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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Apr 10, 2008, 8:57 AM CDT for Caddo County, Kiowa County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 11, 2008, 2:20 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2008, 8:57 AM CDT (13:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2008, 2:20 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Caddo County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Washita County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Washita River near Carnegie (CAGO2).
- Action stage
- 23 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27 ft
- Major stage
- 29 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07325500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 10, 3:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
305 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008
.DISCUSSION...
WILL CONTINUE WITH FLOOD WATCH TODAY AS RUNOFF FROM RAIN OVERNIGHT
EARLY THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN SOME FLOODING ALONG
STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS. BACK EDGE OF CONVECTION WILL LIKELY CLEAR
MOST AREAS BETWEEN 10-12Z...THEN SHORT TERM FOCUS WILL SHIFT TO
STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS. HAVE ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR LARGE
PART OF THE AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS
WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF FA WITH A FEW GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH.
AFTER TODAY...APPEARS FA WILL REMAIN DRY AND COOL THROUGH MOST OF
THE WEEKEND. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE...LIKELY ACROSS
NORTHERN 1/3 TO 1/2 OF AREA SAT AM/SUN AM.
WARMER AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 69 41 61 39 / 20 10 0 10
HOBART OK 63 39 60 37 / 10 10 0 10
WICHITA FALLS TX 76 42 67 40 / 10 0 0 10
GAGE OK 60 38 58 34 / 40 20 0 10
PONCA CITY OK 67 37 56 31 / 60 20 0 10
DURANT OK 77 49 66 42 / 60 10 0 0
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR OKZ008-012-013-018>020-
023>032-037>048-050>052.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
OKZ004>042-044>047-050-051.
TX...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR TXZ086-089-090.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
TXZ083>090.
&&
99/99Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 7:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 10, 2:57 AM CDT, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
257 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 AM TSTM WND GST 4 ENE ARDMORE 34.20N 97.06W
04/10/2008 M64 MPH CARTER OK MESONET
&&
TYLocal storm report, Apr 10, 3:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
301 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 AM TSTM WND GST 4 ENE ARDMORE 34.20N 97.06W
04/10/2008 M64 MPH CARTER OK MESONET
&&
TYLocal storm report, Apr 10, 3:09 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
309 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 AM TSTM WND GST 4 ENE ARDMORE 34.20N 97.06W
04/10/2008 M60 MPH CARTER OK MESONET
&&
TYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 33 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer | 25 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 9:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 59 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Grady and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 1:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 2:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 31 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 2:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 35 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:19 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 39 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 3:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 42 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 4:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Grady | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 59 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 4 days |
| Apr 10, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Garvin, Grady | 53 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Grady | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Garvin | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 35 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Beckham, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Greer, Harmon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Wilbarger | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 50 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.