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River Flood Warning 140, NWS Norman, OK

July 8, 2015Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jul 8, 2015, 8:29 AM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jul 8, 2015, 12:13 PM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2015, 8:29 AM CDT (13:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 8, 2015, 12:13 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 9, 2015, 2:14 PM CDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Cotton County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:30 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 Deep Red Creek near Randlett (RNDO2). The gauge peaked at 24.16 ft at Jul 8, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07311500, 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 Jul 7, 6:44 PM CDT, 13 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 6:44 PM CDT, 13 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 11:49 AM CDT, 20 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1149 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015

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BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-
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FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1149 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 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...

.FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR A LARGE PART
OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE WATCH FOR
DETAILS. THE HEAVIEST ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE OVER PARTS OF
NORTH TEXAS... AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA...
ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. NO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

.FLOODING....
FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.THUNDERSTORMS....
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY.
LITTLE OR NO RAIN IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.HEAT...
HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL RETURN SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

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
Jul 7, 8:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNHughes, Seminole50 hr
Jul 7, 9:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNBryan3 days
Jul 7, 9:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan6 days
Jul 7, 9:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Garvin, Johnston, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc3 hr
Jul 7, 9:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Tillman6 hr
Jul 7, 10:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes3 hr
Jul 7, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc38 min
Jul 7, 11:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Johnston, Love, Marshall3 hr
Jul 7, 11:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCoal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole3 hr
Jul 7, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc41 min
Jul 8, 12:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNHughes, Pontotoc3 hr
Jul 8, 12:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Hughes, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray and 2 more8 hr
Jul 8, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston37 min
Jul 8, 2:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc3 hr
Jul 8, 3:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Lincoln, Love, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more117 min
Jul 8, 5:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc4 hr
Jul 8, 5:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love, Murray, Pontotoc3 hr
Jul 8, 8:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc, Seminole3 hr
Jul 8, 8:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAtoka, Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 1 more3 hr
Jul 8, 10:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston6 hr
Jul 8, 11:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNHughes20 hr
Jul 8, 4:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNCarter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Love, Marshall and 3 more10 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.