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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Norman, OK

September 26, 2017Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Sep 26, 2017, 2:03 PM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2017, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 30, 2017, 7:47 PM CDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Cotton County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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 Deep Red Creek near Randlett (RNDO2).

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay51 min
Sep 26, 6:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNComanche, Cotton, Harmon, Jackson, Tillman3 hr
Sep 26, 8:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNComanche3 hr
Sep 26, 9:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman4 hr
Sep 26, 10:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma and 1 more4 hr
Sep 26, 2:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNJefferson, Stephens2 hr
Sep 26, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole27 min
Sep 26, 10:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBaylor, Knox, Wilbarger3 hr
Sep 26, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWichita44 min
Sep 26, 2:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNArcher, Wichita60 min
Sep 26, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay45 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.