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Flash Flood Warning 130, NWS Norman, OK

July 21, 2015Cleveland County, McClain County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2015, 10:19 PM CDT for Cleveland County, McClain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2015, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2015, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cleveland County, OK, McClain County, OK

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 7:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 8:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:37 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:39 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:41 PM CDT, 38 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
Jul 21, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	38 min
Jul 21, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton, Stephens	50 min
Jul 21, 7:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	3 hr
Jul 21, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	58 min
Jul 21, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	62 min
Jul 21, 9:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	McClain	3 hr
Jul 21, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	66 min
Jul 21, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	51 min
Jul 21, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	64 min
Jul 21, 9:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grady	3 hr
Jul 21, 10:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	3 hr
Jul 21, 10:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Jul 21, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, McClain	65 min
Jul 21, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	26 min
Jul 22, 12:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, Hughes, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Jul 22, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	42 min
Jul 22, 12:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	3 hr
Jul 22, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	50 min
Jul 22, 1:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	2 hr
Jul 22, 6:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	45 min
Jul 22, 7:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	3 hr
Jul 21, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	41 min
Jul 21, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	39 min
Jul 21, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	43 min
Jul 21, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	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.