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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK

May 20, 2013Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2013, 7:35 PM CDT for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 20, 2013, 9:27 PM CDT. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2013, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2013, 9:27 PM CDT
Expired: May 20, 2013, 10:56 PM CDT
In force: 89 min
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 00:36 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 16.59 ft at May 20, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.

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 May 20, 1:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 1:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 12:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
456 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0453 PM     HAIL             WICHITA FALLS           33.91N 98.50W
05/20/2013  E1.75 INCH       WICHITA            TX   PUBLIC

            5 MILES WEST OF FISHER RD

&&

JPIKE

Local storm report, May 20, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
550 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0543 PM     HAIL             2 SSE TURNER FALLS      34.40N 97.14W
05/20/2013  E1.00 INCH       MURRAY             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KURTZ

Local storm report, May 20, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 6:38 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
638 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             HENRIETTA               33.82N 98.19W
05/20/2013  E1.00 INCH       CLAY               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

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Special weather statement, May 20, 6:44 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
644 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

OKZ019-025-026-210030-
LOGAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-LINCOLN OK-
644 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LOGAN...OKLAHOMA AND
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 641 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OKLAHOMA
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE RAPID CHANGES TO WIND SPEED AND
DIRECTION...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...THAT WILL HAMPER FIRE FIGHTING
EFFORTS. PLEASE ADVISE FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3538 9755 3538 9757 3553 9766 3579 9730
      3553 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 233DEG 22KT 3549 9753

KURTZ

Local storm report, May 20, 6:58 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
658 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0639 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 WNW WAPANUCKA         34.38N 96.46W
05/20/2013  M80 MPH          JOHNSTON           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED TREE BRANCHES DOWN IN AREA

&&

KURTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Love, Marshall	44 min
May 20, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Johnston, Marshall	26 min
May 20, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	68 min
May 20, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	50 min
May 20, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	46 min
May 20, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	50 min
May 20, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	49 min
May 20, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	47 min
May 20, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston	39 min
May 20, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Marshall, Murray	51 min
May 20, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	28 min
May 20, 9:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Johnston	3 hr
May 20, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	46 min
May 20, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	45 min
May 20, 10:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	26 min
May 20, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	35 min
May 20, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	27 min
May 20, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc	52 min
May 20, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Stephens	44 min
May 20, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	25 min
May 20, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc	50 min
May 20, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	47 min
May 20, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	25 min
May 20, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	47 min
May 21, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray	48 min
May 21, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc, Seminole	47 min
May 21, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc	49 min
May 21, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc	41 min
May 21, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	50 min
May 21, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	27 min
May 21, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	49 min
May 21, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	29 min
May 21, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	34 min
May 21, 2:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	37 min
May 21, 3:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	37 min
May 21, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	33 min
May 21, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	32 min
May 21, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	48 min
May 21, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	34 min
May 21, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	32 min
May 21, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	31 min
May 21, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche	45 min
May 21, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady	50 min
May 21, 6:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain	30 min
May 21, 6:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	31 min
May 21, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	46 min
May 21, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	44 min
May 21, 7:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc and 1 more	3 hr
May 21, 7:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman	49 min
May 21, 8:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	27 min
May 21, 8:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	36 min
May 21, 8:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	26 min
May 21, 8:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Murray	35 min
May 21, 8:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	34 min
May 21, 8:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Harmon	47 min
May 21, 9:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Coal	3 hr
May 21, 9:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson	44 min
May 21, 9:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	36 min
May 21, 9:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	40 min
May 21, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita	51 min
May 21, 10:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	43 min
May 21, 10:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	42 min
May 21, 10:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	51 min
May 21, 10:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	26 min
May 21, 10:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa, Washita	47 min
May 21, 11:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson	50 min
May 21, 11:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	62 min
May 21, 11:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kingfisher	45 min
May 21, 11:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	22 min
May 21, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	46 min
May 21, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	35 min
May 21, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens	45 min
May 21, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	52 min
May 21, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	50 min
May 21, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	45 min
May 21, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc	56 min
May 21, 12:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, Hughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole	53 min
May 21, 12:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc	3 hr
May 21, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal, Hughes	55 min
May 21, 1:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 1 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.