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Flash Flood Warning 121, NWS Norman, OK

July 3, 2019Garfield County, Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2019, 1:08 PM CDT for Garfield County, Kay County, Noble 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 3, 2019, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2019, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Garfield County, OK, Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 905 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 12:28 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:28 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:42 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
1242 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2019

OKZ012-013-018-031815-
Garfield OK-Kingfisher OK-Noble OK-
1242 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southeastern Garfield...northern
Kingfisher and west central Noble Counties Until 115 PM CDT...

AT 1240 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Covington,
moving northeast at 15 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to the size of nickels...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...

LAT...LON 3612 9784 3630 9790 3652 9746 3631 9723
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 243DEG 14KT 3630 9759

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant41 min
Jul 2, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant54 min
Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNNoble50 min
Jul 2, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan49 min
Jul 2, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay25 min
Jul 2, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay34 min
Jul 2, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa46 min
Jul 2, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay34 min
Jul 2, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods47 min
Jul 2, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady37 min
Jul 3, 10:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble3 hr
Jul 3, 12:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGarfield, Noble3 hr
Jul 3, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield33 min
Jul 3, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble44 min
Jul 3, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne43 min
Jul 3, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne25 min
Jul 3, 1:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLogan, Noble, Payne2 hr
Jul 3, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan, Payne31 min
Jul 3, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher, Logan23 min
Jul 3, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne31 min
Jul 3, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma45 min
Jul 3, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln59 min
Jul 3, 3:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLogan, Oklahoma3 hr
Jul 3, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine40 min
Jul 3, 3:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNOklahoma3 hr
Jul 3, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine39 min
Jul 3, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma60 min
Jul 3, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher56 min
Jul 3, 3:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Kingfisher3 hr
Jul 3, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis46 min
Jul 3, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher38 min
Jul 3, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln36 min
Jul 3, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Major54 min
Jul 3, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma31 min
Jul 3, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine29 min
Jul 3, 4:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNOklahoma2 hr
Jul 3, 4:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNEllis2 hr
Jul 3, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield45 min
Jul 3, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln56 min
Jul 3, 5:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNKingfisher2 hr
Jul 3, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield42 min
Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma55 min
Jul 3, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods68 min
Jul 3, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher66 min
Jul 3, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoodward37 min
Jul 3, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine58 min
Jul 3, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods, Woodward58 min
Jul 3, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey46 min
Jul 3, 6:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNOklahoma3 hr
Jul 3, 6:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNWoods, Woodward3 hr
Jul 3, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine45 min
Jul 2, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKnox50 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.