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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

May 21, 2013Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2013, 9:02 PM CDT for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 22, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2013, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT
Expired: May 22, 2013, 9:05 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity: Minor

County Atoka County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Muddy Boggy Creek near Farris (FRSO2). The gauge peaked at 41.36 ft at May 22, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 40 ft
Minor stage: 43 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07334000, 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 21, 8:27 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 8:27 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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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.