Alert archive / Oklahoma / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 30, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Aug 18, 2009, 11:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2009, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2009, 2:59 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 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 Canadian River near Bridgeport (BRIO2). The gauge peaked at 15.55 ft at Aug 18, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07228500, 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 Aug 18, 6:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 6:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 17, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher | 75 min |
| Aug 17, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kingfisher | 74 min |
| Aug 17, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 1:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 10 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Blaine | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay, Noble | 24 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Noble, Payne | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita | 3 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009
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.