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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Norman, OK

April 16, 2016Love County, Oklahoma; Cooke County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2016, 3:48 PM CDT for Love County, Oklahoma; Cooke County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2016, 11:18 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2016, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2016, 11:18 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 23, 2016, 8:51 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Love County, OK, Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 Red River near Gainesville (GSVT2). The gauge peaked at 31.08 ft at Apr 21, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07316000, 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 Apr 16, 3:41 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:41 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 12:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1227 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-171730-
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-
1227 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN...
WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS LOCATED ALONG AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM GAGE TO ALTUS TO SEYMOUR TEXAS. A MARGINAL RISK
COVERS AN AREA GENERALLY WEST OF WOODWARD...WEATHERFORD...
LAWTON...AND WICHITA FALLS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

IMPACTS...
LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
UP TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THERE IS
ALSO A LOW RISK OF TORNADOES...MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

DISCUSSION...
BEFORE 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM..BUT LIMITED INSTABILITY WILL KEEP SEVERE
STORM CHANCES LOW.

AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE AND FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA. DURING THE
EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND WILL MOVE
SLOWLY EASTWARD. AS THIS OCCURS...THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL
DECREASE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL INCREASE.

.SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.HEAVY RAINFALL...
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN FLOODING
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

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

.HEAVY RAINFALL...
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN FLOODING
SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF FLOODING
RAINFALL SUNDAY WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 81.

.THUNDERSTORMS...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND PART OF WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

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

MBS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton	6 days
Apr 16, 2:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	42 hr
Apr 16, 2:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Garvin, Grady	24 hr
Apr 16, 3:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Grady	4 days
Apr 16, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Garvin	4 days
Apr 16, 3:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Murray	5 days
Apr 16, 3:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	58 hr
Apr 16, 3:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman	4 days
Apr 16, 3:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	4 days
Apr 16, 3:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Love	24 hr
Apr 16, 9:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	65 hr
Apr 16, 3:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2016 River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.