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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Norman, OK

December 27, 2018Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2018, 1:02 AM CST for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 27, 2018, 4:55 PM CST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2018, 1:02 AM CST (07:02 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2018, 4:55 PM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2018, 5:20 PM CST
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Atoka County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clear Boggy Creek above Caney Creek near Caney (CANO2). The gauge peaked at 25.86 ft at Dec 28, 2018, 4:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07334800, 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, 11:01 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 11:01 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 10:05 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 26, 8:28 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
828 PM CST WED DEC 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PURCELL                 35.01N 97.37W
12/26/2018                   MCCLAIN            OK   PUBLIC

            POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN SOUTH PURCELL

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Local storm report, Dec 26, 8:55 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
855 PM CST WED DEC 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0707 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 S STERLING            34.66N 98.17W
12/26/2018  M71.00 MPH       COMANCHE           OK   CO-OP OBSERVER

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MAHALE

Special weather statement, Dec 26, 9:01 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
901 PM CST WED DEC 26 2018

OKZ013-020-026-030-031-270330-
Payne OK-Pottawatomie OK-Seminole OK-Lincoln OK-Noble OK-
901 PM CST WED DEC 26 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR Payne...northeastern
Pottawatomie...northwestern Seminole...Lincoln and southern Noble
Counties Until 930 PM CST....

AT 900 PM CST, strong thunderstorms were along a line extending from
3 miles east of Lucien to near Tryon to near Shawnee, moving
northeast at 50 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...

LAT...LON 3633 9703 3633 9692 3625 9692 3624 9682
      3616 9682 3616 9662 3539 9661 3541 9654
      3544 9657 3545 9655 3544 9652 3541 9652
      3516 9683 3594 9713 3612 9736 3616 9735
      3616 9741 3631 9746 3643 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 236DEG 43KT 3629 9740 3590 9695 3538 9688

..speg.

Local storm report, Dec 26, 9:04 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
904 PM CST WED DEC 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0702 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SUGDEN                  34.08N 97.98W
12/26/2018                   JEFFERSON          OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ROOF BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE. TIME IS RADAR ESTIMATE.

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Local storm report, Dec 26, 9:15 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
915 PM CST WED DEC 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW LAKESIDE CITY     33.82N 98.57W
12/26/2018                   ARCHER             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPT REPORTS 2 BARNS DESTROYED, A HOUSE WITH ALL
            WINDOWS BLOWN OUT BY DEBRIS, A BARN WRAPPED IN POWER
            LINES, AND 4 POWER POLES DOWN. TIME IS RADAR ESTIMATE.

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Local storm report, Dec 26, 9:25 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
925 PM CST WED DEC 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0817 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW STRATFORD         34.78N 96.97W
12/26/2018                   GARVIN             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTS A TRAILER WITH THE ROOF PEELED BACK AND BARN
            DAMAGE.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 26, 6:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Dewey, Greer and 5 more	52 min
Dec 26, 6:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens and 1 more	52 min
Dec 26, 7:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian	28 min
Dec 26, 7:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson and 4 more	35 min
Dec 26, 7:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more	50 min
Dec 26, 7:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	32 min
Dec 26, 8:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc	30 min
Dec 26, 8:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland	116 min
Dec 26, 8:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	50 min
Dec 26, 9:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	29 min
Dec 26, 9:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	31 min
Dec 26, 9:41 PM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Grady	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.