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Flood Watch 2, NWS Norman, OK

May 18, 201547 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this flood watch at May 18, 2015, 3:57 PM CDT for 47 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 19, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2015, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
In effect from
May 19, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 20, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity
None
All 55 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, 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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at May 18, 3:45 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:45 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 12:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1212 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-191000-
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-
1212 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.RIVER FLOODING...
SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

.THUNDERSTORMS...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. A BETTER CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST TEXAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS OVER 50
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
ON TUESDAY...EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST
TEXAS AND FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA. CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS
SHOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY FARTHER EAST. HOWEVER...IF
STORMS DECREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON...SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS ON
WEDNESDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT
IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY BY LATE FRIDAY INTO
SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

.FLOODING...
SOME RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN OR NEAR FLOOD INTO NEXT WEEKEND. DO
NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ADDITIONAL RAINS
THROUGH THE WEEK WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 1:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 18, 2:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 4:40 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 24 more5 hr
May 18, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMurray29 min
May 18, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston26 min
May 18, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter34 min
May 18, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes31 min
May 18, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Marshall48 min
May 18, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc25 min
May 18, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc26 min
May 18, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc30 min
May 18, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston, Pontotoc30 min
May 18, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa27 min
May 18, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa32 min
May 18, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan32 min
May 18, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan36 min
May 18, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer33 min
May 18, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNTillman29 min
May 18, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa28 min
May 18, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa30 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2015Flood Watches in Texas, 2015Every flood watch in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.