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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Norman, OK

June 4, 2013Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2013, 2:43 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 5, 2013, 6:24 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2013, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 5, 2013, 6:24 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 4, 2013, 2:55 PM CDT
In force
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 19:46 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 8.87 ft at Jun 4, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT.

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 Jun 4, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 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, 4:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 20 more	36 hr
Jun 4, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	38 min

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.