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River Flood Warning 129, NWS Norman, OK

June 17, 2015Garvin County, Murray County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2015, 2:21 PM CDT for Garvin County, Murray County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 18, 2015, 1:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2015, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 18, 2015, 1:51 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 18, 2015, 9:01 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Flood severity
Major

Counties Garvin County, OK, Murray County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 Washita River near Pauls Valley (PLVO2).

Action stage
27 ft
Minor stage
29 ft
Moderate stage
31 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07328500, 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 17, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 11:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-181700-
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-
1155 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...
MAIN-STEM RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY... WITH THE BEST CHANCE IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

.THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY AS THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE
IS A MARGINAL RISK OF A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
CHANDLER AND SHAWNEE... TO PAULS VALLEY AND ARDMORE OKLAHOMA. A
FEW WEAK AND BRIEF TORNADOES OR STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE DUE TO THE TROPICAL SYSTEM... BUT FLOODING RAINFALL WILL
BE A MUCH GREATER AND WIDESPREAD CONCERN.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET BUT
STORMS AND WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

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

.HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...
MAIN-STEM RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST FRIDAY IN
PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. FLASH FLOODING WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST... SOUTH CENTRAL... AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY LOW.

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 2:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Garvin, Grady58 hr
Jun 17, 2:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole3 days
Jun 17, 8:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNBryan4 days
Jun 17, 8:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNAtoka59 hr
Jun 17, 8:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray42 hr
Jun 17, 1:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love3 hr
Jun 17, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJefferson, Love12 hr
Jun 17, 2:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNHughes, Seminole4 days
Jun 17, 2:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Garvin, Johnston, Marshall and 2 more5 hr
Jun 17, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBryan, Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray and 1 more10 hr
Jun 17, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc9 hr
Jun 17, 5:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens6 hr
Jun 17, 6:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Lincoln, McClain and 3 more6 hr
Jun 17, 5:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNClay4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2015Every 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.