We’ll be getting an upgrade thanks to a NOAA-funded project to develop NEW products that will guide forecasters when issuing impact-based flash flood warnings. See more: koco.com/article/new-re…

It turns out Dr. Humberto Vergara (OU/CIMMS) wasn’t done with his newfound stardom! KFOR will be broadcasting a story about new products coming out of FLASH at 4:30 and again at 6:00.

kfor.com/news/researche…

The server hosting flash.ou.edu and flash.ou.edu/new was compromised. We have been working on the issue and are happy to report we’re back in business. Note that we’re still working on a few database issues related to the display of FF warnings and LSRs.

Rainfall > 2”/hr in the Richardson, Garland, Plano areas causing CREST unit Qs to exceed 10 cms/km^2, indicating flash flooding.

The CREST unit Q product often shows the “bleed out” from a very heavy rain band with extreme events such as this flash flood emergency.

Learning about devastating flash flooding overnight in Buchanan County, VA. CREST unit Q loop confirms the catastrophic nature of this storm.

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Here are the associated FLASH products. All showing high values over a relatively small region.

New article out today in BAMS: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/…. Thanks to all forecasters who participated in the HMT-Hydro experiment!

After a long hiatus, our website for displaying FLASH imagery is back! flash.ou.edu/new. Thanks to @babetoduarte and others for bringing it back. Check back for some added functionality and display of new, experimental products coming soon.

DYK that most MRMS and FLASH products are available over Guam? You can monitor Typhoon Mawar with radar at mrms.nssl.noaa.gov/qvs/product_vi…. You’ll need to navigate really far west and you’ll see the domain.

Some serious looking CREST unit Q values near Colorado Springs area, forced by MRMS QPEs estimated at 2.5”/hr !