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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Norman, OK

June 4, 201326 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood watch at Jun 4, 2013, 4:06 PM CDT for 26 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 5, 2013, 4:16 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2013, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 5, 2013, 4:16 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2013, 3:42 AM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity: None

All 26 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 4, 3:54 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:54 PM CDT, 12 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
Jun 3, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	43 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper	50 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	31 min
Jun 3, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper	46 min
Jun 3, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	51 min
Jun 3, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Major, Woods, Woodward	42 min
Jun 3, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	47 min
Jun 3, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	40 min
Jun 3, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	38 min
Jun 3, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods	36 min
Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills	48 min
Jun 3, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	40 min
Jun 4, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	26 min
Jun 4, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	65 min
Jun 4, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	27 min
Jun 4, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major, Woodward	43 min
Jun 4, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	46 min
Jun 4, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	50 min
Jun 4, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher, Logan	60 min
Jun 4, 2:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer, Dewey	39 min
Jun 4, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Major, Roger Mills, Woodward	65 min
Jun 4, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	58 min
Jun 4, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	44 min
Jun 4, 3:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	4 hr
Jun 4, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	24 min
Jun 4, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Custer, Kiowa, Washita	49 min
Jun 4, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Harmon	31 min
Jun 4, 4:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	3 hr
Jun 4, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa	46 min
Jun 4, 4:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady, Kiowa	48 min
Jun 4, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	30 min
Jun 4, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	27 min
Jun 4, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	47 min
Jun 4, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Stephens	30 min
Jun 4, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, Hughes, Jefferson, Pontotoc, Stephens	25 min
Jun 4, 6:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Coal, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	37 min
Jun 4, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson, Love	33 min
Jun 4, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Love, Marshall	46 min
Jun 4, 7:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	34 min
Jun 4, 8:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	25 min
Jun 4, 2:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	12 min
Jun 4, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	38 min

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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.