9816 3628  9806
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SPEG

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 8, 4:31 PM CDT, 8 hours 24 minutes earlier.

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.

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.