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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Norman, OK

June 9, 2008Hughes County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 9, 2008, 2:04 PM CDT for Hughes County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 9, 2008, 6:27 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2008, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 9, 2008, 6:27 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2008, 9:03 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hughes County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little River (OK) near Sasakwa (SASO2). The gauge peaked at 23.44 ft at Jun 9, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07231000, 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 9, 9:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 9:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 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 8, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	52 min
Jun 8, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	48 min
Jun 8, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major, Woods	24 min
Jun 8, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	31 min
Jun 8, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	50 min
Jun 8, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	55 min
Jun 8, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	29 min
Jun 8, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	36 min
Jun 8, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	33 min
Jun 8, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills	43 min
Jun 8, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	36 min
Jun 8, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	33 min
Jun 8, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Custer, Roger Mills	36 min
Jun 8, 8:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills	3 hr
Jun 8, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills	44 min
Jun 8, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	29 min
Jun 8, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	35 min
Jun 8, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	47 min
Jun 8, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	33 min
Jun 8, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	49 min
Jun 8, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	43 min
Jun 8, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	40 min
Jun 8, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	38 min
Jun 8, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	39 min
Jun 8, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	31 min
Jun 8, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Noble, Payne	40 min
Jun 8, 11:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	4 hr
Jun 9, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Ellis, Roger Mills	42 min
Jun 9, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major	50 min
Jun 9, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	42 min
Jun 9, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	43 min
Jun 9, 1:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield, Major	6 hr
Jun 9, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher, Washita	56 min
Jun 9, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Major	43 min
Jun 9, 2:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian	29 min
Jun 9, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	49 min
Jun 9, 2:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	6 hr
Jun 9, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	49 min
Jun 9, 4:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jun 9, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	48 min
Jun 9, 5:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	115 min
Jun 9, 7:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian	25 hr
Jun 9, 7:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Custer, Roger Mills	13 hr
Jun 9, 8:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	119 min
Jun 9, 8:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	3 hr
Jun 9, 8:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer	44 hr
Jun 9, 8:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield, Major, Noble	6 hr
Jun 9, 9:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jun 9, 9:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	19 hr
Jun 9, 9:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Jun 9, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher, Major	14 hr
Jun 9, 11:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Murray	3 hr
Jun 9, 11:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	6 hr
Jun 9, 12:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray	6 hr
Jun 9, 12:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	8 hr
Jun 9, 2:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	14 hr
Jun 9, 5:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008 Every 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.