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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Norman, OK

June 7, 2026Archer County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2026, 8:26 AM CDT for Archer County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 106 min. 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 7, 2026, 8:26 AM CDT (13:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2026, 10:12 AM CDT
In force: 106 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Archer County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Jun 7, 5:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 5:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
528 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

OKZ045-TXZ090-071100-
Jefferson OK-Clay TX-
528 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern
Jefferson and central Clay Counties through 600 AM CDT...

At 528 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles southeast of Petrolia to near Bellevue
to 5 miles west of Newport. Movement was east at 35 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...
Henrietta, Ryan, Petrolia, Terral, Bellevue, Sugden, Newport,
Bluegrove, Oscar, Joy, Vashti, and Shannon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3376 9826 3399 9828 3412 9809 3412 9773
      3394 9773 3394 9776 3388 9780 3385 9787
      3389 9798 3347 9798 3347 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 266DEG 32KT 3393 9810 3364 9805 3346 9810

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

MDU

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 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 6, 7:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Bryan	54 min
Jun 6, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	53 min
Jun 6, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	32 min
Jun 6, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	31 min
Jun 6, 8:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer	3 hr
Jun 6, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	43 min
Jun 6, 9:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Custer	3 hr
Jun 6, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	29 min
Jun 6, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	31 min
Jun 6, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	45 min
Jun 6, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	39 min
Jun 6, 11:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter	3 hr
Jun 7, 12:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Custer	105 min
Jun 7, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	36 min
Jun 7, 12:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa	3 hr
Jun 7, 12:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	33 min
Jun 7, 3:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Woods	3 hr
Jun 7, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	32 min
Jun 7, 6:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	30 min
Jun 7, 6:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	5 hr
Jun 7, 1:22 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Grant and 8 more	30 hr
Jun 7, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	45 min
Jun 7, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	35 min
Jun 7, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	49 min
Jun 7, 4:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Baylor	5 hr
Jun 7, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	31 min
Jun 7, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Wichita	19 min
Jun 7, 4:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	50 min
Jun 7, 4:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Archer, Wichita	5 hr
Jun 7, 4:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Archer, Baylor	4 hr
Jun 7, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	36 min
Jun 7, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	35 min
Jun 7, 5:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	29 min
Jun 7, 5:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	3 hr
Jun 7, 6:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	29 min
Jun 7, 6:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Clay	3 hr
Jun 7, 6:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	34 min
Jun 7, 7:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Archer, Wichita	3 hr
Jun 7, 10:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Archer, Wichita	108 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.