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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Norman, OK

May 2, 2019Love County, Oklahoma; Cooke County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2019, 8:00 AM CDT for Love County, Oklahoma; Cooke County, Texas. It took effect at May 3, 2019, 5:17 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2019, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2019, 5:17 PM CDT
Expired: May 5, 2019, 8:12 AM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Love County, OK, Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River near Gainesville (GSVT2). The gauge peaked at 17.88 ft at May 3, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07316000, 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 May 2, 3:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 3:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 7:36 AM CDT, 24 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
May 1, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	37 min
May 1, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston	3 hr
May 1, 9:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray	10 hr
May 1, 9:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Johnston, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc	3 hr
May 1, 9:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc	3 hr
May 2, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	53 min
May 2, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, Hughes, Murray, Pontotoc, Seminole	50 min
May 2, 5:41 AM CDT	Flood Watch	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Cotton and 15 more	43 hr
May 2, 9:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	63 min
May 1, 8:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2019 River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.