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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Norman, OK

May 13, 2015Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2015, 8:08 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 13, 2015, 9:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2015, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2015, 9:18 PM CDT
Expired: May 15, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little River (OK) near Tecumseh (TCMO2).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07230500, 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 13, 6:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 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
May 13, 9:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston and 3 more	9 hr
May 13, 11:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Grady, Greer and 4 more	6 hr
May 13, 12:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	3 hr
May 13, 1:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain and 1 more	3 hr
May 13, 3:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma and 1 more	3 hr
May 13, 5:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	3 hr
May 13, 11:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Knox, Wichita	6 hr
May 13, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	33 min
May 13, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	45 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.