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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK

February 21, 2010Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2010, 10:56 AM CST for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2010, 10:56 AM CST (16:56 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2010, 6:58 PM CST
In force: 8 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 16:58 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 12.51 ft at Feb 21, 2010, 1:00 PM CST.

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 Feb 21, 5:46 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 5:46 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 21, 7:58 AM CST, 2 hours 58 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
Feb 20, 7:10 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 27 more	6 hr
Feb 20, 7:14 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	10 hr
Feb 21, 7:41 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 5 more	8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.