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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK

March 30, 2007Clay County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 2007, 4:13 PM CDT for Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2007, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 4:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 N Henrietta, TXWATER FLOWING OVER FM 1197 ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 905 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOUN 302115
FFWOUN
TXC077-485-310015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
413 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...
  EASTERN WICHITA COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 413 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CLAY AND EASTERN   
  PARTS OF WICHITA COUNTY IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY    
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY          
  HEAVY RAIN MOVE OVER THE AREA. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELLEVUE...BLUEGROVE...BUFFALO
  SPRINGS...BURKBURNETT...CASHION COMMUNITY...DEAN...HENRIETTA...IOWA
  PARK...JOLLY...JOY...LAKE ARROWHEAD...NEWPORT...PETROLIA...PLEASANT
  VALLEY...SHEPPARD AFB...VASHTI AND WICHITA FALLS.

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.
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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 3416 9871 3383 9872 3384 9843 3346 9841
      3345 9798 3396 9797

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 1:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNClay, Wichita3 hr
Mar 30, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor45 min
Mar 30, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher47 min
Mar 30, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita40 min
Mar 30, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay48 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.