With a front lingering in the region and a cut off low moving overhead, scattered to widespread showers formed across Oklahoma and north Texas the morning of the 1st and continued through the 2nd producing some flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
With a front lingering in the region and a cut off low moving overhead, scattered to widespread showers formed across Oklahoma and north Texas the morning of the 1st and continued through the 2nd producing some flash flooding.
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 Jun 1, 9:56 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
1056 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016
.DISCUSSION...
06Z TAF discussion below.
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR/VFR ceilings most of the time. IFR ceilings may occur at a
few sites but too uncertain for mention in TAF at this time.
Showers and storms will continue to affect the area overnight
through Thursday evening. However, areal coverage will increase
during the day Wednesday with more thunderstorms expected than
during the overnight period. Chances are too low/uncertain in some
places at some times for mention in TAF. Some last minute changes
may be needed before TAFs are sent based on current radar and obs.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 613 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016/
DISCUSSION...
0Z TAF discussion below.
AVIATION...
Primarily MVFR/VFR ceilings with some IFR ceilings possible. Areal
coverage of rain/storms is expected to decrease some tonight but
increase again Thursday. There is still some uncertainty as to
where the most widespread activity and timing of this occurring.
Winds will also be shifting/variable.
PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 418 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016/
DISCUSSION...
Widespread showers will continue this evening with localized
heavy rainfall due to the slow movement and high rainfall rates.
We expect areas of storms to continue tonight, especially near the
surface boundary across southwest and central Oklahoma. And now
the models are more consistent with QPF areas into central and
southwest Oklahoma again on thursday, so we've expanded the entire
flood watch to go through Thursday afternoon. The northwestern
portions of the watch may be able to be cancelled tomorrow morning,
but will not be too fancy in the timing at this point.
Precipitation chances persist into Saturday as the closed low and
the associated trough axis move east through Texas. Rain chances
finally end by Saturday night or Sunday as this low moves farther
away and stronger northerly flow develops across the Great Plains
behind a northern stream system moving through the Midwest.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Oklahoma City OK 63 76 63 78 / 40 60 40 30
Hobart OK 62 77 62 80 / 80 50 30 20
Wichita Falls TX 63 77 63 78 / 70 60 50 50
Gage OK 58 77 57 83 / 40 30 10 10
Ponca City OK 63 79 61 82 / 40 30 10 20
Durant OK 65 77 65 76 / 50 60 60 60
&&
.OUN Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
OK...Flood Watch through Thursday evening for OKZ012>030-033>041-
044>048-050>052.
TX...Flood Watch through Thursday evening for TXZ083>090.
&&
30/25/25HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 935 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-021800- 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- 935 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... .HEAVY RAINFALL... HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS MAINLY PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. .THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .HEAVY RAINFALL... HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. THE RAIN WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. CMS/30
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:23 UTC.
4 flash flood, 2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 148 north was closed at Mayo road north of Henrietta.
US 82 was impassable between Henrietta and Ringgold.
US 287 S was impassable from Brown road to Klein road.
Farm to market 1197 was impassable north of Henrietta.
Numerous roads in Clay county had standing water. FM1197 remained closed north of Henrietta.
Texas department of transportation reported highway 1883 was closed due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 633065, 633066, 633068, 633071, 633072, 633074.