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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Norman, OK

May 19, 20254 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2025, 6:56 PM CDT for 4 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: May 19, 2025, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bryan County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 2765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 360 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.8
Supercell composite: 27.8

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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 19, 6:39 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:39 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, May 19, 5:59 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 6:08 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 6:10 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 6:30 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 6:40 PM CDT, 16 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 18, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	44 min
May 18, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Harper, Woods, Woodward	39 min
May 18, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods, Woodward	44 min
May 18, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods, Woodward	47 min
May 18, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods, Woodward	52 min
May 18, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Marshall	55 min
May 18, 9:17 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love and 1 more	3 hr
May 18, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	25 min
May 19, 10:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	31 min
May 19, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	23 min
May 19, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	36 min
May 19, 11:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston, Marshall	26 min
May 19, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc	30 min
May 19, 11:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	37 min
May 19, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	33 min
May 19, 11:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma and 1 more	51 min
May 19, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	18 min
May 19, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	30 min
May 19, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more	38 min
May 19, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	22 min
May 19, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	10 min
May 19, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	29 min
May 19, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Coal, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	49 min
May 19, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	25 min
May 19, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Love, Stephens	42 min
May 19, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc and 2 more	39 min
May 19, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	40 min
May 19, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	45 min
May 19, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love, Stephens	52 min
May 19, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	33 min
May 19, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	45 min
May 19, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	44 min
May 19, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	49 min
May 19, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	41 min
May 19, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	25 min
May 19, 3:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	3 hr
May 19, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	19 min
May 19, 3:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	29 min
May 19, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	43 min
May 19, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Murray	52 min
May 19, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Jefferson	50 min
May 19, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	17 min
May 19, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Pontotoc, Seminole	3 hr
May 19, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	31 min
May 19, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Jefferson	3 hr
May 19, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, McClain	44 min
May 19, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	25 min
May 19, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Marshall, Murray and 1 more	50 min
May 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	27 min
May 19, 4:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Love, Marshall	3 hr
May 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall and 2 more	48 min
May 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	33 min
May 19, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	27 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston and 5 more	39 min
May 19, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	52 min
May 19, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	52 min
May 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	50 min
May 19, 4:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Murray	3 hr
May 19, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc	46 min
May 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Coal, Johnston, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc	3 hr
May 19, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Jefferson	50 min
May 19, 5:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall, Murray and 1 more	3 hr
May 19, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma	40 min
May 19, 5:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	66 min
May 19, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston and 5 more	49 min
May 19, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes	27 min
May 19, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne	44 min
May 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Coal, Johnston, Marshall, Murray	3 hr
May 19, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Coal, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall and 2 more	49 min
May 19, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Love, Marshall	34 min
May 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	32 min
May 19, 6:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	3 hr
May 19, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	30 min
May 19, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	52 min
May 19, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	33 min
May 19, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	27 min
May 19, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	51 min
May 19, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Archer, Clay	51 min
May 19, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Archer	20 min
May 19, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Clay	30 min

Nearby

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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.