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River Flood Warning 165, NWS Norman, OK

December 28, 2015Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 1:26 AM CST for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 2:54 AM CST. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2015, 1:26 AM CST (07:26 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 2:54 AM CST
Expired: Dec 30, 2015, 1:13 PM CST
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cotton County, OK

The river

Written for the forecast point Deep Red Creek near Randlett (RNDO2). The gauge peaked at 23.65 ft at Dec 29, 2015, 2:00 AM CST.

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 Dec 27, 3:45 PM CST, 9 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 3:45 PM CST, 9 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 1:02 PM CST, 12 hours 24 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
Dec 27, 8:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	41 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.