Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2023

Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Norman, OK

July 9, 2023Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2023, 7:10 AM CDT for Atoka 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 9, 2023, 7:10 AM CDT (12:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2023, 10:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Atoka County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:10 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 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 9, 6:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Norman OK
307 AM CDT Sun Jul 9 2023

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-100815-
Harper-Woods-Alfalfa-Grant-Kay-Ellis-Woodward-Major-Garfield-
Noble-Roger Mills-Dewey-Custer-Blaine-Kingfisher-Logan-Payne-
Beckham-Washita-Caddo-Canadian-Oklahoma-Lincoln-Grady-McClain-
Cleveland-Pottawatomie-Seminole-Hughes-Harmon-Greer-Kiowa-Jackson-
Tillman-Comanche-Stephens-Garvin-Murray-Pontotoc-Coal-Cotton-
Jefferson-Carter-Johnston-Atoka-Love-Marshall-Bryan-Hardeman-
Foard-Wilbarger-Wichita-Knox-Baylor-Archer-Clay-
307 AM CDT Sun Jul 9 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern...
western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north
Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

.Thunderstorms...
A thunderstorm complex will be ongoing through this morning across
our area. Some of these storms will be severe with up to quarter
size hail and 60 mph possible as the severe hazards. Although the
severe risk will decrease after sunrise, could still see some
gusty winds as storms collapse through the latter half of the
morning. Some of these storms may produce heavy rainfall resulting
in localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

.Thunderstorms...
Thunderstorms will return Monday night with another nocturnal storm
complex coming down off the Central & Southern High Plains.
Severe storms will be possible with large hail and damaging wind
gusts as the main risks. Thunderstorms will return on Wednesday
through Friday night across northern Oklahoma.

.Heat...
Afternoon heat indices from 105 to 110 degrees are possible
across far southern Oklahoma and western-north Texas on Tuesday,
with those heat indices expanding more areawide on Wednesday and
Thursday.

Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow
our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:13 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:23 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:25 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:45 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:53 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	30 min
Jul 8, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper, Woods, Woodward	52 min
Jul 9, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Major, Woodward	48 min
Jul 9, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woodward	21 min
Jul 9, 1:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Woodward	3 hr
Jul 9, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Kingfisher and 2 more	31 min
Jul 9, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Ellis, Roger Mills	43 min
Jul 9, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	25 min
Jul 9, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	36 min
Jul 9, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Kingfisher	32 min
Jul 9, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 2 more	26 min
Jul 9, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Roger Mills and 1 more	37 min
Jul 9, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	11 min
Jul 9, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian, Logan	30 min
Jul 9, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	27 min
Jul 9, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	27 min
Jul 9, 2:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Jul 9, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Grady and 4 more	50 min
Jul 9, 2:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	34 min
Jul 9, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	30 min
Jul 9, 2:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	26 min
Jul 9, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	29 min
Jul 9, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma	48 min
Jul 9, 3:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	16 min
Jul 9, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Grady, Jackson, Kiowa and 3 more	44 min
Jul 9, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	44 min
Jul 9, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Washita	67 min
Jul 9, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	50 min
Jul 9, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	49 min
Jul 9, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	47 min
Jul 9, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma	46 min
Jul 9, 3:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jul 9, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	50 min
Jul 9, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain	38 min
Jul 9, 3:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens, Tillman	32 min
Jul 9, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	52 min
Jul 9, 4:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Jul 9, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	50 min
Jul 9, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens and 1 more	51 min
Jul 9, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	50 min
Jul 9, 4:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jul 9, 4:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Jul 9, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Stephens	39 min
Jul 9, 4:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc	45 min
Jul 9, 4:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pontotoc, Seminole	3 hr
Jul 9, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more	60 min
Jul 9, 5:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	64 min
Jul 9, 5:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	42 min
Jul 9, 5:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Jul 9, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	35 min
Jul 9, 6:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	30 min
Jul 9, 7:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma	114 min
Jul 9, 7:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc	3 hr
Jul 9, 7:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	36 hr
Jul 9, 7:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian	13 hr
Jul 9, 8:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Dewey, Major, Woodward	6 hr
Jul 9, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	13 hr
Jul 9, 8:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	6 hr
Jul 9, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	6 hr
Jul 9, 8:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer	36 hr
Jul 9, 8:27 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	13 hr
Jul 9, 8:32 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	7 hr
Jul 9, 12:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	2 hr
Jul 9, 1:56 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Payne	19 hr
Jul 9, 2:31 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	7 hr
Jul 9, 2:36 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Dewey, Major, Woodward	3 days
Jul 9, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian	6 hr
Jul 9, 2:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	6 hr
Jul 9, 2:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	6 hr
Jul 9, 3:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2023 Every flash flood warning in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.