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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2013, 4:03 AM CDT for Comanche County, Cotton 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2013, 4:03 AM CDT (09:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
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 26, 3:27 AM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:27 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 318 AM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 OKZ038-039-044-260900- COTTON OK-STEPHENS OK-COMANCHE OK- 318 AM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN COTTON...WESTERN STEPHENS AND COMANCHE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT... AT 315 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GERONIMO... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... NICKEL SIZE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOCALIZED AREAS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAWTON...WALTERS...TEMPLE...GERONIMO...FORT SILL AND HULEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. && LAT...LON 3455 9863 3470 9834 3448 9800 3422 9828 TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 304DEG 30KT 3451 9842 AUSTIN
Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:33 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
333 AM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0321 AM TSTM WND GST LAWTON 34.60N 98.42W
07/26/2013 M62 MPH COMANCHE OK ASOS
&&
MBSSpecial weather statement, Jul 26, 3:35 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
335 AM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013
OKZ016>018-022>025-027-260915-
OKLAHOMA OK-CUSTER OK-KINGFISHER OK-BLAINE OK-WASHITA OK-CADDO OK-
GRADY OK-CANADIAN OK-
335 AM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...EASTERN
CUSTER...SOUTHERN KINGFISHER...SOUTHERN BLAINE...NORTHEASTERN
WASHITA...NORTHERN CADDO...NORTHWESTERN GRADY AND CANADIAN COUNTIES
UNTIL 415 AM CDT...
AT 333 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOYAL TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEARY TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WEATHERFORD TO 6 MILES WEST OF CUSTER CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
POTENTIALLY SEVERE WINDS GUSTING OVER 55 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EL RENO...WEATHERFORD...KINGFISHER...YUKON...CONCHO...PIEDMONT...
HINTON...MINCO...UNION CITY...GEARY...THOMAS...OKARCHE...HYDRO...
BINGER...CALUMET...CUSTER CITY...EAKLY...COLONY...LOOKEBA AND
GREENFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
&&
LAT...LON 3577 9909 3578 9886 3584 9840 3599 9803
3574 9767 3572 9767 3572 9764 3563 9750
3532 9786 3525 9834 3535 9875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 316DEG 28KT 3590 9805 3569 9828 3562 9876 3568
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AUSTINLocal storm report, Jul 26, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
402 AM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 AM HAIL GERONIMO 34.48N 98.38W
07/26/2013 E1.75 INCH COMANCHE OK BROADCAST MEDIA
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MBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 11:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 22 min |
| Jul 25, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 12:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woodward | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 2:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine, Dewey, Kingfisher | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 3:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Washita | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Stephens | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 3:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Kingfisher and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Washita | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 4:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 5:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa | 115 min |
| Jul 26, 5:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Jefferson | 112 min |
| Jul 26, 6:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 23 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo | 112 min |
| Jul 26, 8:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 48 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer | 11 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 57 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.