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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK

June 15, 2013Lincoln County, Logan County, Payne County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2013, 1:07 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Logan County, Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 15, 2013, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Payne County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2013-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2013-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

579 
WGUS54 KOUN 151807
FFWOUN
OKC081-083-119-152100-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FF.W.0021.130615T1807Z-130615T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
107 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  CENTRAL PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS THE AREA MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES
  INDICATE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THIS
  AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
  FLASH FLOODING MAY ALREADY BE OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE
  STILLWATER...PERKINS...CARNEY...GLENCOE...TRYON...RIPLEY...COYLE
  AND MERIDIAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3606 9683 3593 9693 3578 9694 3579 9729
      3613 9720 3616 9718 3616 9714 3620 9714
      3623 9712 3624 9682

$$
1 follow-up statement
589 
WGUS74 KOUN 152009
FFSOUN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
309 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

OKC081-083-119-152019-
/O.CAN.KOUN.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130615T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN OK-PAYNE OK-LOGAN OK-
309 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...CENTRAL PAYNE
AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3606 9683 3593 9693 3578 9694 3579 9729
      3613 9720 3616 9718 3616 9714 3620 9714
      3623 9712 3624 9682

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan23 min
Jun 15, 9:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCoal40 min
Jun 15, 10:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes23 min
Jun 15, 10:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes51 min
Jun 15, 10:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCoal40 min
Jun 15, 10:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Coal3 hr
Jun 15, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain58 min
Jun 15, 11:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan53 min
Jun 15, 11:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan54 min
Jun 15, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma, Payne49 min
Jun 15, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland43 min
Jun 15, 11:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma40 min
Jun 15, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne67 min
Jun 15, 12:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne3 hr
Jun 15, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland45 min
Jun 15, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln44 min
Jun 15, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie66 min
Jun 15, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay66 min
Jun 15, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln50 min
Jun 15, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPottawatomie60 min
Jun 15, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole62 min
Jun 15, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln55 min
Jun 15, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole39 min
Jun 15, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole58 min
Jun 15, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc60 min
Jun 15, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCoal37 min
Jun 15, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCoal25 min
Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan32 min
Jun 15, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan32 min

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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.