Heavy rainfall led to very localized flash flooding across portions of south-central Oklahoma. Water was reported over one roadway in Johnston County.
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Heavy rainfall led to very localized flash flooding across portions of south-central Oklahoma. Water was reported over one roadway in Johnston County. No damage was reported.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 2, 5:16 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 616 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 .AVIATION... 12Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL... WESTERN... AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS ALTHOUGH CHANCES TOO LOW FOR MENTION IN SOME OF THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014/ DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF THE FA THIS MORNING WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS SW SECTIONS OF THE AREA. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS MOVED FROM KANSAS INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WITH UPSLOPE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT... WITH THE BEST CHANCES NEAR THE BOUNDARY IN SW PARTS OF THE FA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER RIDGE THEN TRIES TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FRIDAY/SATURDAY SO DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED BUT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE DRY EVERYWHERE. MODELS INDICATE THAT THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE MAY NOT LAST VERY LONG WITH A SHORTWAVE POSSIBLY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND WHICH WOULD BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO PARTS OF THE FA. UPPER RIDGE THEN MAY TRY TO NOSE BACK INTO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK WHICH WOULD LEAD TO DRY WEATHER. HOWEVER... SOME UNCERTAINTIES ON HOW MUCH THE RIDGE WILL INFLUENCE THE AREA SO RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE IF IT DOES NOT BUILD FAR ENOUGH EAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 86 65 84 67 / 20 20 20 20 HOBART OK 87 66 86 68 / 30 30 30 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 91 69 88 70 / 50 30 30 20 GAGE OK 83 62 86 67 / 20 20 20 20 PONCA CITY OK 82 61 84 65 / 10 10 10 10 DURANT OK 89 68 86 69 / 40 30 30 20 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 23/25/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 451 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-031000- HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON- JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN- FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- 451 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY...AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH QUARTER TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS...WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY. THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. CMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
621 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
OKZ039-045-046-050-021145-
LOVE OK-JEFFERSON OK-STEPHENS OK-CARTER OK-
621 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LOVE...NORTHEASTERN
JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND WESTERN CARTER COUNTIES UNTIL
645 AM CDT...
AT 618 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOCO...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONE GROVE...HEALDTON...WILSON...RINGLING...VELMA...CORNISH...LOCO...
RATLIFF CITY...POOLEVILLE...GRAHAM...MILO AND FOX.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
&&
LAT...LON 3435 9785 3451 9765 3441 9735 3438 9735
3438 9726 3435 9717 3399 9728 3397 9758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 315DEG 34KT 3436 9771
CMSThe Norman radar (KTLX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water over highway 48A. No reports of vehicle or crop damage.
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