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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Norman, OK

May 15, 201548 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this flash flood watch at May 15, 2015, 11:49 AM CDT for 48 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 16, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2015, 11:49 AM CDT (16:49 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2015, 4:34 AM CDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity: None

All 56 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at May 15, 6:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 5:21 AM CDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 7:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 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
May 15, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	36 min
May 15, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	27 min
May 15, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	29 min
May 15, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	36 min
May 15, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	35 min
May 15, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	31 min
May 15, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Cotton	29 min
May 15, 4:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	26 hr
May 15, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady, Jefferson, Stephens	27 min
May 15, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	3 hr
May 15, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma	30 min
May 15, 7:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	25 min
May 15, 1:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman	3 days
May 14, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	32 min
May 15, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger	50 min
May 15, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	29 min
May 15, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	29 min
May 15, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer, Wichita	29 min
May 15, 3:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	28 min
May 15, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	25 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.