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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK
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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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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 4 days |
| Apr 17, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Love, Murray, Stephens | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pottawatomie | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Carter, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 17 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Love | 50 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.