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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK

May 16, 2003Kingfisher County, Logan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2003, 2:33 PM CDT for Kingfisher County, Logan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2003, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2003, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2003-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2003-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 299 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-328 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOUN 161933
FFWOKC
OKC073-083-162130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
233 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 233 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD
  FALLEN FROM NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY SOUTH OF MARSHALL TO NEAR
  KINGFISHER AND OKARCHE.  THE OKLAHOMA MESONET RECORDED NEARLY TWO
  INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR AND RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND THREE INCHES
  OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR HAS FALLEN BETWEEN DOVER AND LOVELL.
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE AREAS THROUGH THE MID
  AFTERNOON HOURS PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CRESCENT...DOVER...KINGFISHER... 
  LOVELL...MARSHALL...OKARCHE AND ORLANDO

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES
INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3617 9775 3573 9816 3574 9790 3592 9759
          3615 9738

$$

...SPEG.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills45 min
May 15, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills51 min
May 15, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills60 min
May 15, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey50 min
May 15, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham67 min
May 15, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward38 min
May 15, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward52 min
May 15, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita81 min
May 16, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon25 min
May 16, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward47 min
May 16, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson31 min
May 16, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine31 min
May 16, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa44 min
May 16, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman40 min
May 16, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Major48 min
May 16, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita31 min
May 16, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens38 min
May 16, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNMajor23 min
May 16, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Washita45 min
May 16, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and 1 more59 min
May 16, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
May 16, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens44 min
May 16, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Love, Murray60 min
May 16, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Lincoln, Noble, Payne47 min
May 16, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Pontotoc63 min
May 16, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole56 min
May 16, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
May 16, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes51 min
May 16, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln45 min
May 16, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love41 min
May 16, 3:58 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln32 min
May 16, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray34 min
May 16, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Pontotoc49 min
May 16, 4:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove29 min
May 16, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall25 min
May 16, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes54 min
May 16, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan62 min
May 16, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall28 min
May 16, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan46 min
May 16, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma49 min
May 16, 12:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma26 min
May 16, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole49 min
May 16, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan45 min
May 16, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln65 min
May 16, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes32 min
May 16, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKingfisher28 min
May 16, 1:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPayne53 min
May 16, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan44 min
May 16, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan30 min
May 16, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Payne64 min
May 16, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.