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River Flood Warning 116, NWS Norman, OK

June 13, 2015Cotton County, Jefferson County, Tillman County, Oklahoma; Clay County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2015, 9:34 PM CDT for Cotton County, Jefferson County, Tillman County, Oklahoma; Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 15, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2015, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 15, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2015, 2:50 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River near Burkburnett (BKBT2). The gauge peaked at 10.68 ft at Jun 18, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07308500, 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 Jun 13, 7:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 7:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 8:56 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 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
Jun 13, 7:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	3 hr
Jun 13, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon, Jackson	54 min
Jun 14, 12:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	3 hr
Jun 14, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	47 min
Jun 14, 2:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Tillman	4 hr
Jun 14, 2:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Love	10 days
Jun 14, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	28 min
Jun 14, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	30 min
Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	35 min
Jun 14, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	26 min
Jun 14, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	32 min
Jun 14, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	35 min
Jun 14, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	26 min
Jun 14, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston	37 min
Jun 14, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	45 min
Jun 14, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	38 min
Jun 14, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	30 min
Jun 14, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter	28 min
Jun 14, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	33 min
Jun 14, 1:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Baylor, Wichita	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2015 River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 Every river flood warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.