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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2008, 8:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2008, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 8:22 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Canadian River near Bridgeport (BRIO2). The gauge peaked at 15.82 ft at May 7, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07228500, 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 May 7, 3:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 3:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 319 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008 .DISCUSSION... THE LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION CURRENTLY COVERING MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. UNTIL THEN... WE EXPECT THE USUAL ARRANGEMENT OF ADVERSE WEATHER... RANGING FROM A RISK OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ACROSS OUR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COUNTIES... TO A POSSIBILITY OF SMALL FUNNELS UNDER THE UPPER LOW... TO SIMPLY RAIN AND SHOWERS ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTH. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING... THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO CROSS OUR FORECAST AREA... AND ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END BY TOMORROW MORNING. ANOTHER UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT... AND ANOTHER OVER THE WEEKEND. ONLY THE FIRST PERIOD OF THIS FORECAST ISSUANCE WILL CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 53 80 56 79 / 50 0 30 0 HOBART OK 52 82 56 80 / 20 0 30 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 57 85 59 86 / 20 0 20 10 GAGE OK 49 78 50 81 / 20 10 30 0 PONCA CITY OK 53 71 56 76 / 70 0 40 0 DURANT OK 60 81 62 83 / 40 0 20 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 23/23
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 5:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
559 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-081200-
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-
559 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PONCA CITY...
TO KINGFISHER...TO CHICKASHA... TO MARIETTA OKLAHOMA.
TIMING...
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 PM.
IMPACTS...
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL BE THE
MAIN CONCERNS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE
SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH
THIS EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING AS AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INTO EASTERN
OKLAHOMA. A SURFACE LOW OVER OKLAHOMA CITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL
ALSO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING... WITH A DRYLINE
EXTENDING SOUTH INTO TEXAS. A FRONT ALSO EXTENDED FROM THE LOW INTO
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE UPPER LOW. UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EAST OF THE SURFACE AND UPPER
LOW. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RISK AREA INTO THIS
EVENING. VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL BE
SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS...
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL END LATER THIS EVENING
AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY MAY 8.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA... 100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR... 100 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND
PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING... BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
THURSDAY.
MAXWELLIn the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
605 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0512 PM TSTM WND GST 6 NW OKLAHOMA CITY 35.53N 97.59W
05/07/2008 E70 MPH OKLAHOMA OK PUBLIC
SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES BENT OVER.
&&
TAYLORLocal storm report, May 7, 6:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
608 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM HAIL 5 S DICKSON 34.12N 96.99W
05/07/2008 E1.25 INCH CARTER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
TAYLORLocal storm report, May 7, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
614 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0511 PM TORNADO 1 NE WARR ACRES 35.54N 97.61W
05/07/2008 OKLAHOMA OK OFFICIAL NWS OBS
WILEY POST AIRPORT OBSERVER REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
EAST OF AIRPORT. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE MEDIA IN
THE AREA OF NORTHWEST 63RD STREET AND MERIDIAN.
&&Special weather statement, May 7, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 614 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008 OKZ013-019-020-072345- LOGAN OK-NOBLE OK-PAYNE OK- 614 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LOGAN...NOBLE AND PAYNE COUNTIES. A GROUP OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF MULHALL AT 614 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN LOGAN...NOBLE AND PAYNE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF STILLWATER...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Local storm report, May 7, 7:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 10:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 10 hr |
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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.