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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2005, 1:15 AM CDT for Carter County, Jefferson County, Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 15, 2005, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2005, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carter County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 907 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 150618
FFWOUN
OKC019-067-137-151030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
115 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN AND NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 530 AM CDT
* AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON...
SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND WESTERN CARTER COUNTIES. THESE
SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND ARE PRODUCING
ADDITIONAL RAIN MORE THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED
3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN ON SUNDAY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CORNISH...GRAHAM...HEALDTON...
LOCO...MILO...POOLEVILLE...RINGLING...SUGDEN...WAURIKA AND WILSON
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND FARM
LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL
LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE CROOKED CREEK...MOUNTAIN
CREEK...MUD CREEK AND NORTH MUD CREEK IN JEFFERSON AND STEPHENS
COUNTIES...AND WHISKY CREEK...CADDO CREEK AND RED BRANCH IN CARTER
COUNTY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. 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 3420 9802 3402 9801 3413 9734 3438 9714
3439 9734 3448 9734
$$
...SPEG.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 10:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Seminole | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Murray | 110 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.