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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Norman, OK

March 18, 2008Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2008, 3:14 PM CDT for Bryan County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 9:04 PM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2008, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2008, 9:04 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 20, 2008, 8:31 AM CDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity
Minor

County Bryan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Blue River (OK) near Blue (BLUO2). The gauge peaked at 26.38 ft at Mar 19, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
26 ft
Minor stage
28 ft
Moderate stage
31 ft
Major stage
43 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07332500, 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, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 10:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 12:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 11:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian46 min
Mar 17, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman38 min
Mar 17, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan43 min
Mar 17, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer, Washita52 min
Mar 17, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher34 min
Mar 17, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Tillman38 min
Mar 17, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield41 min
Mar 17, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka47 min
Mar 17, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Washita49 min
Mar 17, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan24 min
Mar 17, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Canadian, Kingfisher52 min
Mar 17, 9:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKiowa6 hr
Mar 17, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan35 min
Mar 17, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne42 min
Mar 18, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole31 min
Mar 18, 2:21 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes9 min
Mar 18, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes24 min
Mar 18, 3:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan4 days
Mar 18, 4:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJefferson3 hr
Mar 18, 9:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer13 hr
Mar 18, 11:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole3 hr
Mar 17, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger48 min
Mar 17, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox63 min
Mar 17, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox, Wilbarger48 min
Mar 17, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher51 min
Mar 18, 4:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNClay3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008Every 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.