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River Flood Warning 58, NWS Norman, OK

October 6, 2017Cotton County, Jefferson County, Tillman County, Oklahoma; Clay County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Oct 6, 2017, 9:17 AM CDT for Cotton County, Jefferson County, Tillman County, Oklahoma; Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 7, 2017, 11:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2017, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 7, 2017, 11:48 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 9, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River near Burkburnett (BKBT2). The gauge peaked at 8.08 ft at Oct 7, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07308500, 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 Oct 6, 6:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 6:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 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
Oct 5, 7:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2017 River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2017 Every 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.