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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Norman, OK

July 1, 20215 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2021, 3:52 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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: Jul 1, 2021, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Grady County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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
Jul 1, 4:15 PM CDT	FLOOD	1 Ssw Norman, OK	PICTURE ON TWITTER OF AT LEAST 12 INCHES OF WATER AT INTERSECTION.
Jul 1, 4:16 PM CDT	FLOOD	1 Wsw Norman, OK	IMHOFF CREEK IS GOING OVER MCNAMEE ST NEAR LIONS PARK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 271 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

719 
WGUS54 KOUN 012052
FFWOUN
OKC017-027-051-087-109-020015-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FF.W.0043.210701T2052Z-210702T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
352 PM CDT Thu Jul 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Canadian County in central Oklahoma...
  Cleveland County in central Oklahoma...
  Northern Grady County in central Oklahoma...
  Northwestern McClain County in central Oklahoma...
  Southern Oklahoma County in central Oklahoma...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 352 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Southern Oklahoma City, Norman, Moore, Chickasha, Newcastle, 
  Blanchard, Purcell, Mustang, Noble, Tuttle, Slaughterville, 
  Lexington, Goldsby, Union City, Minco, Dibble, Valley Brook, 
  Washington, Cole and Verden.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 35 between mile markers 93 and 122.
	Interstate 44 between mile markers 79 and 115.
	Interstate 40 between mile markers 166 and 173.
	Interstate 240 between mile markers 1 and 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3540 9809 3540 9714 3500 9715 3501 9809

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR 

$$

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer	37 hr
Jul 1, 12:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Jul 1, 12:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Woods	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield, Grant	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	37 min
Jul 1, 1:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	38 min
Jul 1, 2:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	6 hr
Jul 1, 2:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Logan	5 hr
Jul 1, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	24 min
Jul 1, 3:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Logan	3 hr
Jul 1, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	33 min
Jul 1, 4:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, Grady, McClain	3 hr
Jul 1, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Stephens	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, Stephens	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:46 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	9 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.