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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Norman, OK

July 29, 20138 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood watch at Jul 29, 2013, 4:05 AM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jul 29, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2013, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 29, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 30, 2013, 5:08 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity: None

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Noble County, OK, Payne County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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 Jul 28, 10:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 9:33 PM CDT, 6 hours 32 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
Jul 29, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	31 min
Jul 29, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	32 min
Jul 29, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper	43 min
Jul 29, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods	48 min
Jul 29, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	42 min
Jul 29, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	43 min
Jul 29, 6:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	3 hr
Jul 29, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	33 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.