Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2021, 3:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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
- Jun 28, 2021, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:00 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 W Kingfisher, OK | HIGHWAY 33 IS BLOCKED OFF FROM A FEW MILES WEST THROUGH A FEW MILES EAST OF KINGFISHER. |
| Jun 28, 4:22 PM CDT | FLOOD | 2 W Kingfisher, OK | BROADCAST MEDIA LIVE COVERAGE OF A WATER RESCUE. THE WATER WAS UP PAST THE TIRES ON A TRUCK. |
| Jun 28, 4:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.8 | Kingfisher, OK | TWITTER POST OF A RAIN GAUGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
729
WGUS54 KOUN 282024
FFWOUN
OKC011-015-017-073-282330-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FF.W.0037.210628T2024Z-210628T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
324 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Canadian County in central Oklahoma...
Kingfisher County in central Oklahoma...
Southeastern Blaine County in northwestern Oklahoma...
Northwestern Caddo County in southwestern Oklahoma...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 324 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Kingfisher, Hennessey, Geary, Okarche, Hydro, Dover, Bridgeport,
Greenfield, Loyal and Omega.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between mile markers 87 and 90...and
between mile markers 106 and 107.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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 3594 9827 3615 9789 3615 9768 3588 9768
3564 9815 3553 9825 3553 9862 3554 9862
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 2 HOURS
$$
TL1 follow-up statement
298
WGUS74 KOUN 282104
FFSOUN
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
404 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021
OKC011-015-017-073-282330-
/O.CON.KOUN.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210628T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Blaine OK-Caddo OK-Canadian OK-Kingfisher OK-
404 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN CANADIAN, KINGFISHER, SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE
AND NORTHWESTERN CADDO COUNTIES...
At 404 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported that Highways 33 and
81 are impassable due to flowing flood waters in and around
Kingfisher. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash
flooding is ongoing!
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Law enforcement.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Kingfisher, Hennessey, Geary, Okarche, Hydro, Dover, Bridgeport,
Greenfield, Loyal and Omega.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between mile markers 87 and 91...and
between mile markers 106 and 107.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3594 9827 3615 9789 3615 9768 3588 9768
3564 9815 3553 9825 3553 9862 3554 9862
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 2 HOURS
$$
TLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Coal, Hughes | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 3:58 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:58 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:52 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 23 more | 35 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Garvin | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 2:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:32 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OUN | Payne | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Oklahoma | 115 min |
| Jun 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Garfield, Kay, Noble | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 19 min |
| Jun 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Tillman | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | McClain | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 6:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 4 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.