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Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Norman, OK

June 25, 2026Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2026, 11:50 AM CDT for Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 115 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 25, 2026, 11:50 AM CDT (16:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2026, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Kay County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 1280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
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 25, 11:41 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 11:41 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
945 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

OKZ007-008-251515-
Kay OK-Grant OK-
945 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of western Kay and
northeastern Grant Counties through 1015 AM CDT...

At 945 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Medford, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Medford, Deer Creek, Renfrow, and Nardin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3682 9739 3671 9776 3681 9786 3700 9763
      3700 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 236DEG 21KT 3679 9776

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
952 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

OKZ007-251530-
Grant OK-
952 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Grant
County through 1030 AM CDT...

At 952 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of Wakita, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Grant
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3685 9780 3693 9798 3700 9793 3700 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1452Z 236DEG 21KT 3695 9782

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

TL

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
1022 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

OKZ013-251600-
Noble OK-
1022 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Noble
County through 1100 AM CDT...

At 1022 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sooner Lake, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Sooner Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3658 9689 3655 9690 3655 9693 3653 9696
      3653 9699 3652 9701 3651 9701 3651 9703
      3636 9703 3649 9718 3659 9705 3658 9700
      3660 9691
TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 240DEG 16KT 3646 9706

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:16 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:48 AM CDT, 2 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
Jun 24, 9:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka	114 min
Jun 25, 5:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Kay	3 hr
Jun 25, 6:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Kay	3 hr
Jun 25, 7:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	27 min
Jun 25, 7:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kay	6 hr
Jun 25, 8:20 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Grant, Kay	5 hr
Jun 25, 8:21 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Grant, Kay, Noble	5 hr
Jun 25, 8:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	34 min
Jun 25, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	19 min
Jun 25, 9:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	30 min
Jun 25, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	38 min
Jun 25, 10:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Noble	3 hr
Jun 25, 10:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	27 min
Jun 25, 10:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	38 min
Jun 25, 10:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	31 min
Jun 25, 11:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grant, Kay	3 hr
Jun 25, 11:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	29 min
Jun 25, 11:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	27 min
Jun 25, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	53 min
Jun 25, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	49 min
Jun 25, 1:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Kay	3 hr
Jun 25, 1:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	54 hr
Jun 25, 1:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay, Noble	6 hr
Jun 25, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Harper	51 min
Jun 25, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	39 min
Jun 25, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	49 min
Jun 25, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Ellis	17 min
Jun 25, 6:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	3 hr
Jun 25, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	63 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.