Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Jan 31, 1998, 5:35 AM CST (11:35 UTC)

Expired

Jan 31, 1998, 8:30 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Greer County, OK, Kiowa County, OK

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 311135
FFWOKC
OKC055-075-311430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
535 AM CST SAT JAN 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN KIOWA AND EASTERN GREER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     WILLOW...BRINKMAN...LONE WOLF...GRANITE...LUGERT AND MANGUM

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE PERSISTED OVER PORTIONS 
OF EASTERN GREER AND WESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 
RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE KIOWA-GREER COUNTY LINE. MORE RAINFALL 
IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGH&T TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH.


LAT...LON 3510 9922 3486 9919 3480 9956 3508 9958

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 31, 3:30 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

FPUS3 KOKC 310951
AFDOKC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
330 AM CST SAT JAN 31 1998

FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TRW MOVING THRU N TX COUNTIES INTO SW OK THIS
MORNING WITH A FEW STG TO SVR STMS. UPR SYS MOVING OUT OF NM INTO W
TX SHUD CONT ON TO THE NE TODAY. MOISTR CONTS TO SURGE NWD MAINLY
THROUGH WRN SECS THIS MORNING BUT SHUD SPREAD OVER THE RMDR OFTHE FA
DURING THE DAY. AS UPR SYS APCHS EXPECTED WIDESPREAD RW/TRW TO
SPREAD EWD OVER THE AREA TODAY. EXPECT PRECIP TO END IN THE SW THIS
AFTN AND GRDLY END FROM THE SW OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. WILL
KEEP SOME LO POPS IN THE E FOR A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS SUNDAY
MORNING. CDFNT WORKS ITS WAY INTO WRN SECS LATE TODAY AND THEN THRU
MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND INTO THE SE SUNDAY. MOS TMPS GENLY IN
THE BALLPARK WITH A FEW MINOR ADJ.

FCSTID = 02
OKC   55  40  51  35 /  80  60  20  10
HBR   58  38  53  32 / 100  20  10  10
SPS   61  42  57  36 / 100  30  10  10
GAG   53  30  49  26 /  80  40  10  10
PNC   56  40  50  33 /  60  80  20  10
DUA   62  50  45  56 /  60  80  30  10

.OKC...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.