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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Norman, OK

May 17, 2015Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2015, 4:53 AM CDT for Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2015, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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 Beaver Creek (TX) near Electra (ELTT2). The gauge peaked at 24.01 ft at May 17, 2015, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
22 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07312200, 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 17, 4:49 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 4:49 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 11:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1140 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-171215-
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-
1140 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 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 ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH 2 AM TONIGHT.

LOCATION...
THE ENHANCED RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM CUSHING TO PURCELL... TO RINGLING.

JUST TO THE WEST OF THE ENHANCED RISK AREA...THERE IS A MARGINAL
TO SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THROUGH 2 AM TONIGHT.

TIMING...
BEFORE 2 AM TONIGHT.

IMPACTS IN THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDE...
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS 60 TO 70 MPH...
TORNADOES...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...

.SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS
THE RISK AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
A STRONG TO SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS... BEFORE DIMINISHING AND MOVING EAST OF THE AREA.

.FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH SOME OF THE STORMS TONIGHT...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS WHICH
MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

MBS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 11:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1103 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 N RINGLING            34.19N 97.59W
05/16/2015  M57 MPH          JEFFERSON          OK   MESONET

&&

JPIKE
Local storm report, May 16, 11:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1159 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLEO SPRINGS            36.41N 98.44W
05/16/2015                   MAJOR              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CAR WAS FLIPPED OVER. ROOF FROM OFFICE BLDG WAS DAMAGED.

&&

JPIKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant49 min
May 16, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche33 min
May 16, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Canadian, Kingfisher30 min
May 16, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton, Tillman30 min
May 16, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Cotton34 min
May 16, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche33 min
May 16, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan28 min
May 16, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay26 min
May 16, 8:06 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOUNCaddo, Grady24 min
May 16, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Grady, Stephens34 min
May 16, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton33 min
May 16, 8:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan and 3 more3 hr
May 16, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman42 min
May 16, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma44 min
May 16, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPottawatomie24 min
May 16, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and 1 more52 min
May 16, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, McClain and 1 more32 min
May 16, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens30 min
May 16, 8:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman3 hr
May 16, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole33 min
May 16, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole26 min
May 16, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Murray and 1 more49 min
May 16, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie46 min
May 16, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne49 min
May 16, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln20 min
May 16, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay35 min
May 16, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNSeminole30 min
May 16, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Murray, Pontotoc and 1 more46 min
May 16, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Hughes, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie and 1 more44 min
May 16, 10:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLincoln, Payne, Pottawatomie, Seminole3 hr
May 16, 10:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens3 hr
May 16, 10:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward33 hr
May 16, 10:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNDewey, Major, Woodward16 hr
May 16, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Murray and 1 more47 min
May 16, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes, Seminole29 min
May 16, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes45 min
May 16, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love and 3 more42 min
May 17, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Love, Marshall and 1 more48 min
May 17, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston and 3 more3 hr
May 17, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall46 min
May 17, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal43 min
May 17, 2:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan16 days
May 16, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger39 min
May 16, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNArcher, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger36 min
May 16, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger23 min
May 16, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWichita32 min

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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.