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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Norman, OK

October 25, 20004 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Oct 25, 2000, 4:32 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 2000, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 2000, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2000-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 286 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2000-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KOUN 250935
FFWOUN
OKC045-059-151-153-251130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
432 AM CDT WED OCT 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  HARPER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN WOODS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  WOODWARD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 430 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED OVER
PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE
LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN HARPER...WESTERN WOODS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL
WOODWARD...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADS
ARE UNDER WATER ACROSS THE MENTIONED AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK...
  ARNETT...BUFFALO...FARGO...FORT SUPPLY...FREEDOM...GAGE...
  LAVERNE...MAY...MOORELAND...PLAINVIEW...ROSSTON...SELMAN...SHATTUCK
  AND WOODWARD

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3696 9997 3598 9994 3662 9882 3700 9884

11

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNEllis, Woodward3 hr
Oct 24, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNEllis, Woods, Woodward3 hr
Oct 25, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNEllis, Woods, Woodward2 hr
Oct 25, 6:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNWoods, Woodward2 hr
Oct 25, 9:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo3 hr
Oct 25, 11:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche3 hr
Oct 25, 1:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCotton3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.