Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 2017, 11:52 AM CDT for Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Oct 4, 2017, 11:52 AM CDT (16:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2017, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Noble County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 12:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 E Billings, OK | HIGHWAY 15 WATER OVER ROADWAY |
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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 639 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
804
WGUS54 KOUN 041652
FFWOUN
OKC103-041945-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FF.W.0101.171004T1652Z-171004T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
1152 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2017
The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Noble County in northern Oklahoma...
* Until 245 PM CDT
* At 1152 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Nearly
three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is
occurring or is imminent.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Billings.
Additional rainfall of up to one inch is possible in the warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3648 9726 3648 9746 3659 9746 3660 9734
3659 9726
$$
031 follow-up statement
291
WGUS74 KOUN 041751
FFSOUN
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
1251 PM CDT WED OCT 4 2017
OKC103-041945-
/O.CON.KOUN.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-171004T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Noble OK-
1251 PM CDT WED OCT 4 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NOBLE COUNTY...
Local law enforcement has reported flash flooding near and east of
Billings, just west of interstate 35. Up to three inches of rain
have already fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Billings.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3648 9726 3648 9746 3659 9746 3660 9734
3659 9726
$$
03The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 1:45 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 17 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 4, 6:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Noble | 105 min |
| Oct 4, 9:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Blaine | 112 min |
| Oct 4, 9:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Noble, Payne | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 9:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Kingfisher | 116 min |
| Oct 4, 10:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Logan | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 11:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 6 hr |
| Oct 4, 11:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Grady, Kingfisher and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 12:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 5 hr |
| Oct 4, 12:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Kay, Noble | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 12:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 1:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 1:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian | 13 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Greer, Kiowa, Washita | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 5:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer | 15 hr |
| Oct 4, 5:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Noble, Payne | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 5:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa | 3 hr |
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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.