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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Norman, OK

November 4, 2024Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Nov 4, 2024, 2:00 AM CST for Pottawatomie County, Seminole 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: Nov 4, 2024, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
Expired: Nov 4, 2024, 5:00 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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: 48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 635 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Nov 3, 11:31 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 11:31 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 3, 8:27 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 3, 8:29 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 3, 8:45 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 3, 9:03 PM CST, 4 hours 57 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
Nov 3, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	51 min
Nov 3, 6:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	32 min
Nov 3, 6:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston	26 min
Nov 3, 6:35 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes	3 hr
Nov 3, 6:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	34 min
Nov 3, 6:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	29 min
Nov 3, 6:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	50 min
Nov 3, 7:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Marshall	45 min
Nov 3, 7:20 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka	13 hr
Nov 3, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	44 min
Nov 3, 8:17 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens	3 hr
Nov 3, 8:25 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	3 hr
Nov 3, 8:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	31 min
Nov 3, 9:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	36 min
Nov 3, 10:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain	2 hr
Nov 3, 11:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens	3 hr
Nov 3, 11:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Nov 4, 1:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, Lincoln, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more	3 hr
Nov 4, 1:17 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	3 hr
Nov 4, 2:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	24 hr
Nov 4, 2:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	37 min
Nov 4, 2:53 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	37 min
Nov 4, 3:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	27 min
Nov 4, 3:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	31 min
Nov 4, 3:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	31 min
Nov 4, 4:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	41 min
Nov 4, 4:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	25 min
Nov 4, 4:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa, Washita	39 min
Nov 4, 4:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	47 min
Nov 4, 4:47 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	58 min
Nov 4, 5:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian	31 min
Nov 4, 5:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian, Grady	31 min
Nov 4, 6:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	34 min
Nov 4, 6:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne	23 min
Nov 4, 6:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	32 min
Nov 4, 7:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble, Payne	43 min
Nov 4, 7:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	42 min
Nov 4, 7:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	47 min
Nov 4, 8:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	35 min
Nov 4, 8:53 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	3 hr
Nov 4, 9:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	28 min
Nov 4, 10:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	34 min
Nov 4, 10:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	31 min
Nov 4, 10:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie, Seminole	47 min
Nov 4, 10:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Stephens	31 min
Nov 4, 10:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	28 min
Nov 4, 10:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Stephens	37 min
Nov 4, 10:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	29 min
Nov 4, 10:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens	47 min
Nov 4, 11:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Nov 4, 11:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	43 min
Nov 4, 11:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	27 min
Nov 4, 11:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	40 min
Nov 4, 11:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Payne	3 hr
Nov 4, 11:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray	32 min
Nov 4, 12:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	39 min
Nov 4, 12:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Seminole	31 min
Nov 4, 12:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	43 min
Nov 4, 12:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love, Marshall	24 min
Nov 4, 1:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	38 min
Nov 4, 1:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	23 min
Nov 4, 1:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	48 min
Nov 4, 1:28 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Payne	24 hr
Nov 4, 1:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Love, Marshall	42 min
Nov 4, 1:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	3 hr
Nov 4, 1:52 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka	13 hr
Nov 4, 2:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston	52 min
Nov 4, 2:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 1 more	3 hr
Nov 4, 3:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	41 min
Nov 4, 3:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	45 min
Nov 4, 4:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	30 min
Nov 3, 7:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	35 min
Nov 3, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	37 min
Nov 3, 8:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	33 min
Nov 3, 8:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	30 min
Nov 3, 9:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	27 min
Nov 3, 9:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	33 min
Nov 4, 9:47 AM CST	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.