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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK

April 29, 2016Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2016, 5:31 PM CDT for Bryan 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
Apr 29, 2016, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2016, 8:30 PM 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 22:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2369 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
2369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
14.9

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The text

As transmitted.

174 
WGUS54 KOUN 292231
FFWOUN
OKC013-300130-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FF.W.0013.160429T2231Z-160430T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
531 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
    
* AT 530 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO
  INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3386 9582 3383 9584 3389 9593 3386 9595
      3387 9600 3384 9602 3384 9614 3381 9618
      3376 9618 3377 9629 3369 9635 3378 9643
      3377 9650 3382 9653 3383 9660 3416 9629
      3415 9596 3394 9594 3387 9584 3386 9575

$$
1 follow-up statement
487 
WGUS74 KOUN 292315
FFSOUN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
615 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKC013-300130-
/O.CON.KOUN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160430T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRYAN OK-
615 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
BRYAN COUNTY...

AT 614 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES
OF RAIN IS LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3386 9582 3383 9584 3389 9593 3386 9595
      3387 9600 3384 9602 3384 9614 3381 9618
      3376 9618 3377 9629 3369 9635 3378 9643
      3377 9650 3382 9653 3383 9660 3416 9629
      3415 9596 3394 9594 3387 9584 3386 9575

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson49 min
Apr 28, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills31 min
Apr 29, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMurray32 min
Apr 29, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin33 min
Apr 29, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPottawatomie33 min
Apr 29, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens29 min
Apr 29, 1:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc32 min
Apr 29, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, Stephens41 min
Apr 29, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMarshall36 min
Apr 29, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole39 min
Apr 29, 2:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLove36 min
Apr 29, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston, Marshall27 min
Apr 29, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall37 min
Apr 29, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes, Seminole34 min
Apr 29, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes40 min
Apr 29, 3:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCoal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc, Seminole4 hr
Apr 29, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka36 min
Apr 29, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal21 min
Apr 29, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper42 min
Apr 29, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCoal27 min
Apr 29, 4:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka23 min
Apr 29, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham29 min
Apr 29, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster44 min
Apr 29, 9:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine44 min
Apr 29, 9:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper55 min
Apr 29, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMajor43 min
Apr 29, 10:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey41 min
Apr 29, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMajor41 min
Apr 29, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant43 min
Apr 29, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey, Major, Woods41 min
Apr 29, 11:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWashita52 min
Apr 29, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMajor45 min
Apr 29, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant45 min
Apr 29, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield53 min
Apr 29, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield27 min
Apr 29, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble39 min
Apr 29, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay50 min
Apr 29, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield49 min
Apr 29, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson46 min
Apr 29, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa, Tillman56 min
Apr 29, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay33 min
Apr 29, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa44 min
Apr 29, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay15 min
Apr 29, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman55 min
Apr 29, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan, Payne46 min
Apr 29, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman44 min
Apr 29, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay36 min
Apr 29, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche56 min
Apr 29, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay, Noble37 min
Apr 29, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche63 min
Apr 29, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady40 min
Apr 29, 3:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman3 hr
Apr 29, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady49 min
Apr 29, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens40 min
Apr 29, 4:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady, Stephens51 min
Apr 29, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan48 min
Apr 29, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain46 min
Apr 29, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Cleveland, Grady, McClain3 hr
Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, Stephens47 min
Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain41 min
Apr 29, 5:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, McClain3 hr
Apr 29, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie51 min
Apr 29, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin, Pontotoc66 min
Apr 29, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc45 min
Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Murray57 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole56 min
Apr 29, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston50 min
Apr 29, 6:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie, Stephens2 hr
Apr 29, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka, Bryan55 min
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole45 min
Apr 29, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter49 min
Apr 29, 6:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole41 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.