Alert archive / Oklahoma / River Flood Warnings in 2015
River Flood Warning 96, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2015, 12:15 PM CDT for Blaine County, Canadian County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2015, 12:15 PM CDT (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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 North Canadian River near Watonga (WATO2). The gauge peaked at 15.95 ft at May 23, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07239300, 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 24, 6:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 11:45 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1145 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-251000- 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- 1145 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT... .FLOODING... FLOODING REMAINS THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH TONIGHT. NUMEROUS STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE FLOODING...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL DELAY RECOVERY...OR MAKE FLOODING WORSE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ENID TO CLINTON ... HOBART AND WALTERS OKLAHOMA AND HENRIETTA TEXAS. .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS... WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH AND A LOW CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .FLOODING... SEVERAL RIVERS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL DELAY RECOVERY...OR CAUSE RIVERS TO RISE HIGHER. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS THROUGH THIS PERIOD...BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISK OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ON FRIDAY. .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A RISK OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY...AND A FEW MAY BE SEVERE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. CMS/30
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 6 hr |
| May 23, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes, Seminole | 24 min |
| May 23, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Murray, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain | 28 min |
| May 23, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 6 hr |
| May 23, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| May 23, 7:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Garfield, Noble | 8 hr |
| May 23, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 25 min |
| May 23, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes, Seminole | 16 min |
| May 23, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 6 hr |
| May 23, 8:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay, Noble | 4 days |
| May 23, 8:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 49 hr |
| May 23, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 4 hr |
| May 23, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Greer and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 4 days |
| May 23, 9:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 69 hr |
| May 23, 9:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 59 hr |
| May 23, 9:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Payne | 5 days |
| May 23, 9:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 3 hr |
| May 23, 10:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes, Seminole | 3 days |
| May 23, 10:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 24 hr |
| May 23, 10:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 37 hr |
| May 23, 10:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie | 4 days |
| May 23, 10:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes | 27 hr |
| May 23, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 3 hr |
| May 23, 10:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 46 hr |
| May 23, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Lincoln, Murray and 3 more | 8 hr |
| May 24, 12:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, Grady, Kiowa and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 12:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 4 hr |
| May 24, 12:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 3 more | 13 hr |
| May 24, 1:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer, Dewey and 11 more | 29 hr |
| May 24, 1:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 1:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 23 hr |
| May 24, 3:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 15 hr |
| May 24, 3:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher, Major | 32 hr |
| May 24, 3:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 9 hr |
| May 24, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 5 hr |
| May 24, 3:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes | 38 hr |
| May 24, 6:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes | 19 hr |
| May 24, 6:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, Grady, Kiowa and 6 more | 23 hr |
| May 24, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 5 more | 23 hr |
| May 24, 7:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, Lincoln and 6 more | 23 hr |
| May 24, 8:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 23 hr |
| May 24, 9:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson | 23 hr |
| May 24, 2:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 24 hr |
| May 24, 3:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Grant and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Knox | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger | 6 hr |
| May 23, 11:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 6 hr |
| May 24, 9:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 10 hr |
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.