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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 10, 2015, 12:17 AM CDT for Caddo County, Garvin County, Grady County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 10, 2015, 2:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2015, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2015, 2:48 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2015, 2:53 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Caddo County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Washita River at Anadarko (ANDO2). The gauge peaked at 19.74 ft at May 11, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 19 ft
- Moderate stage
- 21 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07326500, 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 May 10, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 910 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-110200- 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- 910 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. LOCATION... THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SEYMOUR TO VERNON TEXAS...TO FREDERICK TO ANADARKO TO MOORE TO STROUD OKLAHOMA. TIMING... THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS HAVE DECREASED...BUT STILL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. IMPACTS... ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING... ...LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALLS... ...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH... .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE RISK AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING THREATS TONIGHT REMAIN UNCERTAIN. CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE STORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WHERE HIGHEST INSTABILITY EXISTS AND AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS. DUE TO MODERATE ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND STRONG SHEAR...SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO LARGE CLUSTERS OR LINES. THE TORNADO THREAT REMAINS LOW OR VERY LOW TONIGHT DUE TO FAIRLY STABLE CONDITIONS NEAR THE GROUND. .HEAVY RAIN... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. RIVER FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR TONIGHT IN SOME LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST SUNDAY...AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS MAY BE ONGOING SUNDAY MORNING...BUT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING FRONT. ADEQUATE INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A LOW TORNADO THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS. STORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS THEY SLOWLY MOVE EAST...WITH A BREAK IN THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. STORMS THEN RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL MAY EXIST BY LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. .HEAVY RAIN... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING CONCERNS. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. AUSTIN/EM/MBS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 9, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1028 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1022 PM HAIL 6 SSE ADA 34.69N 96.64W
05/09/2015 E1.00 INCH PONTOTOC OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
MDAYLocal storm report, May 9, 10:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1036 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 PM FLASH FLOOD ADA 34.77N 96.68W
05/09/2015 PONTOTOC OK PUBLIC
STREET FLOODING IN ADA. HIGH WATER SHORTING OUT TRAFFIC
LIGHT CONTROLS.
&&
MDAYSpecial weather statement, May 9, 10:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1038 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
OKZ004-005-100415-
HARPER OK-WOODS OK-
1038 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL HARPER AND NORTHWESTERN
WOODS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...
AT 1035 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BUFFALO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO AND SELMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9936 3686 9931 3660 9983 3684 9980
3700 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 231DEG 39KT 3677 9972
MAHALESpecial weather statement, May 9, 10:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 34 min |
| May 9, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, Jefferson, Stephens | 39 min |
| May 9, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens | 112 min |
| May 9, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 27 min |
| May 9, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Tillman | 11 min |
| May 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 31 min |
| May 9, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 30 min |
| May 9, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens | 46 min |
| May 9, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 36 min |
| May 9, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 9, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 28 min |
| May 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pottawatomie | 46 min |
| May 9, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 24 min |
| May 9, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 23 min |
| May 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc | 52 min |
| May 9, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Coal, Garvin, Hughes, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc | 44 min |
| May 9, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 37 min |
| May 9, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 49 min |
| May 9, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 24 min |
| May 9, 11:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes, Seminole | 58 hr |
| May 9, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal | 26 min |
| May 10, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka | 4 days |
| May 10, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 56 min |
| May 10, 5:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes | 12 hr |
| May 10, 5:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Stephens | 53 min |
| May 10, 5:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 32 min |
| May 10, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 30 min |
| May 10, 8:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 3 hr |
| May 10, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 40 min |
| May 10, 8:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 33 min |
| May 10, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 45 min |
| May 10, 9:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 10 hr |
| May 10, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Marshall | 36 min |
| May 10, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 31 min |
| May 10, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray | 45 min |
| May 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield | 25 min |
| May 10, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal, Johnston | 51 min |
| May 10, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 32 min |
| May 10, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 29 min |
| May 10, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 28 min |
| May 10, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 39 min |
| May 10, 2:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 8 hr |
| May 10, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston | 38 min |
| May 10, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 10, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston | 44 min |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 45 min |
| May 10, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Bryan | 36 min |
| May 10, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 6 hr |
| May 10, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 23 min |
| May 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Love, Marshall | 30 min |
| May 10, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Marshall | 28 min |
| May 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 48 min |
| May 10, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 32 min |
| May 10, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 50 min |
| May 10, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Love, Marshall | 28 min |
| May 10, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 37 min |
| May 10, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 25 min |
| May 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston | 4 hr |
| May 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 23 min |
| May 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 10, 6:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma and 2 more | 115 min |
| May 10, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Love | 52 min |
| May 10, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 45 min |
| May 10, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 39 min |
| May 10, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 10, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Knox | 50 min |
| May 10, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger | 51 min |
| May 10, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 42 min |
| May 10, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 25 min |
| May 10, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 35 min |
| May 10, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay, Wichita | 47 min |
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.