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Flash Flood Warning 138, NWS Norman, OK

July 26, 2025Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2025, 6:17 PM CDT for Custer County, Washita 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 26, 2025, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2025, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Custer County, OK, Washita County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 269 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: 1267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 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 Jul 26, 5:22 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 5:22 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
348 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

OKZ048-262115-
Atoka OK-
348 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Atoka
County through 415 PM CDT...

At 348 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Wardville, moving northwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Wardville, Chockie, Redden, and northern Atoka Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3458 9578 3443 9590 3452 9609 3463 9609
      3468 9604 3468 9589 3466 9588 3460 9588
      3460 9580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 123DEG 10KT 3455 9592

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JT

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
419 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

OKZ051-052-262145-
Marshall OK-Bryan OK-
419 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Bryan
and southern Marshall Counties through 445 PM CDT...

At 419 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lake Texoma, moving north at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Woodville, Cartwright, Willis, Lake Texoma, and Mcbride.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3385 9663 3388 9659 3390 9659 3390 9663
      3392 9667 3384 9670 3383 9671 3383 9676
      3387 9679 3387 9683 3386 9684 3393 9690
      3406 9653 3382 9655 3382 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 158DEG 7KT 3384 9668

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

JT

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:08 PM CDT, 9 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
Jul 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	30 min
Jul 25, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	24 min
Jul 25, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	20 min
Jul 25, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield	3 hr
Jul 25, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	29 min
Jul 25, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	42 min
Jul 25, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	50 min
Jul 25, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	24 min
Jul 25, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	22 min
Jul 25, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Major, Noble	39 min
Jul 25, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	21 min
Jul 25, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	24 min
Jul 26, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	30 min
Jul 26, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	30 min
Jul 26, 11:46 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Canadian, Cleveland and 18 more	32 hr
Jul 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	27 min
Jul 26, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	26 min
Jul 26, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Marshall	30 min
Jul 26, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Marshall	3 hr
Jul 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Marshall	10 min
Jul 26, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	11 min
Jul 26, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	34 min
Jul 26, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	48 min
Jul 26, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	27 min
Jul 26, 5:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Custer, Washita	3 hr
Jul 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	20 min
Jul 26, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Custer, Washita	30 min
Jul 26, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	32 min
Jul 26, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Custer, Washita	19 min
Jul 25, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger	31 min
Jul 25, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	25 min
Jul 25, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	23 min
Jul 25, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	34 min
Jul 25, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	24 min
Jul 25, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	34 min
Jul 25, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Knox	25 min
Jul 26, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hardeman	37 min
Jul 26, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	34 min
Jul 26, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	41 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.