Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Nov 6, 1996, 9:53 PM CST for Atoka County, Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 1996, 9:53 PM CST (03:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1996, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atoka County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Nov 6, 9:22 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 9:22 PM CST, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 925 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996 MESONET DATA INIDCATES SFC BOUNDARY ACRS EXTREME SE PTNS OF FA. ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES ACRS MUCH OF SERN 1/2 OF THE FA. WL TRIM NWRN PTN OF FFA...AS LATEST RUC INDICATES BEST LOW LVL FORCING WL SHORTLY BE EAST OF THIS AREA. .OKC... OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZNS 030>039>043-045>053. TX...NONE. 22
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 6, 7:14 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
717 PM CST WED NOV 06 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM PAOLI OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
11/06/96 GARVIN
JSLocal storm report, Nov 6, 8:46 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
849 PM CST WED NOV 06 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
084 0 PM 3 WNW WILSON OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
11/06/96 CARTER
JSLocal storm report, Nov 6, 9:03 PM CST, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
905 PM CST WED NOV 06 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM 8 SW CLAYTON OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
11/06/96 PUSHMATAHA
JSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain | 52 min |
| Nov 6, 6:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| Nov 6, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 45 min |
| Nov 6, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 46 min |
| Nov 6, 8:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan | 4 hr |
| Nov 6, 8:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 52 min |
| Nov 7, 12:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| Nov 6, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 35 min |
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.