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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Norman, OK

May 19, 2010Major County, Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2010, 8:34 AM CDT for Major County, Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 19, 2010, 2:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2010, 8:34 AM CDT (13:34 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2010, 2:12 PM CDT
Expired: May 20, 2010, 8:10 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cimarron River near Waynoka (WANO2). The gauge peaked at 8.32 ft at May 19, 2010, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07158000, 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 May 19, 5:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 5:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 4:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 4:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 4:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 5:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 7:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 7:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 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
May 18, 11:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	36 min
May 19, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	61 min
May 19, 12:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	41 min
May 19, 1:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	48 min
May 19, 2:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	38 min
May 19, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	62 min
May 19, 3:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	6 hr
May 19, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major	66 min
May 19, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major	53 min
May 19, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	40 min
May 19, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Major	51 min
May 19, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Woodward	65 min
May 19, 5:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	63 min
May 19, 6:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	53 min
May 19, 6:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods, Woodward	4 hr
May 19, 6:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble, Payne	23 min
May 19, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Kay	4 hr
May 19, 9:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant and 9 more	13 hr
May 19, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay, Noble	37 hr
May 19, 2:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	37 hr
May 19, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	63 min
May 19, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	34 min
May 19, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Dewey, Roger Mills	49 min
May 19, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	63 min
May 19, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher	49 min
May 19, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Dewey	51 min
May 19, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Woodward	64 min
May 19, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	49 min
May 19, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	38 min
May 19, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	53 min
May 19, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne	64 min
May 19, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	47 min
May 19, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	60 min
May 19, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	24 min
May 19, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Payne	66 min
May 19, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	37 min
May 19, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	60 min
May 19, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, Stephens	56 min
May 19, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	37 min
May 19, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Pottawatomie	50 min
May 19, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan	46 min

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.