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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

May 6, 2015Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2015, 6:10 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2015, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2015, 2:25 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

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 11:11 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). The gauge peaked at 17.24 ft at May 10, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT.

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 6, 5:48 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 5:48 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 12:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 12:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 3:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 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 5, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	33 min
May 5, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	25 min
May 5, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	31 min
May 5, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	28 min
May 5, 11:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Grady, Kiowa	3 hr
May 5, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	28 min
May 5, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	34 min
May 6, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	30 min
May 6, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	114 min
May 6, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain and 2 more	48 min
May 6, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray	28 min
May 6, 1:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
May 6, 2:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grady, Stephens	3 hr
May 6, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	33 min
May 6, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain, Pottawatomie	34 min
May 6, 3:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Hughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
May 6, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	34 min
May 6, 6:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	29 min
May 6, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	26 min
May 6, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche	49 min
May 6, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo	30 min
May 6, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Major	42 min
May 6, 3:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	35 min
May 6, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	25 min
May 6, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grady	32 min
May 6, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Major	45 min
May 6, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major	27 min
May 6, 4:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grady	33 min
May 6, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Major	33 min
May 6, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	OUN	Grady, McClain	47 min
May 6, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey	42 min
May 6, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	23 min
May 6, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major	30 min
May 6, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	39 min
May 6, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	51 min
May 6, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	9 min
May 6, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	31 min
May 6, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant	31 min
May 6, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	50 min
May 6, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland	34 min
May 6, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant	41 min
May 6, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	16 min
May 6, 6:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	15 hr
May 6, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	51 min
May 6, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	48 min
May 6, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	32 min
May 6, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	28 min
May 6, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major	42 min
May 6, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	24 min
May 6, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	29 min
May 6, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major	24 min
May 6, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	20 min
May 6, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant	32 min
May 6, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	29 min
May 6, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grant	33 min
May 6, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Grady	33 min
May 5, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	34 min
May 5, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	40 min
May 6, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	30 min
May 6, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	40 min
May 6, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox	21 min
May 6, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Knox	13 min
May 6, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger	63 min
May 6, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox, Wilbarger	45 min
May 6, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	42 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	51 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.