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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Nov 16, 1996, 4:25 PM CST for Caddo County, Grady 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 16, 1996, 4:25 PM CST (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 1996, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caddo County, OK, Grady County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 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 16, 4:08 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 4:08 PM CST, 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 1:44 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
OKZ004-005-009-010-162045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 144 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1134...HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR ELLIS...HARPER...WOODS...AND WOODWARD COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE ACROSS THIS AREA...AND NO FURTHER INCREASE IN WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. 22
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 1:46 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
OKZ004-005-009-010-162045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 144 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1134...HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR ELLIS...HARPER...WOODS...AND WOODWARD COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE ACROSS THIS AREA.. .AND NO FURTHER INCREASE IN WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. 22
Local storm report, Nov 16, 2:09 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
210 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM CHEROKEE OK FLOODING
11/16/96 ALFALFA ALL ROADS NORTH AND SOUTH OF
CHEROKEE CLOSED DUE TO 1 FOOT
OF WATER OVER ROADS.
130 PM RENFROW OK FLOODING
11/16/96 GRANT HWY. 81 NORTH OF RENFROW
CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER
ROADWAY.
130 PM MEDFORD OK FLOODING
11/16/96 GRANT HWY. 11 3 WEST OF MEDFORD
CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER
ROADWAY.
155 PM ALVA OK FLOODING
11/16/96 WOODS HWY. 64 AND 281 HAVE WATER
OVER ROADS AND TRAVEL IS
DISCOURAGED.
BRLocal storm report, Nov 16, 2:10 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
210 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM CHEROKEE OK FLOODING
11/16/96 ALFALFA ALL ROADS NORTH AND SOUTH OF
CHEROKEE CLOSED DUE TO 1 FOOT
OF WATER OVER ROADS.
130 PM RENFROW OK FLOODING
11/16/96 GRANT HWY. 81 NORTH OF RENFROW
CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER
ROADWAY.
130 PM MEDFORD OK FLOODING
11/16/96 GRANT HWY. 11 3 WEST OF MEDFORD
CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER
ROADWAY.
155 PM ALVA OK FLOODING
11/16/96 WOODS HWY. 64 AND 281 HAVE WATER
OVER ROADS AND TRAVEL IS
DISCOURAGED.
BRLocal storm report, Nov 16, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
230 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
215 PM ENID OK HAIL
11/16/96 GARFIELD 1.00 INCH HAIL ON THE WEST
SIDE OF ENID.
SCLocal storm report, Nov 16, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
230 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
215 PM ENID OK HAIL
11/16/96 GARFIELD 1.00 INCH HAIL ON THE WEST
SIDE OF ENID.
SCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 12:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 4 hr |
| Nov 16, 12:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Grant | 4 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 40 min |
| Nov 16, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 2:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kay, Noble | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 36 min |
| Nov 16, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 47 min |
| Nov 16, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 37 min |
| Nov 16, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche | 45 min |
| Nov 16, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 52 min |
| Nov 16, 3:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 51 min |
| Nov 16, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, Stephens | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 45 min |
| Nov 16, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens | 36 min |
| Nov 16, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson | 30 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.