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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Norman, OK

June 14, 2008Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 14, 2008, 6:54 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2008, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2008, 2:10 PM CDT
In force: 7 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 11:54 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 11.39 ft at Jun 14, 2008, 7:00 AM 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 Jun 14, 3:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours 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 13, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	41 min
Jun 13, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	38 min
Jun 13, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	46 min
Jun 13, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	42 min
Jun 13, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland	48 min
Jun 13, 11:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jun 13, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain	52 min
Jun 13, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	44 min
Jun 13, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	40 min
Jun 13, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	51 min
Jun 14, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	52 min
Jun 14, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Grady	3 hr
Jun 14, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Seminole	42 min
Jun 14, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	10 min
Jun 14, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie	47 min
Jun 14, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, McClain	44 min
Jun 14, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady	49 min
Jun 14, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	32 min
Jun 14, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie	36 min
Jun 14, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray	40 min
Jun 14, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc, Seminole	51 min
Jun 14, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin	45 min
Jun 14, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston	27 min
Jun 14, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	32 min
Jun 14, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	28 min
Jun 14, 6:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	29 min
Jun 13, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Wilbarger	47 min
Jun 13, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox	51 min
Jun 13, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	50 min
Jun 13, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	48 min
Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	42 min
Jun 14, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	42 min

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.