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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Norman, OK

July 8, 20104 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2010, 5:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2010, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2010, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cleveland County, OK, Grady County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 11 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 2010-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 929 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
929 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 8, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
238 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERN IN THIS FORECAST IS OBVIOUSLY THE RAIN. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA... WITH MORE ISOLATED
SHOWERS TO THE NORTHWEST. THE RAIN IS RE-FOCUSING ALONG A
STATIONARY WIND SHIFT LINE THAT IS NEARLY PARALLEL TO... AND ABOUT
ONE COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF... I-44. AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
PROGRESS... THIS SHOULD REMAIN THE PRIMARY FOCUS LINE... BUT
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL ALSO FOCUS STORM DEVELOPMENT.

AS FOR THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH... WE WILL TRIM SOME OF THE NORTHERN
COUNTIES FROM THE WATCH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF
ANTECEDENT RAINFALL AND EXPECTED RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO
WAS THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATION FOR THE WATCH. FOR THE MOST PART...
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY FALL OVER THE AREAS THAT CAN
MOST AFFORD THE RAIN. HOWEVER... GIVEN THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THE
RAIN... AND THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES... FLASH FLOODING WILL
REMAIN A POTENTIAL PROBLEM FOR THOSE COUNTIES STILL IN THE WATCH.
AT THIS TIME... IT APPEARS THAT THE COUNTIES MOST LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE OUR TEXAS COUNTIES... AND
THOSE FROM LOVE NORTHEAST TO COAL AND ATOKA. THE COUNTIES CLOSER
TO THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE WATCH ARE LEAST LIKELY TO HAVE SERIOUS
FLOODING.

AS THE SURFACE CONVERGENCE WEAKENS FURTHER TOMORROW... AND AS THE
OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN BECOMES SOMEWHAT LESS FAVORABLE FOR
RAIN... THE RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. HOWEVER... THEY
REALLY NEVER GO AWAY COMPLETELY THOUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD.

OTHERWISE... MODIFICATIONS TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WERE MINIMAL.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  71  85  69  89 /  80  60  20  10
HOBART OK         68  85  68  89 /  70  60  20  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  73  86  72  91 /  90  70  30  30
GAGE OK           63  85  61  91 /  50  30  10  10
PONCA CITY OK     68  86  67  88 /  70  40  10  10
DURANT OK         74  85  72  90 /  80  80  40  30

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR OKZ013-014-016-
     018>048-050>052.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR TXZ083>090.

&&

30/23
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1145 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091000-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1145 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION...
A DEEP LAYER OF MOIST AIR LOCATED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS... COMBINED WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE
REGION... WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH TONIGHT. A RELATIVELY WEAK WIND SHEAR PATTERN WILL LIMIT THE
CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF
STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY
THREAT FROM THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY
RAINFALL.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUL 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE PERSISTENT...DEEP MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE... AND THE SLOW
MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... WILL AGAIN SUPPORT
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.  A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. BY
THIS EVENING... THE MAIN THREAT AREA FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY BE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AS THE
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIP SOUTH. SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
PRODUCT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ONGOING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FRIDAY MORNING WILL
MAINTAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING MAINLY OVER
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES
WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY NIGHT... THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
FRIDAY.

CJS/30

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 11:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 8, 1:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
147 PM CDT THU JUL 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0102 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 SW SEYMOUR            33.54N 99.34W
07/08/2010                   BAYLOR             TX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS FROM
            INTERSECTION OF FM2070 AND US HWY 277 TO THE BAYLOR/KNOX
            COUNTY BORDER. REPORTED BY THE TX DOT.

&&

TY/JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 3:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNGreer, Jackson10 hr
Jul 8, 8:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGreer, Harmon3 hr
Jul 8, 9:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBeckham, Ellis, Roger Mills3 hr
Jul 8, 12:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Johnston, Love, Marshall3 hr
Jul 8, 1:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills6 hr
Jul 8, 3:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGrady, McClain3 hr
Jul 8, 4:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNComanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens3 hr
Jul 8, 5:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole3 hr
Jul 8, 5:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma and 2 more3 hr
Jul 8, 6:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLincoln, Payne3 hr
Jul 7, 7:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNArcher, Baylor, Foard, Knox3 hr
Jul 8, 8:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNFoard, Hardeman, Knox3 hr
Jul 8, 8:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman4 hr
Jul 8, 8:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKnox3 hr
Jul 8, 9:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBaylor3 hr
Jul 8, 11:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBaylor, Knox4 hr
Jul 8, 12:19 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNBaylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.