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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Norman, OK

April 17, 2016Carter County, Johnston County, Murray County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2016, 8:59 PM CDT for Carter County, Johnston County, Murray County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 18, 2016, 7:58 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2016, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2016, 7:58 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 21, 2016, 9:44 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Carter County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Murray County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 Washita River near Dickson (DURO2).

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07331000, 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 17, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
717 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-190030-
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-
717 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

.HEAVY RAINFALL...
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS
EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE BUT SLOWLY SHIFT EAST OVERNIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN... WHICH COULD LEAD TO
FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS... WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY.

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

KURTZ/MAXWELL

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, 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, 12:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, McClain, Murray and 3 more	6 hr
Apr 18, 2:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Love	50 hr

Nearby

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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.