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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Norman, OK

April 26, 20255 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2025, 10:22 AM CDT for 5 counties in 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
Apr 26, 2025, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2025, 1:24 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2025-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2025-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 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 Apr 26, 5:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Updated at 558 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025
  • Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today with large hail, damaging wind gusts, and locally heavy rainfall possible.
  • Excessive rain is possible across portions of southwest/southern Oklahoma and western north Texas today, where a Flood Watch is in place.
  • Daily chances for storms (some severe) and heavy rain continue through the middle of next week.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 5:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
558 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 558 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

- Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today with large
  hail, damaging wind gusts, and locally heavy rainfall possible.

- Excessive rain is possible across portions of southwest/southern
  Oklahoma and western north Texas today, where a Flood Watch is
  in place.

- Daily chances for storms (some severe) and heavy rain continue
  through the middle of next week.

&&

.NEAR TERM...
(Today and tonight)
Issued at 137 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Complex of storms moving into southwest Oklahoma and western north
Texas will continue to push east this morning. Strongest storms may
still pose a low end severe wind and hail risk through the morning
hours. By midday into the afternoon, airmass ahead of this complex,
and exact location of where this will be is still uncertain, could
pose a higher risk of severe storms, including all hazards.

Along with the severe risk, the slow motion of the storms and high
precipitable water, flooding will be a distinct possibility across
portions of southern Oklahoma south into north Texas. A Flood Watch
continues through the day today for this area.

By late today into tonight in the wake of the daytime storms, should
see a lull in the convection, although some more isolated activity
can not be ruled out.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Sunday through Monday night)
Issued at 137 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Shortwave ridging sets up across the southern Plains for Sunday
which will lead to, at least temporarily, a drier period with warmer
temperatures. Although can not completely rule out an isolated
shower to storm with possible residual low level boundaries and
moist airmass in place. This will occur in advance of a larger
western trough that will move through the western basin into the
central Rockies on Sunday.

An initial lobe of energy will translate around the base of the
trough and eject northeast into the central and northern Plains
during the morning hours on Monday. As this occurs and dryline will
shift east out of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles into western
Oklahoma. By late in the day another shortwave will move out into
the southern Plains and forcing from this wave will overspread the
dryline, aiding in developing at least scattered convection. Some
models do show a capping inversion that may delay or limit
convection, but soundings would suggest a favorable in environment
for supercells capable of very large hail, damaging winds and
tornadoes if storms do develop and many of the models do convect.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Tuesday through Friday)
Issued at 137 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

As northern wave presses east it drives a front south through the
area Monday night into Tuesday, but conditions remain favorable
across at least the southeast two-thirds of the area for another
round of severe storms Tuesday afternoon and evening. Main hazards
do appear to be hail and wind, along with heavy, potentially
flooding rainfall.

Yet another compact shortwave approaches on Wednesday with surface
front lifting back north through the day. However, deep moisture
profile should limit overall instability, outside of southern
Oklahoma and north Texas, where a more favorable airmass may reside
for severe storms.

We may then get a break in the storms for latter part of the week
before another system approaches by the weekend.

&&

.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 558 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Areas of thunderstorms continue to move east through Oklahoma and
north Texas, bringing gusty erratic winds and periods of reduced
visibility as the pass through each of the TAF sites. Ceilings are
expected to crash late tonight, mainly over northern Oklahoma where
is some low potential for fog as well.

Day

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Oklahoma City OK  69  61  80  66 /  90  30  10  10
Hobart OK         71  60  81  64 /  90  30  10  20
Wichita Falls TX  78  63  84  67 /  90  30   0  10
Gage OK           66  55  80  62 /  80  30  30  20
Ponca City OK     65  58  80  65 /  80  40  30  10
Durant OK         80  64  83  68 /  60  30   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Flood Watch through this evening for OKZ033>039-041-044>047-
     050>052.

TX...Flood Watch through this evening for TXZ083>090.

&&

NEAR TERM...30
SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM....30
AVIATION...14

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNCotton18 hr
Apr 26, 2:11 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward19 hr
Apr 26, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon50 min
Apr 26, 4:39 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer, Harmon28 min
Apr 26, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson50 min
Apr 26, 5:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche, Tillman32 min
Apr 26, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa, Tillman49 min
Apr 26, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa51 min
Apr 26, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Tillman38 min
Apr 26, 6:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNComanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman116 min
Apr 26, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNJackson, Tillman50 min
Apr 26, 6:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman38 min
Apr 26, 6:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman5 hr
Apr 26, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman46 min
Apr 26, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNComanche, Jackson, Tillman50 min
Apr 26, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNComanche, Cotton40 min
Apr 26, 7:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNComanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman45 min
Apr 26, 7:31 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatOUNComanche4 hr
Apr 26, 7:36 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman24 min
Apr 26, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNComanche, Stephens46 min
Apr 26, 7:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa4 hr
Apr 26, 8:00 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Cotton15 min
Apr 26, 8:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, McClain41 min
Apr 26, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens, Tillman46 min
Apr 26, 8:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens3 hr
Apr 26, 8:29 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNComanche, Cotton6 hr
Apr 26, 8:31 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNPottawatomie, Seminole7 hr
Apr 26, 8:32 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNJackson, Kiowa, Tillman17 hr
Apr 26, 8:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNGreer, Jackson9 hr
Apr 26, 8:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGarvin, Grady, Stephens4 hr
Apr 26, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady29 min
Apr 26, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens30 min
Apr 26, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrady4 hr
Apr 26, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain30 min
Apr 26, 9:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa3 hr
Apr 26, 9:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain3 hr
Apr 26, 9:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens32 min
Apr 26, 9:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens3 hr
Apr 26, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain3 hr
Apr 26, 10:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman119 min
Apr 26, 10:56 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatOUNCleveland3 hr
Apr 26, 11:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman25 hr
Apr 26, 11:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPottawatomie32 min
Apr 26, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln20 min
Apr 26, 12:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNPottawatomie116 min
Apr 26, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole27 min
Apr 26, 12:37 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens8 hr
Apr 26, 12:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNGrady7 hr
Apr 26, 12:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain7 hr
Apr 26, 1:24 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma7 hr
Apr 26, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain, Pottawatomie59 min
Apr 26, 2:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton9 days
Apr 26, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes36 min
Apr 26, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan33 min
Apr 26, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan29 min
Apr 26, 2:36 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNCotton, Jefferson, Tillman64 hr
Apr 26, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan30 min
Apr 26, 2:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray3 hr
Apr 26, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan49 min
Apr 26, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston23 min
Apr 26, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka32 min
Apr 26, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan26 min
Apr 26, 3:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole17 hr
Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston15 min
Apr 26, 3:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNCotton9 days
Apr 26, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Coal25 min
Apr 26, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston32 min
Apr 26, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan46 min
Apr 26, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall28 min
Apr 26, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNAtoka, Coal31 min
Apr 26, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall22 min
Apr 26, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Pontotoc44 min
Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCoal, Hughes36 min
Apr 26, 6:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHardeman34 min
Apr 26, 7:10 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNWilbarger20 min
Apr 26, 9:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger119 min
Apr 26, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWichita25 min
Apr 26, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWichita35 min
Apr 26, 12:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBaylor, Knox3 hr
Apr 26, 2:14 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNWichita, Wilbarger66 hr

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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.