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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Norman, OK

June 6, 2008Grant County, Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 6, 2008, 8:16 AM CDT for Grant County, Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 6, 2008, 11:53 AM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2008, 8:16 AM CDT (13:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2008, 11:53 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 8, 2008, 7:52 AM CDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa (TONO2). The gauge peaked at 20.79 ft at Jun 7, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07151000, 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 Jun 6, 3:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and 8 more	61 min
Jun 5, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Grant and 2 more	4 hr
Jun 5, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	63 min
Jun 5, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	20 min
Jun 5, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 8 more	66 min
Jun 5, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	67 min
Jun 5, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo	20 min
Jun 5, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, Grady, McClain	39 min
Jun 5, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Noble, Payne	22 min
Jun 5, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens and 1 more	80 min
Jun 5, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Garfield, Grady and 9 more	75 min
Jun 5, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Hughes, Lincoln, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more	65 min
Jun 5, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Murray, Pontotoc and 1 more	81 min
Jun 5, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	16 min
Jun 5, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	29 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.