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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK

March 18, 2008Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2008, 11:57 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 12:25 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2008, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2008, 12:25 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2008, 3:05 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little River (OK) near Tecumseh (TCMO2). The gauge peaked at 11.02 ft at Mar 18, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07230500, 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 Mar 18, 10:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 10:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 6:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
655 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-181700-
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-
655 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ACROSS
BRYAN AND ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ELSEWHERE...
THUNDERSTORMS... OCCASIONALLY WITH HEAVY RAIN... WILL CONTINUE TODAY
OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... INTO WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.

IMPACTS...
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BE
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT ACROSS SOUTHEAST...
SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AND A SMALL PART OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN FAR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA MAY NEED TO CONTINUE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS
THIS MORNING. A LONGER TERM FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
DAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND PARTS OF WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS. THE FLOOD THREAT COULD PERSIST IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
INTO THE NIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM FAR SOUTHWEST TEXAS
THIS MORNING TO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BY LATE TONIGHT. MEANWHILE... A
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL DRIFT INTO
NORTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. A BRIEF THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
EXIST FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING IN BRYAN AND ATOKA COUNTIES UNTIL
THE COLD FRONT EXITS THE AREA AND MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SUBSEQUENT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS A
THREAT FOR TODAY... MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
CHANDLER... TO NORMAN... TO DUNCAN TO WICHITA FALLS. VERY MOIST AIR
BEING LIFTED NORTH OVER THE COLD FRONT... ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LIFT
BEING PROVIDED BY THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM... WILL RESULT IN
SEVERAL WAVES OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TODAY. AS
THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTHEAST TONIGHT... THE PRIMARY
HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL SHIFT A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...
AFFECTING AN AREA MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HOLDENVILLE... TO
SULPHUR TO RINGLING. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...
THE ACCUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF SEVERAL INTERVALS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD
ALSO LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG SOME OF THE MAINSTEM RIVERS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MAR 19.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...25 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE
FLOODING POTENTIAL TODAY AND TONIGHT IN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING A
CHANCE OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEKEND.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.

CJS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 8:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
855 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

OKZ048-052-181430-
BRYAN OK-ATOKA OK-
855 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ATOKA AND BRYAN COUNTIES.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF DAISY TO
NEAR DURANT AT 855 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS THROUGH 930 AM.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH
THESE STORMS.

Local storm report, Mar 18, 11:43 AM CDT, 14 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
Mar 17, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian	46 min
Mar 17, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	38 min
Mar 17, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	43 min
Mar 17, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Washita	52 min
Mar 17, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	34 min
Mar 17, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Tillman	38 min
Mar 17, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	41 min
Mar 17, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	47 min
Mar 17, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	49 min
Mar 17, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	24 min
Mar 17, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher	52 min
Mar 17, 9:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kiowa	6 hr
Mar 17, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan	35 min
Mar 17, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	42 min
Mar 18, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	31 min
Mar 18, 2:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	9 min
Mar 18, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	24 min
Mar 18, 3:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	4 days
Mar 18, 4:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson	3 hr
Mar 18, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer	13 hr
Mar 18, 3:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Bryan	41 hr
Mar 17, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	48 min
Mar 17, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox	63 min
Mar 17, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox, Wilbarger	48 min
Mar 17, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	51 min
Mar 18, 4:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Clay	3 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.