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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Norman, OK

May 28, 2024Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2024, 5:16 AM CDT for Cotton 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: May 28, 2024, 5:16 AM CDT (10:16 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2024, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Cotton County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 3244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 17.0

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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 May 28, 2:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 4:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 4:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 4:22 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 4:43 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 4:47 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 5:09 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	41 min
May 28, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens	50 min
May 28, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Stephens	47 min
May 28, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	45 min
May 28, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	23 min
May 28, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	24 min
May 28, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens	47 min
May 28, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	33 min
May 28, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	31 min
May 28, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	30 min
May 28, 3:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	41 min
May 28, 3:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Love	3 hr
May 28, 3:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	28 min
May 28, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	29 min
May 28, 4:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	24 min
May 28, 4:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	35 min
May 28, 4:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Love	3 hr
May 28, 4:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	23 min
May 28, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman	46 min
May 28, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	44 min
May 28, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	32 min
May 28, 4:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	28 min
May 28, 4:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	52 min
May 28, 5:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman	44 min
May 28, 5:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	36 min
May 28, 5:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	3 hr
May 28, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman	47 min
May 28, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	49 min
May 28, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	50 min
May 28, 5:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton	3 hr
May 28, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	38 min
May 28, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	46 min
May 28, 8:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	26 min
May 28, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	34 min
May 28, 9:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	27 min
May 28, 9:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	30 min
May 28, 9:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	24 min
May 28, 9:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper	51 min
May 28, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	36 min
May 28, 9:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	35 min
May 28, 9:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	46 min
May 28, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	29 min
May 28, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	39 min
May 28, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Woodward	45 min
May 28, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	44 min
May 28, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	27 min
May 28, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	27 min
May 28, 10:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	40 min
May 28, 10:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Woodward	51 min
May 28, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper	19 min
May 28, 10:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Dewey, Major, Woodward	47 min
May 28, 10:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	24 min
May 28, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper	50 min
May 28, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	50 min
May 28, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	36 min
May 28, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Dewey	39 min
May 28, 11:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Dewey	3 hr
May 28, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	29 min
May 28, 12:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	42 min
May 28, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	19 min
May 28, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	28 min
May 27, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	31 min
May 28, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	37 min
May 28, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	51 min
May 28, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	42 min
May 28, 2:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Wichita	3 hr
May 28, 2:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Wichita	5 hr
May 28, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	48 min
May 28, 3:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Clay	3 hr
May 28, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Clay	50 min
May 28, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	47 min
May 28, 6:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	24 min
May 28, 6:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Clay, Wichita	3 hr
May 28, 6:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer, Wichita	37 min
May 28, 7:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	50 min

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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.