Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2002, 6:47 AM CST for 4 counties in 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2002, 6:47 AM CST (12:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2002, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Marshall County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KOUN 191247
FFWOKC
OKC005-013-069-095-191545-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
638 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MARSHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE
FROM NORTH TEXAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS
MORNING. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DUMPING
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON AREAS THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND
5 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
RESULT IN AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ACHILLE...ALBANY...ARMSTRONG...
ATOKA...BENNINGTON...BLUE...BOKCHITO...CADDO...CALERA...CANEY...
CARTWRIGHT...CHOCKIE...COLBERT...COLEMAN...DURANT...HENDRIX...
KEMP...KENEFIC...KINGSTON...LANE...LITTLE CITY...MADILL...
MCBRIDE...MEAD...NIDA...OAKLAND...SILO...STRINGTOWN...TUSHKA...
UTICA...WADE...WILLIS AND WOODVILLE
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3410 9685 3332 9683 3391 9578 3467 9596
3443 9613The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 9:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Marshall | 4 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.