Alert archive / Oklahoma / River Flood Warnings in 2020
River Flood Warning 16, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2020, 6:40 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 20, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2020, 6:40 AM CDT (11:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2020, 1:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Jefferson County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:38 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 Beaver Creek (OK) at Waurika (WAKO2).
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27.5 ft
- Major stage
- 31 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Mar 19, 6:44 PM CDT, 11 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 6:44 PM CDT, 11 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 12:07 PM CDT, 18 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Norman OK 1207 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-201715- Harper-Woods-Alfalfa-Grant-Kay-Ellis-Woodward-Major-Garfield- Noble-Roger Mills-Dewey-Custer-Blaine-Kingfisher-Logan-Payne- Beckham-Washita-Caddo-Canadian-Oklahoma-Lincoln-Grady-McClain- Cleveland-Pottawatomie-Seminole-Hughes-Harmon-Greer-Kiowa-Jackson- Tillman-Comanche-Stephens-Garvin-Murray-Pontotoc-Coal-Cotton- Jefferson-Carter-Johnston-Atoka-Love-Marshall-Bryan-Hardeman- Foard-Wilbarger-Wichita-Knox-Baylor-Archer-Clay- 1207 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern... western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... .Flooding... Heavy rainfall today could lead to flooding and flash flooding in parts of central, south central, and southeast Oklahoma, especially in areas that have already received several inches of rain over the last few days. .Thunderstorms... Showers and storms will continue to develop this afternoon across portions of central and southern Oklahoma, and north Texas. There is a risk for strong to severe storms, mainly southeast of a line from Chandler and Norman, to Duncan Oklahoma, to Wichita Falls and Archer City Texas. Hail up to the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph are the main concerns. There is a low risk for a tornado in southeast Oklahoma. The storms are expected to shift east of the area early this evening. .Winds... Southwest winds at 25 to 35 mph with gusts around 50 mph are likely across northwest Oklahoma today. Winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts around 40 are expected from southwest to north-central Oklahoma today. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... Storm spotter groups and emergency management personnel across the risk areas should prepare for severe weather operations through the afternoon hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... .Thunderstorms... There is a chance of thunderstorms Saturday evening and Monday evening. Severe weather is not expected either day. Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Love | 30 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Wichita, Wilbarger | 7 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020
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.