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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Norman, OK

July 26, 2013Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jul 26, 2013, 1:58 PM CDT for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jul 26, 2013, 4:41 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2013, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 26, 2013, 4:41 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 26, 2013, 8:21 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity
Minor

County Oklahoma County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Canadian River at Britton Road at Oklahoma City (OKBO2). The gauge peaked at 16.68 ft at Jul 26, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07241520, 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 Jul 26, 10:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 10:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster41 min
Jul 25, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster45 min
Jul 25, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods25 min
Jul 25, 11:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita3 hr
Jul 25, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster22 min
Jul 25, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita49 min
Jul 26, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo29 min
Jul 26, 12:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Canadian3 hr
Jul 26, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa37 min
Jul 26, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche51 min
Jul 26, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa49 min
Jul 26, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoodward47 min
Jul 26, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey51 min
Jul 26, 2:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Comanche3 hr
Jul 26, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche48 min
Jul 26, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Dewey, Kingfisher37 min
Jul 26, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton42 min
Jul 26, 3:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Washita4 hr
Jul 26, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Stephens42 min
Jul 26, 3:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian40 min
Jul 26, 3:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Stephens3 hr
Jul 26, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton3 hr
Jul 26, 4:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Kingfisher and 1 more3 hr
Jul 26, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens47 min
Jul 26, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady, Washita42 min
Jul 26, 4:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan and 2 more3 hr
Jul 26, 5:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens3 hr
Jul 26, 5:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche41 min
Jul 26, 5:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain and 2 more3 hr
Jul 26, 5:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa115 min
Jul 26, 5:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNJefferson112 min
Jul 26, 6:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNComanche, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita2 hr
Jul 26, 6:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain3 hr
Jul 26, 6:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman3 hr
Jul 26, 7:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more3 hr
Jul 26, 7:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens2 hr
Jul 26, 8:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole23 hr
Jul 26, 8:08 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNCaddo112 min
Jul 26, 8:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton48 hr
Jul 26, 8:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma2 hr
Jul 26, 10:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, McClain2 hr
Jul 26, 3:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer11 hr
Jul 26, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan57 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.