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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Norman, OK

August 15, 2017Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Aug 15, 2017, 7:19 AM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2017, 7:19 AM CDT (12:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2017, 7:39 AM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Cotton County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Deep Red Creek near Randlett (RNDO2). The gauge peaked at 22.23 ft at Aug 15, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07311500, 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 Aug 15, 5:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 5:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 4:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNJackson117 min
Aug 15, 10:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma50 min
Aug 15, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady47 min
Aug 15, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan37 min
Aug 15, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPayne34 min
Aug 15, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma32 min
Aug 15, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln24 min
Aug 15, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma25 min
Aug 15, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln, Payne32 min
Aug 15, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian25 min
Aug 15, 4:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCanadian, Oklahoma2 hr
Aug 15, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPayne32 min
Aug 15, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln28 min
Aug 15, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma36 min
Aug 15, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole30 min
Aug 15, 4:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNOklahoma2 hr
Aug 15, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma36 min
Aug 15, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln29 min
Aug 15, 5:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLincoln2 hr
Aug 15, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole36 min
Aug 15, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma32 min
Aug 15, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole40 min
Aug 15, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma31 min
Aug 15, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole46 min
Aug 15, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc33 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.