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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Norman, OK

April 30, 2016Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2016, 12:46 PM CDT for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 30, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2016, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Atoka County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clear Boggy Creek above Caney Creek near Caney (CANO2).

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07334800, 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 30, 10:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 10:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 10:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1044 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011000-
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-
1044 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 9:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Love and 3 more	55 min
Apr 29, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	38 min
Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	12 min
Apr 29, 7:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	3 hr
Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	43 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.