River Flood Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Apr 10, 2008, 9:55 AM CDT (14:55 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 10, 2008, 12:46 PM CDT

Expired

Apr 10, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Flood severity

Minor

County Kingfisher County, OK

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Kingfisher Creek at Kingfisher (KNGO2).

Action stage

18 ft

Minor stage

20 ft

Moderate stage

22 ft

Major stage

24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS44 KOUN 101455
FLWOUN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
955 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

OKC073-110045-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FL.W.0021.080410T1746Z-080411T0045Z/
/KNGO2.1.ER.080410T1746Z.080410T1800Z.080410T1845Z.NO/
955 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE KINGFISHER CREEK NEAR KINGFISHER. 
  
* UNTIL THIS EVENING. 
  
* AT  9:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.3 FEET.  
  
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
  
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET. 
  
* FORECAST...THE KINGFISHER CREEK WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 
  EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE LATE THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON. THE KINGFISHER CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. 
  
* IMPACT...AT 20 FEET...EXPECT OVERFLOWS TO LOW-LYING RURAL AREAS 
  LOCATED ALONG KINGFISHER CREEK...WEST OF KINGFISHER. MOSTLY 
  FARMLANDS AND RURAL ROADS ARE AFFECTED. FIELDS MAY BE ISOLATED FOR 
  SEVERAL HOURS BY SWOLLEN FEEDER CREEKS AND HIGH WATER IN SCOUR 
  CHANNELS. DEPTHS IN THE WESTERN PART OF KINGFISHER WILL AVERAGE 
  LESS THAN A FOOT. HOWEVER...OPEN DITCHES WITHOUT GUARDRAILS ALONG 
  SOME RESIDENTIAL STREETS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 
  IN THESE AREAS.
  
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO THE PREVIOUS CREST STAGE OF
  20.8 FEET ON JUNE 30 2007.
  
  PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD ACT NOW TO EVACUATE AND MOVE TO 
  HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ENTER ALREADY FLOODED AREAS OR ATTEMPT TO 
  CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED BY HIGH WATER. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER 
  INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES.

$$

000 
WGUS84 KOUN 102000
FLSOUN
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
300 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

OKC073-102030-
/O.CAN.KOUN.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080411T0045Z/
/KNGO2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
300 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE KINGFISHER CREEK NEAR KINGFISHER. 
  
* AT 1 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.0 FEET.
  
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
  
* THE KINGFISHER CREEK IS CRESTING BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 
  19 FEET...  AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO FALL.
  
  THE KINGFISHER CREEK IS CRESTING BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT THIS 
  LOCATION. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THIS LOCATION FOR 
  THIS EVENT.
  

$$

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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.