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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2013, 8:36 PM CDT for 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports 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
- May 31, 2013, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2013, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Grady County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Moore, OK | NUMEROUS CARS UNDERWATER/STRANDED ALONG RENO AVE |
| May 31, 9:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Newcastle, OK | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MCCLAIN COUNTY REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN NEWCASTLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 3260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.9
- Supercell composite
- 29.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
573 WGUS54 KOUN 010136 FFWOUN OKC015-017-027-051-087-109-125-010530- /O.NEW.KOUN.FF.W.0013.130601T0136Z-130601T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 836 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... EASTERN CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA... CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... SOUTHERN CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 832 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE NORMAN...MOORE...CHICKASHA...STELLA...MUSTANG...ANADARKO... PURCELL...NEWCASTLE...NOBLE...TUTTLE...SLAUGHTERVILLE... BLANCHARD...LEXINGTON...MINCO...UNION CITY...GOLDSBY...PINK... NINNEKAH...VERDEN...WASHINGTON...AMBER...COLE...DIBBLE...TRIBBEY... POCASSET...ETOWAH...NORGE...BRIDGE CREEK...LAKE CHICKASHA AND TABLER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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 WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3493 9705 3495 9824 3540 9826 3540 9703 $$ KURTZ
3 follow-up statements
625 WGUS74 KOUN 010209 FFSOUN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 909 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 OKC015-017-027-051-087-109-125-010530- /O.CON.KOUN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130601T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-GRADY OK-CADDO OK-CLEVELAND OK-CANADIAN OK- POTTAWATOMIE OK- 909 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR MCCLAIN...EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...GRADY...EASTERN CADDO... CLEVELAND...SOUTHERN CANADIAN AND WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES... AT 905 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES IN AND AROUND OKLAHOMA CITY. UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...BE SMART...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORMAN...MOORE...CHICKASHA...STELLA...MUSTANG...ANADARKO...PURCELL... NEWCASTLE...NOBLE...TUTTLE...SLAUGHTERVILLE...BLANCHARD... LEXINGTON...MINCO...UNION CITY...GOLDSBY...PINK...NINNEKAH... VERDEN...WASHINGTON...AMBER...COLE...DIBBLE...TRIBBEY...POCASSET... ETOWAH...NORGE...BRIDGE CREEK...LAKE CHICKASHA AND TABLER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3493 9705 3495 9824 3540 9826 3540 9703 $$ KURTZ
527 WGUS74 KOUN 010242 FFSOUN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 942 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 OKC015-017-027-051-087-109-125-010530- /O.CON.KOUN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130601T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-GRADY OK-CADDO OK-CLEVELAND OK-CANADIAN OK- POTTAWATOMIE OK- 942 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR MCCLAIN...EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...GRADY...EASTERN CADDO... CLEVELAND...SOUTHERN CANADIAN AND WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES... AT 937 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ROADS IN NEWCASTLE ARE BEING CLOSED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING...WITH NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES OF STRANDED MOTORISTS IN OKLAHOMA CITY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...BE SMART...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORMAN...MOORE...CHICKASHA...STELLA...MUSTANG...ANADARKO...PURCELL... NEWCASTLE...NOBLE...TUTTLE...SLAUGHTERVILLE...BLANCHARD... LEXINGTON...MINCO...UNION CITY...GOLDSBY...PINK...NINNEKAH... VERDEN...WASHINGTON...AMBER...COLE...DIBBLE...TRIBBEY...POCASSET... ETOWAH...NORGE...BRIDGE CREEK...LAKE CHICKASHA AND TABLER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE CONTINUED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3493 9705 3495 9824 3540 9826 3540 9703 $$ KURTZ
379 WGUS74 KOUN 010350 FFSOUN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1050 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 OKC015-017-027-051-087-109-125-010530- /O.CON.KOUN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130601T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-GRADY OK-CADDO OK-CLEVELAND OK-CANADIAN OK- POTTAWATOMIE OK- 1050 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR MCCLAIN...EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...GRADY...EASTERN CADDO... CLEVELAND...SOUTHERN CANADIAN AND WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES... AT 1046 PM CDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM SOUTH OKLAHOMA CITY TO NEWCASTLE. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES...WITH ROADS CLOSED AND NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES OF STRANDED MOTORISTS BEING REPORTED. DONT BECOME A STATISTIC...BE SMART...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORMAN...MOORE...CHICKASHA...STELLA...MUSTANG...ANADARKO...PURCELL... NEWCASTLE...NOBLE...TUTTLE...SLAUGHTERVILLE...BLANCHARD... LEXINGTON...MINCO...UNION CITY...GOLDSBY...PINK...NINNEKAH... VERDEN...WASHINGTON...AMBER...COLE...DIBBLE...TRIBBEY...POCASSET... ETOWAH...NORGE...BRIDGE CREEK...LAKE CHICKASHA AND TABLER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3493 9705 3495 9824 3540 9826 3540 9703 $$ KURTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 4 hr |
| May 31, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 29 min |
| May 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain | 37 min |
| May 31, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 28 min |
| May 31, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 51 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 35 min |
| May 31, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 28 min |
| May 31, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 50 min |
| May 31, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 60 min |
| May 31, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 31, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 46 min |
| May 31, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma and 1 more | 78 min |
| May 31, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Hughes, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma and 3 more | 50 min |
| May 31, 10:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 10 hr |
| May 31, 10:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 51 hr |
| May 31, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma | 56 min |
| May 31, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 42 min |
| May 31, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie | 24 min |
| May 31, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 4 hr |
| May 31, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 50 min |
| May 31, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 32 min |
| May 31, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 48 min |
| May 31, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 12:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 26 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 1:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 2:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 2:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 60 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 4:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 112 min |
| Jun 1, 6:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Coal, Garvin, Hughes, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc and 2 more | 115 min |
| Jun 1, 7:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 45 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 17 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma | 28 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 32 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.