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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Norman, OK

October 13, 2012Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Oct 13, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT for Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bryan County, OK

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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
Oct 13, 11:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODColbert, OKFLOODING AT THE SOUTHERN POINTE LIVING CENTER FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL

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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 00:00Z on 2012-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 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 00:00Z on 2012-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 324 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
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
17.2

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The text

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

131 
WGUS54 KOUN 140330
FFWOUN
OKC013-140630-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FF.W.0009.121014T0330Z-121014T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1030 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES
  INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. UP TO THREE
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 
  EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BRYAN COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE
  DURANT...CALERA...COLBERT...CADDO...BOKCHITO...ACHILLE...
  BENNINGTON...SILO...KENEFIC...KEMP...ARMSTRONG...HENDRIX...BLUE...
  UTICA...ALBANY AND CARTWRIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT DRIVE
VEHICLES INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3384 9584 3389 9594 3386 9594 3387 9600
      3384 9601 3386 9602 3384 9615 3375 9619
      3377 9629 3368 9635 3378 9643 3377 9650
      3382 9653 3385 9663 3415 9639 3415 9596
      3395 9594 3387 9584 3387 9576 3385 9576

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Love and 3 more22 min
Oct 13, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka, Johnston, Marshall30 min
Oct 13, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka, Johnston, Marshall29 min
Oct 13, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love and 1 more61 min
Oct 13, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka24 min
Oct 13, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall66 min
Oct 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan62 min
Oct 13, 10:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Bryan, Marshall3 hr
Oct 13, 10:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Bryan, Marshall3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.