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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2019, 9:39 PM CDT for Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 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
- May 22, 2019, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2019, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kay County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 3161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.9
- Supercell composite
- 20.5
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 May 22, 6:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Norman OK
628 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019
.AVIATION...
Widely scattered storms will continue into the evening across
north central Oklahoma down through central Oklahoma and western
north Texas. Storms are expected to become more numerous along
the front in northern Oklahoma around midnight before moving off
toward morning. MVFR ceilings will develop across much of the area
as moisture moves in late tonight into the early morning.
Ceilings should lift a little during the day tomorrow. Expectation
is for front to lift north tomorrow morning, bringing a return of
southerly winds to our northern TAF sites.
Day
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 322 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019/
DISCUSSION...
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are developing this
afternoon, mainly along better moisture return over western north
Texas and southwestern Oklahoma. Other storms are attempting to
develop over central Oklahoma near Shawnee and Pauls Valley.
Instability and shear will certainly favor supercell structures.
The strongest storms will be capable of producing: golf ball to
baseball sized hail, damaging winds to 70 mph, and tornadoes
(perhaps strong). By mid to late evening and overnight, it's
possible that a more concentrated area of storms may impact parts
of north central Oklahoma, which will increase the risk of more
flooding. A flood watch was issued earlier today to address this
possibility.
Late tonight into Thursday, better moisture return will occur over
northern parts of the Texas Panhandle. As a trough/low over the
southwest moves north and northeast Thursday, thunderstorms will
develop along a dryline across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles.
Severe storms should move off the dryline and into parts of
western Oklahoma late Thursday afternoon and night. Supercells
will be possible with a risk of large hail and damaging winds, and
perhaps more flooding rainfall.
The center of a mid level ridge over the southeastern United States
may keep parts of eastern and southern Oklahoma relatively dry
Friday through Sunday. Meanwhile, afternoon and evening storms
will form to our west each day and impact western and northern
Oklahoma & western north Texas during the evening and overnight.
Another strong trough may approach the southern Plains early next
week. This would bring a better chance of widespread showers and
storms to a large part of Oklahoma and north Texas. Flooding and
severe weather is possible.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Oklahoma City OK 71 83 70 83 / 40 20 20 20
Hobart OK 70 81 69 82 / 10 30 50 50
Wichita Falls TX 72 86 71 86 / 10 10 20 20
Gage OK 66 78 63 76 / 30 40 60 60
Ponca City OK 67 82 70 81 / 70 40 30 50
Durant OK 73 86 71 85 / 10 10 10 10
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Flood Watch through Thursday morning for OKZ007-008-012-013-
018>020-024>030.
TX...None.
&&
30/14/14Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 8:41 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 8:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
802 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019
OKZ023-024-230130-
Canadian OK-Caddo OK-
802 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southwestern Canadian and central
Caddo Counties Until 830 PM CDT...
AT 802 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of Fort
Cobb, moving north at 25 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to the size of nickels...
Locations impacted include...
Anadarko, Hinton, Binger, Fort Cobb, Gracemont, Lookeba, Cogar,
Albert, Fort Cobb Reservoir and Cedar Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3554 9843 3545 9809 3530 9809 3497 9825
3501 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 194DEG 22KT 3510 9834
BRBSpecial weather statement, May 22, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK 807 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019 OKZ019-020-230130- Payne OK-Logan OK- 807 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR west central Payne and north central Logan Counties Until 830 PM CDT... AT 804 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Mulhall, moving northeast at 20 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... Hail up to the size of nickels... Locations impacted include... Mulhall, Orlando and Lake Carl Blackwell. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. && LAT...LON 3594 9734 3600 9744 3616 9738 3616 9711 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 203DEG 15KT 3603 9739 BRB
Local storm report, May 22, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
814 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM HAIL 5 E LAKE MCMURTRY 36.19N 97.10W
05/22/2019 E1.00 INCH PAYNE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
JPSpecial weather statement, May 22, 8:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK 828 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019 OKZ019-020-230145- Payne OK-Logan OK- 828 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southwestern Payne and northeastern Logan Counties Until 845 PM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of Mulhall, moving northeast at 30 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... Hail up to the size of nickels... Heavy rain... Locations impacted include... Stillwater, Langston, Mulhall, Orlando and Lake Carl Blackwell. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. && LAT...LON 3587 9734 3595 9750 3616 9745 3614 9710 TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 207DEG 26KT 3598 9741 BRB
Special weather statement, May 22, 8:45 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 27 min |
| May 22, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman | 38 min |
| May 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 45 min |
| May 22, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 51 min |
| May 22, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 34 min |
| May 22, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 33 min |
| May 22, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 25 min |
| May 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 33 min |
| May 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 29 min |
| May 22, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 41 min |
| May 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Payne | 96 min |
| May 22, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 46 min |
| May 22, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 28 min |
| May 22, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Logan | 23 min |
| May 22, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 95 min |
| May 22, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 28 min |
| May 22, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cotton | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Logan | 17 min |
| May 22, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 31 min |
| May 22, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 25 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 30 min |
| May 22, 9:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble and 1 more | 12 hr |
| May 22, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 35 min |
| May 22, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 30 min |
| May 22, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa, Washita | 51 min |
| May 22, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer | 28 min |
| May 22, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 45 min |
| May 22, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 49 min |
| May 23, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Washita | 49 min |
| May 23, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 50 min |
| May 23, 1:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 46 min |
| May 23, 9:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne | 12 hr |
| May 23, 9:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Woodward | 3 days |
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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.