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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Norman, OK

October 13, 2018Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2018, 3:05 PM CDT for Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 13, 2018, 9:34 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2018, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 13, 2018, 9:34 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 15, 2018, 1:48 PM CDT
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Beaver Creek (TX) near Electra (ELTT2).

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07312200, 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 13, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 12:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 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 13, 9:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 11 more	3 hr
Oct 13, 11:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Bryan, Carter, Johnston, Marshall, Murray	3 hr
Oct 13, 2:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Bryan	41 hr
Oct 13, 2:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka	3 days
Oct 13, 3:48 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 11 more	23 hr
Oct 13, 6:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Knox	4 hr
Oct 13, 11:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Archer	3 hr
Oct 13, 11:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Archer, Clay	117 min
Oct 13, 2:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2018 Every 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.