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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Norman, OK

December 26, 2018Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2018, 8:40 AM CST for Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 27, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2018, 8:40 AM CST (14:40 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 27, 2018, 1:05 AM CST
In force
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 14:41 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). The gauge peaked at 20.42 ft at Dec 26, 2018, 10:00 PM CST.

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 Dec 26, 5:39 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 5:39 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 5:11 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 26, 7:51 AM CST, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
751 AM CST WED DEC 26 2018

OKZ038-261415-
Comanche OK-
751 AM CST WED DEC 26 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR western Comanche County Until 815
AM CST....

AT 747 AM CST, a strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of
Cache, moving north at 45 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to one-half inch diameter...
Minor flooding in areas of poor drainage...

Locations impacted include...
Western Lawton, Cache, Medicine Park, Meers, Lake Lawtonka, Fort
Sill, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Mount Scott, Doris
Campground and The Visitor Center.

LAT...LON 3485 9839 3450 9858 3450 9866 3451 9866
      3451 9869 3485 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1347Z 192DEG 37KT 3455 9863

MAXWELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 26, 7:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	24 min
Dec 26, 9:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	49 min
Dec 26, 11:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	39 min
Dec 26, 12:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	52 min
Dec 26, 12:58 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	3 hr
Dec 26, 1:31 PM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson	37 hr
Dec 26, 1:33 PM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton	68 hr
Dec 26, 1:34 PM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	4 days
Dec 26, 2:10 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady	3 hr
Dec 26, 2:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche	3 hr
Dec 26, 2:41 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	3 hr
Dec 26, 2:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	3 hr
Dec 26, 3:10 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady	3 hr
Dec 26, 3:39 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Dec 26, 4:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc	39 min
Dec 26, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	45 min
Dec 26, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Roger Mills and 2 more	50 min
Dec 26, 5:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	37 min
Dec 26, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	50 min
Dec 26, 10:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	25 min
Dec 26, 1:43 PM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	24 hr
Dec 26, 4:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Knox	32 min

Nearby

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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.