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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Norman, OK

April 10, 2008Caddo County, Kiowa County, Washita County, Oklahoma

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.

&&

99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 7:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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In the hours before

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

&&

TY
Local 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

&&

TY
Local 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

&&

TY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Johnston44 min
Apr 9, 8:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole33 hr
Apr 9, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton31 min
Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer25 hr
Apr 9, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
Apr 9, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon45 min
Apr 9, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka43 min
Apr 9, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa, Washita38 min
Apr 9, 9:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNOklahoma59 hr
Apr 9, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian40 min
Apr 9, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer32 min
Apr 9, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman46 min
Apr 9, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal47 min
Apr 9, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa, Tillman43 min
Apr 9, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman49 min
Apr 9, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal34 min
Apr 10, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman45 min
Apr 10, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman27 min
Apr 10, 12:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Grady and 7 more6 hr
Apr 10, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman40 min
Apr 10, 1:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLincoln, Payne6 hr
Apr 10, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens45 min
Apr 10, 2:08 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson37 min
Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNLogan31 hr
Apr 10, 2:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGarvin, Jefferson, Stephens6 hr
Apr 10, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc42 min
Apr 10, 2:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole6 hr
Apr 10, 3:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNLogan35 hr
Apr 10, 3:19 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 39 more18 hr
Apr 10, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc38 min
Apr 10, 3:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNLincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie42 hr
Apr 10, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan50 min
Apr 10, 4:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma7 hr
Apr 10, 6:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNGrady8 hr
Apr 10, 8:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan59 hr
Apr 10, 8:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton4 days
Apr 10, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Garvin, Grady53 hr
Apr 10, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNGrady7 hr
Apr 10, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNGarvin24 hr
Apr 10, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNLogan, Payne35 hr
Apr 10, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNKingfisher5 hr
Apr 10, 2:58 PM CDTRed Flag WarningOUNBeckham, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Greer, Harmon and 5 more5 hr
Apr 10, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward32 min
Apr 9, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay46 min
Apr 9, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox52 min
Apr 9, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger39 min
Apr 9, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox51 min
Apr 9, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox36 min
Apr 9, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger27 min
Apr 9, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger37 min
Apr 10, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger50 min
Apr 10, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox32 min
Apr 10, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay, Wichita50 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.