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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Norman, OK

October 12, 2018Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Oct 12, 2018, 2:20 PM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Oct 14, 2018, 10:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2018, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 14, 2018, 10:20 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 15, 2018, 11:21 AM CDT
In force
25 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 19:22 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
Oct 12, 3:13 PM CDTFlood WatchOUNAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 18 more25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.