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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Norman, OK

June 3, 2017Comanche County, Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2017, 8:11 AM CDT for Comanche County, Cotton County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 3, 2017, 8:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2017, 8:11 AM CDT (13:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 3, 2017, 8:54 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 4, 2017, 8:07 AM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Cache Creek near Walters (WLTO2).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07311000, 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 Jun 3, 3:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 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
Jun 2, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton	28 hr
Jun 3, 3:07 AM CDT	Flood Watch	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	18 hr
Jun 3, 1:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant, Woods, Woodward	3 hr
Jun 3, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	44 min
Jun 3, 3:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Washita	2 hr
Jun 3, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	36 min

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.