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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK

April 18, 20169 counties in Oklahoma; Clay County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this areal flood warning at Apr 18, 2016, 12:16 PM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma; Clay County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2016, 12:16 PM CDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Carter County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Clay County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Apr 18, 12:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 12:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1210 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016

.AVIATION...
CEILINGS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIFT OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...BRINGING ALL SITES TO VFR LEVELS BY LATE AFTERNOON.
KOKC...KOUN...KLAW...AND KSPS HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO LIFT BECAUSE OF
SOME INSULATING CIRRUS. MAY SEE SOME MVFR TO POSSIBLY IFR
CEILINGS AGAIN OVERNIGHT AT SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SITES.

DAY

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1155 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016/

UPDATE...
ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS FIRST FEW PERIODS.

DISCUSSION...
WILL KEEP MENTION OF ISOLATED OR SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS NEXT IN A SERIES OF S/WVS PROGRESSES
EAST-NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHWEST TEXAS. TRAILING S/WV STILL PROGD TO
MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AND HELP TO INCREASE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF RAIN
MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF I-44. A FEW WEAK/BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS MAY
OCCUR AS WELL. OTHER THAN ADJUSTING POPS...LITTLE OTHER CHANGES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  67  53  72  53 /  20  30  40  40
HOBART OK         67  50  72  51 /  20  20  20  40
WICHITA FALLS TX  69  54  73  55 /  30  30  40  40
GAGE OK           65  43  69  47 /   0  10  40  30
PONCA CITY OK     67  49  72  51 /  20  30  30  40
DURANT OK         69  61  73  59 /  50  60  40  50

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

11/04/14
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:05 AM CDT, 7 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNJefferson3 hr
Apr 17, 8:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray4 days
Apr 17, 9:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love, Murray, Stephens5 hr
Apr 17, 10:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pottawatomie4 hr
Apr 17, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more3 hr
Apr 18, 12:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie3 hr
Apr 18, 12:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc, Seminole3 hr
Apr 18, 1:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole17 hr
Apr 18, 2:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray12 hr
Apr 18, 2:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNJefferson, Love50 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2016Areal Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.