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Flash Flood Warning 119, NWS Norman, OK

July 3, 20154 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2015, 6:42 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 3, 2015, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2015, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Garvin County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2056 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2015-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
2056 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.3

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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 3, 4:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNMajor2 hr
Jul 2, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma26 min
Jul 2, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods34 min
Jul 2, 7:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLogan3 hr
Jul 2, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma25 min
Jul 2, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma43 min
Jul 2, 8:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNOklahoma113 min
Jul 2, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma3 hr
Jul 2, 9:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma2 hr
Jul 2, 11:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma3 hr
Jul 3, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland34 min
Jul 3, 2:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, McClain117 min
Jul 3, 5:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGarvin, Murray3 hr
Jul 3, 7:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Marshall and 2 more3 hr
Jul 3, 9:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBryan3 hr
Jul 3, 9:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNGarvin, Murray3 hr
Jul 3, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis28 min
Jul 3, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey31 min
Jul 3, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJefferson32 min
Jul 3, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Ellis, Roger Mills29 min
Jul 3, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson40 min
Jul 3, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland32 min
Jul 3, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain22 min
Jul 3, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian32 min
Jul 3, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills45 min
Jul 3, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes26 min
Jul 3, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson47 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain29 min
Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNJefferson3 hr
Jul 3, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWashita37 min
Jul 3, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens37 min
Jul 3, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay37 min
Jul 3, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWilbarger25 min
Jul 3, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWilbarger28 min
Jul 3, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger48 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.