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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Norman, OK

June 4, 2024Caddo County, Canadian County, Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2024, 8:27 PM CDT for Caddo County, Canadian County, Grady 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: Jun 4, 2024, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2024, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Grady County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 3765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.2
Supercell composite: 22.9

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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 Jun 4, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 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
Jun 4, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	34 min
Jun 4, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	42 min
Jun 4, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	24 min
Jun 4, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	35 min
Jun 4, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	33 min
Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche	2 hr
Jun 4, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	50 min
Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	49 min
Jun 4, 8:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	4 hr
Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	26 min
Jun 4, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	32 min
Jun 4, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	40 min
Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	37 min
Jun 4, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady, McClain	34 min
Jun 4, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Jun 4, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	37 min
Jun 4, 9:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	4 hr
Jun 4, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	26 min
Jun 4, 9:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	3 hr
Jun 4, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	48 min
Jun 4, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	46 min
Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Grady	3 hr
Jun 4, 10:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche	3 hr
Jun 4, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	29 min
Jun 4, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	23 min
Jun 4, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens	43 min
Jun 4, 10:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, Hughes, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc and 2 more	4 hr
Jun 4, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	27 min
Jun 4, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble, Payne	24 min
Jun 4, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	42 min
Jun 4, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Stephens	51 min
Jun 4, 11:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	33 min
Jun 4, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	35 min
Jun 4, 11:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Stephens	3 hr
Jun 4, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	49 min
Jun 4, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens	61 min
Jun 4, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	25 min
Jun 4, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	34 min
Jun 4, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	41 min
Jun 4, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	28 min
Jun 5, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan, Carter, Love, Marshall	27 min
Jun 5, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	25 min
Jun 5, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter	32 min
Jun 5, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	6 hr
Jun 5, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	27 min
Jun 5, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	25 min
Jun 5, 12:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter	37 min
Jun 5, 12:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	3 hr
Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole	45 min
Jun 5, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	52 min
Jun 5, 1:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Murray	3 hr
Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter	34 min
Jun 5, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	30 min
Jun 5, 1:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	12 hr
Jun 5, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter	37 min
Jun 5, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter	29 min
Jun 5, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	39 min
Jun 5, 2:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	3 hr
Jun 5, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	43 min
Jun 5, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	42 min
Jun 5, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	28 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.