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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Norman, OK

July 17, 2014Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jul 17, 2014, 4:02 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2014, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2014, 2:05 AM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Little River (OK) near Tecumseh (TCMO2). The gauge peaked at 16.09 ft at Jul 17, 2014, 10:00 AM 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 Jul 17, 2:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 9:42 PM CDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
942 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-181200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-
FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
942 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN...
WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT...

.THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING...
AS A SLOW MOVING UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...ONGOING
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS FROM CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA WILL PERSIST. MOST OF THE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY
WILL REMAIN ON THE MODERATE SIDE...THOUGH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY LEAD
TO MINOR STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

OVERNIGHT...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...EVENTUALLY REACHING PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE A FEW STRONG STORMS CONTAINING GUSTY
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE FOR PROLONGED HEAVY
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NORTH OF THIS COMPLEX THROUGH THE
NIGHT...LEADING TO SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF
NORTHERN TEXAS FOR THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING...
THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN SOME
AREAS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THURSDAY.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE LOW LATE FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WHEN A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH
FLOODING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW
OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.

AUSTIN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1125 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

OKZ044-170515-
COTTON OK-
1125 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL COTTON COUNTY UNTIL
1215 AM CDT...

AT 1125 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF COOKIETOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL COTTON
COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

&&

LAT...LON 3421 9850 3430 9861 3433 9861 3433 9864
      3434 9865 3442 9860 3442 9857 3433 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 307DEG 6KT 3434 9856

MBS

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 12:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1213 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2014

OKZ037-044-170600-
COTTON OK-TILLMAN OK-
1213 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL COTTON AND EAST
CENTRAL TILLMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

AT 1212 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GRANDFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEVOL AND COOKIETOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

&&

LAT...LON 3428 9873 3441 9859 3430 9835 3417 9859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 313DEG 4KT 3431 9860

MBS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 11:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Jackson	3 hr
Jul 16, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	50 min
Jul 16, 11:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	3 hr
Jul 16, 11:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Jul 17, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	47 min
Jul 17, 1:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton	7 hr
Jul 17, 3:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	3 hr
Jul 17, 4:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Jul 17, 5:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	3 hr
Jul 17, 6:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	4 hr
Jul 17, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton	28 hr
Jul 16, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	29 min
Jul 16, 11:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wilbarger	2 hr
Jul 17, 2:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Clay	2 hr

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.