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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

March 20, 2008Caddo County, Garvin County, Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2008, 10:09 AM CDT for Caddo County, Garvin County, Grady County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 20, 2008, 11:28 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2008, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2008, 11:28 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2008, 1:50 AM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Caddo County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Washita River at Anadarko (ANDO2). The gauge peaked at 19.17 ft at Mar 20, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07326500, 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 20, 4:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 4:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 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 20, 4:23 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	OUN	Beckham, Ellis, Harmon, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods and 1 more	15 hr
Mar 20, 2:28 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield and 11 more	6 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.